Michigan: the home-kitchen movement
Cottage food (restricted) Cottage food law
Michigan's cottage-food exemption (MCL 289.4102, Act 92 of 2000, amended by 2025 PA 51) lets residents sell non-potentially-hazardous, shelf-stable foods made in their primary home kitchen directly to Michigan consumers without a state license or inspection, with a $50,000 annual gross-sales cap ($75,000 for high-value products) and internet/mail-order sales allowed.
Status, history, and administering agency are verified from the state law guide's primary sources. Supporter/opposition research for this state is still in progress — nothing is listed until it can be sourced.
Where it stands
2025-2026: HB 4122 of 2025 (2025 PA 51) - the biggest change in years - approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State 12/23/2025, effective immediately. It raised the annual gross-sales cap from $25,000 to $50,000 per operation; created a $75,000 cap tier for operations selling products priced at $250 or more per unit; authorized internet/mail-order sales and third-party delivery if the consumer can directly interact with the operation (face-to-face or virtual 2-way meeting) before the sale (sales still limited to Michigan consumers); allowed more than one cottage food operation per residence; created the voluntary MSU Product Center registration program (one-time fee max $50) letting producers use a registration number instead of their home address on labels; and set annual inflation adjustments to the caps beginning 10/1/2026 based on the Detroit CPI. Also: SB 93 of 2025 (2025 PA 42), signed 12/23/2025, raised the unlicensed honey/maple syrup gross-sales cap and tied its future increases to the cottage-food cap (per legislature bill history; exact amended figure could not be verified from a primary source in this session). No pending cottage-food bills were found on the legislature's official bill search for the 2025-2026 session.
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Cottage food fight in Michigan
- 2025 — HB 4122 — cap raised, internet/mail-order, $50 registration option
HB 4122 of 2025 (2025 PA 51, effective December 23, 2025) raised the cap from $25,000 to $50,000 (plus a $75,000 tier for products priced at $250+ per unit), authorized internet/mail-order sales and third-party delivery, allowed more than one operation per residence, and created a voluntary MSU Product Center registration (one-time fee max $50) so producers can use a registration number instead of their home address on labels. Source
How we got here
- 2025 — Cottage food law Cottage food fight
2025-2026: HB 4122 of 2025 (2025 PA 51) - the biggest change in years - approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State 12/23/2025, effective immediately. Source - 2026 — Cottage food law
It raised the annual gross-sales cap from $25,000 to $50,000 per operation; created a $75,000 cap tier for operations selling products priced at $250 or more per unit; authorized internet/mail-order sales and third-party delivery if the consumer can directly interact with the operation (face-to-face or virtual 2-way meeting) before the sale (sales still limited to Michigan consumers); allowed more than one cottage fo Source - 2025 — Cottage food law
Also: SB 93 of 2025 (2025 PA 42), signed 12/23/2025, raised the unlicensed honey/maple syrup gross-sales cap and tied its future increases to the cottage-food cap (per legislature bill history; exact amended figure could not be verified from a primary source in this session). Source - 2025 — Cottage food law
No pending cottage-food bills were found on the legislature's official bill search for the 2025-2026 session. Source - 2025 — HB 4122 — cap raised, internet/mail-order, $50 registration option Cottage food fight
HB 4122 of 2025 (2025 PA 51, effective December 23, 2025) raised the cap from $25,000 to $50,000 (plus a $75,000 tier for products priced at $250+ per unit), authorized internet/mail-order sales and third-party delivery, allowed more than one operation per residence, and created a voluntary MSU Product Center registration (one-time fee max $50) so producers can use a registration number instead of their home address on labels. Source
Supporters
Supporter research for this state is in progress — nothing is listed until it can be sourced.
Opposition
No on-record opposition has been verified for this state yet.
The deciders
Governor
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