Home kitchen label rules in Northwest Territories

Last checked 5 August 2026 · Informational only, not legal or food-safety advice. Verify anything important with Environmental Health Unit, Population Health Division, Department of Health and Social Services, Government of the Northwest Territories 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.

Northwest Territories asks for no "not inspected" line

The kitchen is inspected before any sale, so there is nothing to disclaim. Everything else above still applies.

The detail

NWT has NO 'uninspected kitchen' scheme, and the suggested statement above is very likely WRONG to print here. The Food Establishment Safety Regulations define "home food processor" as "an operator who handles food for a commercial purpose in the operator's private residence", and s.3 provides: "(1) Subject to subsection (2), these regulations do not apply in respect of a private residence. (2) If food is handled for a commercial purpose in a private residence, these regulations apply in respect of those areas of the residence where the food is handled for that purpose." So a home baker selling commercially is a permitted, inspectable food establishment, not an uninspected one. A food establishment permit is required and is issued after a satisfactory inspection by an Environmental Health Officer; the 2019 amendments merely relaxed some requirements for home food processors (e.g. s.20(2) hand basin exclusivity, s.22(5) does not apply to home food processors, s.28(4) area-limited application). The only labelling duty is s.31: "An operator shall ensure that all food in a food establishment is (a) protected from contamination; (b) handled in a safe and sanitary manner; and (c) clearly and properly labelled." s.35(1) lets the Chief Public Health Officer direct written procedures "to ensure the accurate labelling of food". Regulations do not apply to: private functions for members and invited guests with volunteer-prepared food (s.4(1)); organizational fundraising bake sales except at fairs/festivals/special events (s.4(2)); traditional community feasts (s.4(3)); premises selling only non-potentially-hazardous food in original unopened prepackaged containers (s.4(4)).

Make one

Free, nothing saved, no account. It leaves the inspection line off, as Northwest Territories asks, and prints a sheet.

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
• Environmental Health Unit, Population Health Division, Department of Health and Social Services, Government of the Northwest Territories