Texas cottage food law lets you sell approved home-produced foods from a Williamson County home with no permit, license, or health inspection. Annual food sales are capped at $150,000, and local health departments cannot require a permit or fee.
Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 437 defines a cottage food production operation as an individual making approved foods at home, expanded by SB 572 (2019) and again by SB 541 (2025). Permitted items include baked goods, candy, jams, dried herbs, and other non-time/temperature-control foods, sold directly to consumers or cottage food vendors. No health permit or inspection is required, and no local government may impose a license or fee. Each package must carry the producer's name, an ingredient list, allergen disclosure, the production date, and a statement that the food was made in a home not subject to inspection.
Selling unapproved time/temperature-control foods, exceeding $150,000 in annual sales, or omitting the required label and disclaimer removes cottage food protection and subjects the seller to full retail-food permitting and enforcement.
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