From your kitchen to a store shelf, by product and by state
Each page is written from what ShelfStep’s plan already knows: the steps in order, the rules a kind of product usually comes under, what each step typically costs, and what a state’s cottage food law says in its own words, with a link to every line.
Sell by product
Shelf-stable acid or acidified food
Baked good, snack or dry mix
Beverage
Refrigerated or frozen food
Meat or poultry product
Low-acid canned food
Sell by state
ShelfStep has written up 51 states’ cottage food rules line by line so far, each from the state’s own pages: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Every other state’s page says plainly that it has not been written up yet, and what to ask in the meantime.
Check the rules for your own product
A few questions, no account, no AI: the rules that apply, the ones that don’t and why, each with the regulation it rests on.