Oregon cottage food law
Sell cottage food in Oregon
Oregon cottage food law, label rules, and a free storefront. Oregon's cottage food law lets home bakers sell directly to consumers up to a $50,000 sales cap — provided you sell directly to consumers, label every product correctly, and follow Oregon's rules. CottageOps configures the Oregon label disclosure for you, tracks your sales against the cap, and gives you a free storefront to take orders.
What Oregon's cottage food law says
- Sales cap
- $50,000 per year, gross sales. In Oregon the figure is an exemption threshold, not a hard stop: crossing it means you move to a licensed path to keep selling — you don't have to stop.
- Refrigerated (TCS) foods
- Oregon'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 Oregon consumers — pickup, in-state delivery, farmers markets, and online sales to in-state customers.
Required label disclosure in Oregon
Every Oregon 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 Oregon-required disclosure below. CottageOps fills the disclosure in for you, verbatim:
This product is homemade, is not prepared in an inspected food establishment, and must be stored and displayed separately if merchandised by a retailer.
Before you sell in Oregon
Oregon doesn't require a permit to start.
Oregon 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 Oregon cottage-food law
The detail behind the summary above: Oregon'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
- Or. Admin. R. 603-025-0325 (Oregon Cottage Food / home-baked & confectionery establishment label rule) (Oregon Cottage Food label rule (OAR 603-025-0325))
- Enforcing agency
- Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA), Food Safety Program
- Revenue cap
- $50,000/year exemption ceiling — homestead-exemption kind: exceeding it requires the Domestic Kitchen License (you do NOT stop selling; you move to the licensed path).
- Allowed foods
- Non-TCS (shelf-stable) home-baked and confectionery items.
- Refrigerated (TCS) / prohibited
- Conservative shelf-stable only (engine refuses TCS labels for OR).
- Where you can sell
- Direct to consumer below the $50k ceiling; Domestic Kitchen License path above it. Retailer merchandising requires separate storage/display.
- Labeling notes
- Disclosure (full verbatim incl. the retailer-separation clause): "This product is homemade, is not prepared in an inspected food establishment, and must be stored and displayed separately if merchandised by a retailer." at ≥10pt.
- Watch-outs
- At 100% of the $50k ceiling the correct message is "license required above," not "stop selling."
- OR also requires a separate PET-PRESENCE clause that the label template does NOT yet render — an engineering scope gap tracked separately.
General information, not legal advice — confirm with your state agency. Last verified 2026-06-15.
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Oregon cottage food FAQ
What must a Oregon cottage food label include?
A compliant Oregon 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 Oregon-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 Oregon?
Oregon requires this exact disclosure on the label: "This product is homemade, is not prepared in an inspected food establishment, and must be stored and displayed separately if merchandised by a retailer." You never type it — the generator applies the current Oregon disclosure for you the moment you pick your state.
Can I sell TCS or refrigerated cottage food items in Oregon?
No — Oregon'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 Oregon doesn't permit it, so you don't print a non-compliant label.
Is this Oregon cottage food label generator really free?
Yes. Building and previewing your Oregon-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 Oregon cottage food authority before selling. Last verified: 2026-06-13.