# Home kitchen label rules in Alberta

> Informational only, not legal or food-safety advice. Verify with Alberta Health Services, Environmental Public Health before printing labels. Last checked 2026-08-05.

## 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.

## The required statement

Alberta describes what the label has to get across rather than publishing a sentence to copy. A common form of it:

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

Close wording is generally accepted.

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

> This food is not for resale.

## 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.

## Sources

- Authority: Alberta Health Services, Environmental Public Health (executive officers under the Public Health Act); Alberta Health writes the Food Regulation
- Rule: https://kings-printer.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2006_031.pdf
- Authority page: https://www.alberta.ca/low-risk-home-prepared-foods