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Cottage food laws · OR
Selling homemade food in Oregon
Oregon gives you a choice: stay unlicensed under the Cottage Food Exemption (just a $10 food handler card) up to $52,700/year in 2026 sales, or pay for a Domestic Kitchen License ($208/year plus inspection) to grow bigger or ship out of state. A 2024 law (SB 643) expanded the basic exemption to allow online/mail orders and wholesale to retail stores and grocers within Oregon; only out-of-state shipping requires the licensed path.
Program
Oregon Cottage Food Exemption / Domestic Kitchen License
Registration
Two paths: the Cottage Food Exemption needs only an Oregon food handler card ($10) - no ODA license, inspection, or fee - below the sales cap; a Domestic Kitchen License ($208/yr, ODA-inspected) is needed above the cap, for foods outside the exemption, or to ship out of state
Annual sales cap
$52,700 for 2026 (adjusted annually from a $50,000 base via the West Region CPI-U, per 2024's SB 643); no cap under the licensed Domestic Kitchen path
Online sales
Allowed (see notes)
You can sell
- Baked goods
- Confectionery/candy
- Jams, jellies, fruit butters (pH 4.60 or below)
- Coffee beans and dried tea, spice & seasoning blends
- Popcorn
- Honey products and syrups
- Nut mixes
- Repackaged freeze-dried, dried, or dehydrated foods
- Powdered drink mixes
You can't sell
- Potentially hazardous/time-temperature-control-for-safety foods needing refrigeration
- Meat and poultry products
- Low-acid canned vegetables
- Marijuana or marijuana-infused products
Where you can sell
- Direct to consumer (in-person)
- Farmers markets
- Online sales with delivery/mail within Oregon
- Wholesale to retail stores and grocers (packaged & labeled, stored separately with retailer signage)
- Out-of-state shipping (Domestic Kitchen License only)
Selling online
Online and mail orders can be fulfilled within Oregon under the basic Cottage Food Exemption itself - a 2024 expansion (SB 643) opened both online/mail-order sales and wholesale to retail stores; shipping across state lines still requires the licensed Domestic Kitchen path
What your labels must include
- Producer name, address (or ODA ID), and phone number
- "This product is homemade, is not prepared in an inspected food establishment and must be stored and displayed separately if merchandised by a retailer" statement on the principal display panel
- In-store signage stating the product is homemade and not prepared in an inspected establishment, when sold through a retailer
- Ingredient list
- Allergen disclosure
- Net weight/volume