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Selling homemade food in Utah means your label has to follow the Utah Cottage Food Program — 'home produced' food registration under Utah Admin. Code R70-560 (Food Establishment Registration), esp. R70-560-6, administered by the Utah Dept. of Agriculture and Food (UDAF); statutory basis Utah Code Title 4, Chapter 5. (Separate exemption path: Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act, Utah Code Title 4, Chapter 5a — different label, see note.). Here is exactly what that label must show in 2026 — the required fields, the allergen rule, and the verbatim disclaimer and its font size — sourced to the statute and dated.
Print this statement on the label, word for word:
CONFIRMED against UDAF's Basic Labeling Guidelines for Cottage Foods PDF. For REGISTERED cottage foods, the mandated words are exactly "Home Produced", which must appear in bold, conspicuous 12-point type on the principal display panel (PDP). All other required label information has a minimum print height of 1/16 inch. Utah does NOT require a 'made in a home kitchen / not inspected' sentence for registered cottage foods — that verbatim line, "Not for Resale – Processed and prepared without the benefit of state or local inspection," belongs to Utah's SEPARATE, unregistered Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act (Title 4, Ch. 5a). Use the disclaimer that matches your legal path; do not combine them.
Utah is one of the few states with TWO parallel legal routes that carry DIFFERENT mandatory label lines. The REGISTERED cottage-food route requires the exact words "Home Produced" in 12-pt bold on the front panel. The UNREGISTERED Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act route instead requires "Not for Resale – Processed and prepared without the benefit of state or local inspection." Picking the wrong disclaimer for your path is the single most common Utah label error — and the font rule (12-pt bold, front panel) is stricter than the 1/16-inch baseline for everything else. Both wordings and the font rule were confirmed verbatim against UDAF's own guidance.
Registered cottage food = "Home Produced". The "Not for Resale – Processed and prepared without the benefit of state or local inspection" wording is for the separate Homemade Food Act exemption. Don't mix them; use the one matching how you registered (or didn't).
It must be BOLD, conspicuous, 12-point type on the principal display panel — not the 1/16-inch minimum that covers the rest of the label. A compliant-looking label with tiny or non-bold 'Home Produced' text fails R70-560-6.
No registration number goes on the label, but you must still submit UDAF's Cottage Food Application and be approved before selling. Generating a correct label does not make you legal — registration and (typically) a food-handler permit come first.
All major allergens must be declared within/after the ingredient list, and a Nutrition Facts panel (21 CFR 101.9) is required unless a small-business exemption applies — easy to omit on a homemade label.
Timeline: Submit UDAF's Cottage Food Application and obtain approval before your first sale; processing time — confirm with UDAF.
Cost: Registration required (UDAF Cottage Food Application); annual/registration fee — confirm with UDAF. Not a $0 pure-exemption program (the fee-free option is the separate Homemade Food Act path, which requires only a local business license and the "Not for Resale…" disclaimer).
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Make my Utah label →Utah requires this exact statement on a cottage food label: “Home Produced.” It must be set at a minimum of 12-point type.
No. Utah does not require a permit or registration number printed on the label.
At minimum: product name — the common name of the food; your business / producer name; the address of the cottage food operation; a complete ingredient list, in descending order by weight (sub-ingredients included); an allergen declaration — the 9 major FDA allergens, in the ingredient list or a “Contains:” line; net weight, in US customary and metric units; the state's required disclaimer at a minimum of 12-point type (see below); a telephone number for the operation.
No. CottageCompliance gives general information based on each state's published rules, dated to when we last verified them. Always confirm with your state or local agency before selling.
Source: https://ag.utah.gov/regulatory-services/cottage-food-production/ ; https://ag.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/Basic-Labeling-Guidelines-for-Cottage-Foods.pdf ; https://ag.utah.gov/regulatory-services/home-consumption-and-homemade-food-act/ ; Utah Admin. Code R70-560-6 Verified 2026-08-10. General information, not legal advice — confirm with your state or local agency before selling.