West Virginia Cottage Food Law

West Virginia's cottage food law sets an annual revenue cap of $25,000 and producers must register with the state before the first sale. Direct sales, farmers markets, and online sales permitted.

Watch for: Standard cottage food state. Inspection is the main upfront step.

Annual revenue cap

$25,000

Permit / registration

Registration required

Kitchen inspection

Required

Food handler training

Not required

Acidified foods

Excluded

Interstate shipping

In-state only

Where you can sell

Direct sales, farmers markets, and online sales permitted.

Direct (in-person)
Farmers markets
Online (in-state)

What's required before your first sale

Registration plus an inspection required.

Label requirements

Statement of identity (common product name) on the principal display panel
Company name of the producer/packer/distributor
City, state, and ZIP code of the producer (a full street address is not required; there is no number substitution)
Ingredients in descending order by weight, beginning "Ingredients:"
Net contents/count in the bottom third of the primary panel, US measures with metric in parentheses
Allergen statement beginning "Contains" (FDA major allergens), placed directly below the ingredients
Verbatim home-kitchen statement required by the WVDA labeling standard (delegated by W. Va. Code § 19-35-6(c)): "This product was made in a non-commercial kitchen establishment that may not be subject to inspection and may contain cross-contact allergens not included in the allergen statement."

How Ardent Seller helps

Generate your West Virginia disclosure label in one click

Ardent Seller assembles a print-ready cottage food label for West Virginia from data you already track — the state's required disclosure statement rendered verbatim (and sized to meet the state's minimum type size where one applies), your operator info, ingredients in descending order by weight, the federal "Contains:" allergen line, net weight, and lot code. A validation checklist flags anything West Virginia requires that's missing before you print. Included on every plan.

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