Minnesota: the home-kitchen movement
Full cottage food Cottage food law
Minnesota's home-kitchen law is the Cottage Foods Exemption (Minn. Stat. § 28A.152), in effect since 2015, administered statewide by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture — no license or inspection is needed, but annual registration with the MDA is mandatory. Producers may sell only non-potentially hazardous foods, qualifying home-canned goods, and home-processed pet treats directly to consumers (farmers' markets, community events, from home, and online) with required labeling and a "not subject to state inspection" disclosure. The sales cap is $78,000 per calendar year, and local business-licensing, sanitation, or zoning ordinances still apply because the statute does not preempt them.
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 — The 2025 Agriculture omnibus budget bill (HF 2446, enacted as 2025 Session Law chapter 34, article 5; signed by the governor May 23, 2025) amends Minn. Stat. § 28A.152 with an EFFECTIVE DATE OF AUGUST 1, 2027: (a) collapses the two tiers into ONE registration tier — every registrant pays a $30 annual fee and must complete an approved safe food handling training (≤8 hours) every three years; (b) permits delivery by mail or commercial delivery, i.e., cottage food may be SHIPPED to consumers (human foods cannot currently be shipped); (c) adds a new Subd. 8 requiring the commissioner to adjust the $78,000 sales cap for CPI inflation every two years using July 2025 as the base month; and (d) conforms the home-processed pet-treat provision (§ 25.391) to the § 28A.152 rules. No changes were enacted in 2024. No pending 2026 bills amending § 28A.152 were identified; the 2025 changes are enacted law awaiting their delayed effective date, and the MDA states it will begin implementation planning in 2026.
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Cottage food fight in Minnesota
- 2025 — HF 2446 — mail shipping allowed; $30 single-tier fee; CPI cap adjustment
The 2025 Agriculture omnibus bill (HF 2446, 2025 Session Law ch. 34, art. 5; effective August 1, 2027) collapses Minnesota cottage food into one registration tier ($30 annual fee, food-handling training), permits delivery by mail or commercial delivery — cottage food may be shipped to consumers — and requires CPI adjustment of the $78,000 sales cap every two years. Source
How we got here
- 2025 — Cottage food law Cottage food fight
2025 — The 2025 Agriculture omnibus budget bill (HF 2446, enacted as 2025 Session Law chapter 34, article 5; signed by the governor May 23, 2025) amends Minn. Source - 2027 — Cottage food law
§ 28A.152 with an EFFECTIVE DATE OF AUGUST 1, 2027: (a) collapses the two tiers into ONE registration tier — every registrant pays a $30 annual fee and must complete an approved safe food handling training (≤8 hours) every three years; (b) permits delivery by mail or commercial delivery, i.e., cottage food may be SHIPPED to consumers (human foods cannot currently be shipped); (c) adds a new Subd. Source - 2025 — Cottage food law
8 requiring the commissioner to adjust the $78,000 sales cap for CPI inflation every two years using July 2025 as the base month; and (d) conforms the home-processed pet-treat provision (§ 25.391) to the § 28A.152 rules. Source - 2024 — Cottage food law
No changes were enacted in 2024. Source - 2025 — HF 2446 — mail shipping allowed; $30 single-tier fee; CPI cap adjustment Cottage food fight
The 2025 Agriculture omnibus bill (HF 2446, 2025 Session Law ch. 34, art. 5; effective August 1, 2027) collapses Minnesota cottage food into one registration tier ($30 annual fee, food-handling training), permits delivery by mail or commercial delivery — cottage food may be shipped to consumers — and requires CPI adjustment of the $78,000 sales cap every two years. 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
Office of the Governor of Minnesota (name not yet verified in this research pass)
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