Mississippi cottage food law
Sell cottage food in Mississippi
Mississippi cottage food law, label rules, and a free storefront. Mississippi's cottage food law lets home bakers sell directly to consumers up to a $35,000 sales cap — provided you sell directly to consumers, label every product correctly, and follow Mississippi's rules. CottageOps configures the Mississippi label disclosure for you, tracks your sales against the cap, and gives you a free storefront to take orders.
What Mississippi's cottage food law says
- Sales cap
- $35,000 per year, gross sales. In Mississippi this is a hard cap — once you reach it in a 12-month window, the lawful move is to stop selling under the cottage food exemption (or move to a fully licensed operation).
- Refrigerated (TCS) foods
- Mississippi's cottage food path is limited to shelf-stable goods — refrigerated (TCS) items aren't allowed under the exemption.
- Where you can sell
- Direct to Mississippi consumers — pickup, in-state delivery, farmers markets, and online sales to in-state customers.
Required label disclosure in Mississippi
Every Mississippi 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 Mississippi-required disclosure below. CottageOps fills the disclosure in for you, verbatim:
Made in a cottage food operation that is not subject to Mississippi's food safety regulations.
Before you sell in Mississippi
Mississippi doesn't require a permit to start.
Mississippi 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 Mississippi cottage-food law
The detail behind the summary above: Mississippi'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
- We couldn’t verify a single clean statute citation for Mississippi. Confirm the exact statute with Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH).
- Enforcing agency
- Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH)
- Revenue cap
- $35,000/year (⚖️ confirm — raised from a prior $20,000). Hard cap.
- Allowed foods
- Non-TCS (shelf-stable) cottage foods including baked goods.
- Refrigerated (TCS) / prohibited
- Conservative shelf-stable only (engine refuses TCS labels for MS).
- Where you can sell
- Direct to consumer.
- Labeling notes
- Disclosure "Made in a cottage food operation that is not subject to Mississippi's food safety regulations." at ≥10pt.
- Watch-outs
- Cap figure flagged for confirmation in the engine.
General information, not legal advice — confirm with your state agency. Last verified 2026-06-15.
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Mississippi cottage food FAQ
What must a Mississippi cottage food label include?
A compliant Mississippi 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 Mississippi-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 Mississippi?
Mississippi requires this exact disclosure on the label: "Made in a cottage food operation that is not subject to Mississippi's food safety regulations." You never type it — the generator applies the current Mississippi disclosure for you the moment you pick your state.
Can I sell TCS or refrigerated cottage food items in Mississippi?
No — Mississippi's cottage food path is limited to shelf-stable goods, so TCS items that need refrigeration are not allowed under the cottage food exemption. If you toggle "Contains a TCS item" the generator will flag that Mississippi doesn't permit it, so you don't print a non-compliant label.
Is this Mississippi cottage food label generator really free?
Yes. Building and previewing your Mississippi-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 Mississippi cottage food authority before selling. Last verified: 2026-06-13.