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License a home kitchen food business

Selling food made in your home kitchen can require an ODA domestic kitchen license. Check the no-license exemptions first.

Steps

5 steps
  1. Confirm it is your home kitchenA rented empty house or apartment does not qualify. Catering from a domestic kitchen is not allowed.
  2. Gather your product and label detailsFood processors give ODA the ingredients, steps, refrigeration needs, where it will be sold, and the label.
  3. Book an approval inspectionCall your inspector at least two weeks before you want to open.
  4. Fill out the license applicationCheck that your mailing address is correct or you will not get your license.
  5. Pay the feeMake checks payable to the Oregon Department of Agriculture. The license should arrive in 6-8 weeks.

Bring

  • Legal business name and DBA papers
  • Signed land use compatibility statement
  • Product, process and label details
  • Well or septic testing and approval
Some home food sellers need no license. Check ODA's no-license exemptions page first.

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