Cottage food label requirements in Mississippi
The short version
A label on food made in a home kitchen in Mississippi carries six things wherever you are: what it is, everything in it heaviest first, the major allergens, who made it, how to reach you, and the date. On top of that comes the wording below.
What goes on the label
- The product name, in words a customer would use.
- Every ingredient, heaviest first.
- The major allergens, called out separately from the ingredient list.
- Who made it: your name or your business name.
- How to reach you.
- The date it was made.
What the label has to say
As published for Mississippi, read on 5 August 2026:
Made in a cottage food operation that is not subject to Mississippi's food safety regulations.
This is published as fixed text, so reproduce it exactly rather than rewording it. It has to appear at 10 point type or larger, which is part of the requirement rather than a design choice.
The detail
Miss. Code Ann. 75-29-951. Cottage food operations are EXEMPT from MSDH permitting, and MSDH does not inspect them unless a complaint is filed. Annual gross sales of cottage food products may not exceed $35,000. Products may be sold only within Mississippi, direct from producer to final consumer. Non-potentially hazardous foods only: baked goods, jams, jellies, acidified foods; acidified-food producers are strongly encouraged to get process training. Other label elements (business name and address, product name, ingredients in descending order by weight, net weight or volume, federal allergen and nutrition labeling) come from the statute, not from the source I fetched.
Make one
Free, nothing saved, no account. It fills in Mississippi's wording for you and prints a sheet.
Where to verify all of this
Rules change, and this page can lag behind them. Before you rely on any of it: