Idaho cottage food law
Sell cottage food in Idaho
Idaho cottage food law, label rules, and a free storefront. Idaho's cottage food law lets home bakers sell directly to consumers with no statewide sales cap — provided you sell directly to consumers, label every product correctly, and follow Idaho's rules. CottageOps configures the Idaho label disclosure for you, tracks your sales against the cap, and gives you a free storefront to take orders.
What Idaho's cottage food law says
- Sales cap
- No statewide sales cap — Idaho doesn't set an annual revenue ceiling on cottage food sales.
- Refrigerated (TCS) foods
- Idaho permits certain time/temperature-controlled (TCS, "needs refrigeration") cottage foods with a required safe-handling block. CottageOps adds it when you mark an item TCS.
- Where you can sell
- Direct to Idaho consumers — pickup, in-state delivery, farmers markets, and online sales to in-state customers.
Required label disclosure in Idaho
Every Idaho cottage food label must carry the product name, ingredients in descending order by weight, the net weight, a “Contains” allergen statement for any FDA major allergens, your name and address as the producer, and the Idaho-required disclosure below. CottageOps fills the disclosure in for you, verbatim:
This product is not subject to government food safety inspection or licensing requirements. It may contain allergens.
Before you sell in Idaho
Idaho doesn't require a permit to start.
Idaho lets cottage food bakers start selling without a state permit or inspection — set up your storefront, add your menu, and you can begin taking orders.
Full Idaho cottage-food law
The detail behind the summary above: Idaho's primary statute, the agency that enforces it, the revenue cap, what foods are allowed, refrigerated-food (TCS) rules, labeling notes, and the watch-outs to know before you sell.
- Primary statute
- Idaho Direct-to-Consumer Commerce Act (SB 1283, 2026 Reg. Sess., eff. 2026-03-20; new Idaho Code Title 37 Ch. 2) (Idaho Direct-to-Consumer Commerce Act)
- Supersedes the former IDAPA 16.02.19 cottage-food rule
- Revenue cap
- No cap (Food-Freedom-style direct-to-consumer Commerce Act).
- Allowed foods
- Broad direct-to-informed-end-consumer scope (Food-Freedom-style, similar to Wyoming).
- Refrigerated (TCS) / prohibited
- TCS permitted — the Direct-to-Consumer Commerce Act is a broad D2C-to-informed-end-consumer regime (engine permits TCS for ID).
- Where you can sell
- Direct to consumer (informed end consumer).
- Labeling notes
- Both sentences are part of the single mandated notice — the allergen sentence is statutory, not optional: "This product is not subject to government food safety inspection or licensing requirements. It may contain allergens." Sentence case (NOT all-caps); two periods. At ≥10pt.
- Watch-outs
- SB 1283 supersedes the old IDAPA 16.02.19 cottage rule.
- The allergen sentence is statutory — do not drop it.
General information, not legal advice — confirm with your state agency. Last verified 2026-06-15.
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Idaho cottage food FAQ
What must a Idaho cottage food label include?
A compliant Idaho cottage food label needs the product name, the ingredients in descending order by weight, the net weight (oz and/or grams), the "Contains" allergen statement for any FDA major allergens, the producer's name and address, and the Idaho-required legal disclosure. Our free generator fills in the disclosure for you and lays out the rest automatically as you type.
What is the required cottage food disclosure in Idaho?
Idaho requires this exact disclosure on the label: "This product is not subject to government food safety inspection or licensing requirements. It may contain allergens." You never type it — the generator applies the current Idaho disclosure for you the moment you pick your state.
Can I sell TCS or refrigerated cottage food items in Idaho?
Yes — Idaho permits time/temperature-controlled (TCS, "needs refrigeration") cottage foods, subject to that state's safe-handling and registration rules. When you toggle "Contains a TCS item" in the generator, we add the Idaho-required safe-handling block and surface any extra fields Idaho needs (for example a registration number) before the label is complete.
Is this Idaho cottage food label generator really free?
Yes. Building and previewing your Idaho-compliant label is free with no account. CottageOps is free through 2026 — no credit card — and when you're ready to download or print the full-resolution label you just claim your free CottageOps account. In 2027 it's a flat $19/mo (or $190/yr).
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Start freeThis is general information, not legal advice — confirm with your Idaho cottage food authority before selling. Last verified: 2026-06-13.