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Texas cottage food label requirements and permit checklist
Answer a few plain-English questions about what you make and how you want to sell it. We check it against Texas's current cottage food law — including the 2025 SB 541 overhaul that raised the sales cap and opened the door to TCS foods — flag anything that isn't allowed, and build you a personalized checklist and a printable food label.
Free customized label/checklist after walk-through completion
Built from the public Texas Health & Safety Code and DSHS guidance. Not legal advice and not state approval — rules can change, so verify final requirements with Texas DSHS before selling.
Free permit walk-throughSee right away if a choice would block you from selling under Texas's cottage food exemption.
Free checklistYour answers folded into Texas's current requirements, ready to print or save as PDF.
Free label generationThe required Texas disclosure statement plus name, address, and product details, assembled into a printable draft.
Can I sell homemade food in Texas?
Often yes — Texas's cottage food exemption needs no permit, license, or inspection for most home-produced foods, up to $150,000 in annual gross sales (raised from $50,000 by SB 541, effective September 1, 2025). That same law opened the door to TCS (refrigerated/frozen) foods for the first time, but only with DSHS registration and direct-to-consumer sales. Meat, seafood, ice products, low-acid canned goods, raw milk, and CBD/THC products are still excluded. The wizard below checks the choices that commonly change the answer.