Sparks home cooks can sell non-hazardous foods like baked goods and jams under Nevada's cottage food law. You must register with Northern Nevada Public Health and keep gross sales at or under $35,000 a year.
Nevada's cottage food law (NRS 446.866) lets a person prepare and sell non-potentially-hazardous foods, such as breads, cookies, candies, jams, and dried herbs, from a home kitchen without a commercial kitchen or routine inspection. In Sparks you must register the operation with Northern Nevada Public Health before selling, and gross sales may not exceed $35,000 per calendar year. Products must be labeled with ingredients, allergens, and a 'made in a home kitchen' disclosure, and sold directly to the consumer. A 2025 law (AB 352) raises the cap to $100,000 and broadens sales channels effective July 1, 2027.
Selling potentially hazardous foods, skipping registration, or exceeding the $35,000 cap moves you out of cottage food status and into full food-establishment permitting. Labeling violations bring warnings and corrective action from the health authority.
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