Cottage food license cost in Wisconsin

Wisconsin does not require a state-issued permit for cottage food.

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

Home bakers: court orders prohibit DATCP from enforcing licensing requirements for home bakers who make baked goods that are not potentially hazardous and sell them directly to consumers. Home-canned foods: no license is needed to sell qualifying home-canned products at retail under § 97.29(2)(b)2. Potentially hazardous baked goods, wholesale baked goods, unbaked foods, and canned foods outside the exemption need a DATCP license.

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

No license, registration, or application for either route. Home bakers may sell baked goods that are not potentially hazardous, made in their own homes, directly to consumers; DATCP says businesses producing potentially hazardous baked goods or wholesaling baked goods must be licensed, and commercial-kitchen bakeries must follow ATCP 70 or ATCP 75. Home canners may sell home-canned fruits and vegetables with a pH of 4.6 or lower, under $5,000 a year, directly to consumers at community or social events, flea markets, or farmers markets in Wisconsin, with the required sign and labels. Other homemade foods sold to the public need a DATCP food license.

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

Home-canned rules from DATCP's Home-Canned Foods page and Wis. Stat. § 97.29(2)(b)2. DATCP's disclaimer: "Business operators are advised to practice due diligence in determining whether their practices require them to hold a food business license." DATCP licensing contact: (608) 224-4923, [email protected]. DATCP's honey page tells producers to check local town, village, city, and county ordinances.

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

Wisconsin does not require food safety training.

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

DATCP's homemade baked goods page and flyer, its Home-Canned Foods page, and Wis. Stat. § 97.29(2)(b)2. name no training requirement. DATCP strongly encourages using standardized, tested canning recipes.

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

Wisconsin does not require a home kitchen inspection.

Source: DATCP — Selling Home-Canned Foods: Do It Safely and Legally (FD-PUB-61, 12/2022) · Verified Oct 21, 2026

DATCP's home-canned brochure says "inspection is not required", and the required sign and label say the products are "not subject to state inspection." Home bakers covered by the court orders are not licensed by DATCP; DATCP's baked-goods guidance names no inspection.

Source: DATCP — Selling Home-Canned Foods: Do It Safely and Legally (FD-PUB-61, 12/2022) · Verified Oct 21, 2026

Wisconsin sets no overall annual sales cap for cottage food.

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

DATCP's homemade baked goods page and flyer set no dollar limit for home bakers. Home-canned foods are capped: the seller must receive less than $5,000 per year from their sale (Wis. Stat. § 97.29(2)(b)2.c.; DATCP: "No more than $5,000 per year per person").

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

Home-canned ("Pickle Bill") sales are limited to less than $5,000 per year per person. DATCP suggests keeping records of every batch made for sale, including amount canned and sold, sale dates and locations, and gross sales receipts. For home bakers, the Wisconsin Legislative Council describes the Kivirist exception as covering baked goods sold "direct to consumer, and at a low volume"; neither the court orders as described by DATCP nor DATCP's guidance sets a dollar figure.

Source: Wis. Stat. § 97.29 (Food processing plants)(2)(b)2.c. · Verified Oct 21, 2026