Home and Hearth BakerCottage food operation (registered with UDAF)
Utah Code 4-5-501; Utah Admin. Code R70-560-1 to R70-560-9 (registration as a food establishment under R70-540) · HB 339 (2007); 4-5-501 last amended by Chapter 327, 2023 General Session; R70-560 last amended effective 2023-01-12
Yearly sales limit
No state limit
No sales limit in Utah Code 4-5-501 or R70-560.
No sales limit in Utah Code 4-5-501 or R70-560.
Permit or registration
Yes
Registration (as a food establishment under R70-540)
Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF), Division of Regulatory Services, Cottage Food Program
Fee: $100 cottage fee (UDAF Fiscal Year 2026 Fee Schedule, 'Food Inspection - Cottage' $100.00). The schedule also lists 'Food Inspection - Plan Review Cottage' $100.00, so a new application may cost $200 in all (not stated; see open questions). Late fee $25.00. Fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Official page
Registration (as a food establishment under R70-540)
Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF), Division of Regulatory Services, Cottage Food Program
Fee: $100 cottage fee (UDAF Fiscal Year 2026 Fee Schedule, 'Food Inspection - Cottage' $100.00). The schedule also lists 'Food Inspection - Plan Review Cottage' $100.00, so a new application may cost $200 in all (not stated; see open questions). Late fee $25.00. Fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Official page
Food safety training
Yes
A valid Utah food handler's permit for the operator (4-5-501(4)(b); R70-560-4(1)(a)); UDAF form: everyone involved in the operation must hold one and show it at the inspection. A food handler permit is valid statewide for 3 years from issuance (Utah Admin. Code R392-103-4(14)).
A valid Utah food handler's permit for the operator (4-5-501(4)(b); R70-560-4(1)(a)); UDAF form: everyone involved in the operation must hold one and show it at the inspection. A food handler permit is valid statewide for 3 years from issuance (Utah Admin. Code R392-103-4(14)).
Where you make it
A home kitchen: a kitchen designed and intended for use by the residents of a home and used by a resident of the home to make the cottage food (4-5-501(1)). No separate kitchen or commercial equipment is required (4-5-501; R70-560-4(2)). While producing: no domestic activities in the kitchen, no pets in the kitchen, no free-roaming pets in the home, no cleaning pet cages or pans in the kitchen, no non-employees in the kitchen (R70-560-4(3)). Separate storage from household storage, including a separate refrigerator (R70-560-4(1)(d); UDAF form: business-only, 41 F or below, with thermometer). Annual water test if not on a public water system (R70-560-4(1)(e)).
Selling in person
Allowed: directly to consumers within Utah (UDAF), e.g., from home, farmers markets, roadside stands; the registration must be displayed at the operation and a copy at farmers markets, roadside stands and other fixed sales locations (R70-560-5(4))
Phone and online orders
Not addressed by statute, rule, or UDAF pages (see open questions)
Delivery and shipping
Not addressed by statute, rule, or UDAF pages (see open questions)
Selling out of state
No
Stores and wholesale
Allowed: UDAF says products may be sold to stores for resale; R70-560-7(8) allows sales to a food establishment in Utah. Restaurants and other food service establishments may not use them as ingredients (4-5-501).
Examples you can sell
Only nonpotentially hazardous foods approved by UDAF for that operation (4-5-501(1)(b); R70-560-3). Must be shelf-stable; no foods that need time/temperature control for safety (UDAF).
- Baked goods cooked with dry heat (oven or hot skillet): cakes, cupcakes, cookies, breads, fruit pies (UDAF)
- Breads and cookies with only non-TCS inclusions such as nuts, dried fruit, dried vegetables, chocolate (UDAF)
- Cereals, trail mixes, granola, cereal-marshmallow treats (UDAF)
- Dried fruits and chocolate-covered dried fruits (acidic fruits only; low-acid fruits may be freeze-dried) (UDAF)
- Dry herbs and seasoning mixes (herbs listed in 21 CFR 182.10) (UDAF)
- Hard candies, freeze-dried candies, cotton candy (UDAF)
- Fruit jams, jellies, preserves (fruits per 21 CFR 150; tomatoes allowed) (UDAF)
- Nuts, nut mixes, nut brittles, candied and chocolate-covered nuts (UDAF)
- Popcorn and popcorn balls (UDAF)
- Raw and creamed honey (hives must be registered with UDAF Plant Industry) (UDAF)
Not allowed
- Potentially hazardous foods: foods of animal origin, raw seed sprouts, and foods needing time/temperature control for safety (R70-560-2)
- Refrigerated or frozen foods (UDAF)
- Products containing meat or poultry; fish; jerky (UDAF)
- Cheesecakes, custards (UDAF)
- Cream, uncooked egg, custard, meringue, or cream cheese frostings or fillings (UDAF)
- Pies other than fruit pies (UDAF)
- Fried or steamed baked goods (UDAF: dry heat only)
- Liquid added to cakes or pastries after baking; vegetable pieces in cakes unless from a cake mix with dried vegetables (UDAF)
- Soft cheeses (hard cheeses only if grated and used sparingly) (UDAF)
- Homemade acidified vegetables such as jalapenos (must be commercially made) (UDAF)
The statement your labels must carry
Home Produced
In type at least 12 point.