Arizona's cottage food law lets Mohave County residents sell non-hazardous homemade foods like baked goods, jams, and candies direct to consumers. You must complete a food handler course and register free with the Arizona Department of Health Services first.
Under A.R.S. § 36-136 and the ADHS Cottage Food Program, Mohave County residents can prepare non-potentially-hazardous foods, such as baked goods, jams, jellies, candies, and dried herbs, in a home kitchen and sell them directly to consumers with no health inspection or commercial kitchen. Before selling, you complete an accredited food handler training course and register on the free ADHS online registry, renewing every three years. A 2024 update added a permit tier allowing certain refrigerated cottage foods. Products must be labeled as home-prepared with ingredients and allergens. Some counties issue their own food handler cards.
Selling foods outside the allowed list or without the required ADHS registration and labeling removes the exemption and subjects the seller to full food-establishment permitting and inspection by Mohave County Environmental Health.
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