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Selling homemade food in Oklahoma

Oklahoma's Homemade Food Freedom Act needs no license or inspection and currently lets you earn up to $75,000/year gross. A newly signed law (HB 3720, the Local Food Freedom Act) raises that cap to $250,000 starting November 1, 2026. Shelf-stable goods can be shipped nationwide and sold through retailers; perishable (TCS) items can be sold online too but the producer must hand-deliver them directly - no shipping, no third-party resale.

Program
Oklahoma Homemade Food Freedom Act
Registration
No license or inspection required. Registering with ODAFF is optional (lets you print a registration number on labels instead of your name/address/phone). Food-safety training (OSU workshop, ServSafe, or other ANSI-accredited course) is required before selling any time/temperature-controlled-for-safety (TCS) food.
Annual sales cap
$75,000 gross annual sales through October 31, 2026. HB 3720, the "Local Food Freedom Act," was signed into law May 2026 and raises the cap to $250,000 effective November 1, 2026 - confirmed via the Oklahoma House of Representatives' official release.
Online sales
Allowed (see notes)

You can sell

  • Baked goods
  • Jams, jellies, preserves
  • Candy
  • Dried herbs & mixes
  • Non-TCS foods (pH ≤ 4.6 or water activity ≤ 0.85)
  • Some TCS/perishable foods sold and delivered directly by the producer

You can't sell

  • Meat, poultry, and meat/poultry by-products
  • Seafood
  • Unpasteurized milk
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Cannabis/marijuana products
  • Low-acid canned vegetables (treated as TCS unless properly processed)

Where you can sell

  • Direct to consumer
  • Farmers markets
  • Online with in-state delivery/pickup
  • Third-party retail stores and parcel shipping (non-TCS/shelf-stable foods only)

Selling online

Non-TCS (shelf-stable) foods can be sold online, through third-party retailers, and shipped by parcel carrier, including across state lines. TCS/perishable foods can be sold online or by phone but only with direct producer-to-consumer delivery - no third-party sales, no common-carrier shipping.

What your labels must include

  • Producer name, phone & address (or ODAFF registration number if registered)
  • "This product was produced in a private residence that is exempt from government licensing and inspection" statement (verbatim, required by statute)
  • Ingredient list
  • Allergen disclosure
  • Net weight
  • Third-party/retail sales require an added placard: "...This product may contain allergens."