# Home kitchen label rules in Nunavut

> Informational only, not legal or food-safety advice. Verify with Environmental Health Officers, Department of Health, Government of Nunavut 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

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

> Prepared in a home kitchen that is not subject to inspection.

Close wording is generally accepted.
Minimum type size: 12 point.

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

> NOT FOR RESALE

## Detail

Nunavut is the only one of these four with published home-kitchen label wording. Under the Food Safety Regulations (Nu Reg 032-2023, in force 1 May 2024) LOW-RISK food needs no food premises permit; medium and high-risk food may only be prepared in permitted premises. The GN fact sheet 'Preparing Homemade Food for Sale' lists the label block as: "A statement similar to 'prepared in a home kitchen that is not subject to inspection'"; "Your name, business name, e-mail and/or phone number"; "The name of the food and the date it was prepared"; "Statement saying 'not for resale'"; "Labels should be legible, with a minimum 12 pt. font." The worked sample label on that fact sheet reads: "Prepared in a home kitchen that is not subject to inspection." then "NOT FOR RESALE". Sales channels are restricted: allowed at community markets/events, bake sales, and direct to customer by home delivery or pickup; NOT allowed into permitted facilities (restaurants, grocery stores, cafes, bakeries, convenience stores) or facilities serving vulnerable people (hospitals, health centres, special care homes, licensed child care). Separate mandatory rule for donations: "If you publicly donate home prepared medium or high-risk food you must clearly indicate, in writing or as part of a broadcast offer, that the food has been produced in a home without a permit." Country food advertising must disclose that it has not been inspected, plus trichinellosis test status for walrus and bear. The gov.nu.ca food safety page lists regional Environmental Health Officer contacts.

## Sources

- Authority: Environmental Health Officers, Department of Health, Government of Nunavut (regional environmental health offices)
- Rule: https://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/documents/2024-05/Fact%20Sheet%20-%20Low-Risk%20Prepared%20Food%20ENG.pdf
- Authority page: https://www.gov.nu.ca/en/health/food-safety