Mississippi: the home-kitchen movement
Cottage food (restricted) Cottage food law
Mississippi has a single cottage food law (Miss. Code Ann. §75-29-951) run by the State Department of Health: no permit or license is needed to sell nonpotentially hazardous home-kitchen foods directly to in-state consumers, capped at $35,000 in gross annual sales. There is no MEHKO/microenterprise hot-meal program and no food freedom act in Mississippi.
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
The cottage food law (Miss. Code Ann. §75-29-951) was enacted in 2013 (SB 2553). HB 326 (signed 6/25/2020, effective 7/1/2020) raised the sales cap from $20,000 to $35,000 and allowed online advertising. Since then every change bill has died: 2024 SB 2638 (cap to $50,000, defined food list, homemade alcohol products) died; 2025 SB 2265 (cap to $59,000, homemade wine from 100% MS-grown fruit ≤300 gal/yr, mandatory ANAB-accredited food handler training) died in Senate Agriculture committee 2/4/2025; 2026 SB 2394 (cap to $120,000) and SB 2398 (eliminate cap and internet/mail-order sales bans) did not advance; 2026 HB 1594 (raw milk sales; would have amended §75-29-951) died in House committee 2/3/2026. No bills are currently pending — the cap stays $35,000.
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Cottage food fight in Mississippi
- 2020 — HB 326 — cap raised $20,000 to $35,000; online advertising
HB 326 (signed June 25, 2020, effective July 1, 2020) raised Mississippi's cottage food sales cap from $20,000 to $35,000 and allowed online advertising. Source - 2024 — Cottage food law
Since then every change bill has died: 2024 SB 2638 (cap to $50,000, defined food list, homemade alcohol products) died; 2025 SB 2265 (cap to $59,000, homemade wine from 100% MS-grown fruit ≤300 gal/yr, mandatory ANAB-accredited food handler training) died in Senate Agriculture committee 2/4/2025; 2026 SB 2394 (cap to $120,000) and SB 2398 (eliminate cap and internet/mail-order sales bans) did not advance; 2026 HB 15 Source - 2025 — SB 2265 — cap to $59,000 (died)
SB 2265 (2025) would have raised the cap to $59,000 (and added homemade wine and mandatory food-handler training); it died in the Senate Agriculture Committee on February 4, 2025. Source - 2026 — SB 2394 / SB 2398 — cap raise / cap elimination and internet & mail sales (did not advance)
SB 2394 (2026) would have raised the cap to $120,000, and SB 2398 (2026) would have eliminated the cap and the internet/mail-order sales bans; neither advanced, and the cap stays $35,000. Source
How we got here
- — Cottage food law
The cottage food law (Miss. Source - 2013 — Cottage food law
§75-29-951) was enacted in 2013 (SB 2553). Source - 2020 — Cottage food law Cottage food fight
HB 326 (signed 6/25/2020, effective 7/1/2020) raised the sales cap from $20,000 to $35,000 and allowed online advertising. Source - 2024 — Cottage food law Cottage food fight
Since then every change bill has died: 2024 SB 2638 (cap to $50,000, defined food list, homemade alcohol products) died; 2025 SB 2265 (cap to $59,000, homemade wine from 100% MS-grown fruit ≤300 gal/yr, mandatory ANAB-accredited food handler training) died in Senate Agriculture committee 2/4/2025; 2026 SB 2394 (cap to $120,000) and SB 2398 (eliminate cap and internet/mail-order sales bans) did not advance; 2026 HB 15 Source - 2025 — SB 2265 — cap to $59,000 (died) Cottage food fight
SB 2265 (2025) would have raised the cap to $59,000 (and added homemade wine and mandatory food-handler training); it died in the Senate Agriculture Committee on February 4, 2025. Source - 2026 — SB 2394 / SB 2398 — cap raise / cap elimination and internet & mail sales (did not advance) Cottage food fight
SB 2394 (2026) would have raised the cap to $120,000, and SB 2398 (2026) would have eliminated the cap and the internet/mail-order sales bans; neither advanced, and the cap stays $35,000. Source - 2020 — HB 326 — cap raised $20,000 to $35,000; online advertising Cottage food fight
HB 326 (signed June 25, 2020, effective July 1, 2020) raised Mississippi's cottage food sales cap from $20,000 to $35,000 and allowed online advertising. Source
Supporters
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Opposition
No on-record opposition has been verified for this state yet.
The deciders
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