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Cottage food law · Missouri

MissouriCottage Food Law

Missouri cottage food law — what actually applies when you sell from home.

Here's what Missouri allows under current cottage food rules: what you can sell, what you can't, and how to start legally.

Why this matters

What Missouri actually allows — and what it doesn't.

Missouri permits cottage food sales under RSMo § 196.298 (Home Sales); Missouri Food Code (Individual Stands). The statute sets no revenue cap on cottage food sales. No state registration is required; optional ID programs may be available for label privacy.

Annual revenue cap

Missouri sets no cap on cottage food revenue.

Annual gross cap

Unlimited

RSMo § 196.298 (Home Sales); Missouri Food Code (Individual Stands)

Sales channels

Where you can sell in Missouri — and where you can't.

Online ordering

YesYes

Shipping

No

Federal restriction on uninspected food crossing state lines.

Seller delivery

YesYes

Third-party delivery (DoorDash, Uber Eats)

NoNo

Interstate sales

NoNo

Wholesale to retail stores

NoNo

Registration & permits

Missouri does not require state registration.

Registration

Not required

Labeling standard

Standard

Inspection

None

Food safety certification

Not required

Address privacy

Not available

Prohibited categories

What you can't sell under cottage food rules.

  • Tcs
  • Meat
  • Poultry
  • Dairy
  • Eggs
  • Fish
  • Shellfish
  • Cut Produce
  • Fermented Foods
  • Acidified Foods
  • Canned Goods

How to start

Steps to a legal first sale in Missouri.

  1. Confirm your products qualify

    Verify your menu fits Missouri's cottage food rules. Most states restrict temperature-controlled, meat, seafood, and low-acid canned items; check the prohibited-foods list above.

  2. Label every product correctly

    Every label must include your name (or registered ID), product name, ingredients, and allergens per Missouri rules.

  3. Start taking orders

    Missouri allows online orders, seller delivery. Route orders through your own channels — third-party couriers are not permitted here.

About VibeKitchen

The storefront tool this guide comes from.

VibeKitchen is a storefront and order-management tool for home food sellers — your own ordering page, your own checkout, your own customers. We’re the reason this guide exists: we had to research every state’s cottage food rules to build the product, and we’re publishing what we learned.