Home kitchen label rules in Alberta

Last checked 5 August 2026 · Informational only, not legal or food-safety advice. Verify anything important with Alberta Health Services, Environmental Public Health before you print a run of labels.

What goes on the label

1. The product name, in words a customer would use.
2. Every ingredient, heaviest first.
3. The major allergens, called out separately from the ingredient list.
4. Who made it: your name or your business name.
5. How to reach you.
6. The date it was made.

What the label has to say

Alberta describes what the label has to get across rather than publishing a sentence to copy. This is a common form of it, read on 5 August 2026:

This food is prepared in a home kitchen that is not subject to inspection.

Wording close to this is generally accepted.

A second line goes on the label as well, alongside that one:

This food is not for resale.

The detail

Food Regulation (AR 31/2006) s. 52.2(1)(f) for a low-risk home-prepared food operator, and the parallel s. 36(1)(d)(ii) for stallholders at public markets. Both require, prior to sale: (i) a statement that the food is prepared in a home kitchen that is not subject to inspection; (ii) a statement that the food is not for resale; (iii) the name, business name and email address or phone number of the operator; (iv) the name of the food product; (v) the date the food product was prepared. The labelling requirement does not apply to unprocessed horticultural products (s. 52.2(2)). Only low-risk (non time/temperature-controlled) food qualifies; higher-risk home food still needs a permit and inspection. s. 52.1(2) separately prohibits anyone from reselling the food or using it as an ingredient in food for sale, which is why the not-for-resale line exists. No point size specified anywhere in the regulation.

Make one

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What it is What is in it, heaviest first Make the labels

Where to verify all of this

Rules change, and this page can lag behind them. Before you rely on any of it:

• The rule itself
• Alberta Health Services, Environmental Public Health