Utah has two paths for selling homemade food. A Cottage Food registration (Utah Code 4-5-9.5) allows retail/wholesale sale of non-hazardous foods after applying and paying a fee. The Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act (Title 4-5a) needs no registration but requires direct-to-consumer sales and a warning label.
Both state programs apply in Davis County. A Cottage Food Production Operation registers with the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, gets recipes for non-potentially-hazardous foods reviewed, pays a registration fee, and may then sell retail or wholesale within Utah. Alternatively, the Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act (HB181, Utah Code Chapter 4-5a) requires no registration or training, but products may be sold only in person, directly to the final consumer, within Utah, and must carry a warning label. Meat products and raw dairy are excluded. A local city business license may still be required.
Selling unregistered cottage foods through retail channels, or Home Consumption Act foods without the required warning label or beyond direct-to-consumer sale, can trigger enforcement by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.
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