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Selling homemade food in Oklahoma means your label has to follow the Oklahoma Homemade Food Freedom Act — 2 O.S. §§ 5-4.1 to 5-4.6, in force since 1 November 2021, when HB 1032 replaced the Home Bakery Act of 2013. No licence, no inspection and no mandatory registration; gross annual sales of prepared food must stay under $75,000. Foods above pH 4.6 or 0.85 water activity may only be sold by the producer directly to the consumer and delivered by the producer, and require an approved food safety training first; everything below may also be sold through retailers, markets and parcel carriers. Here is exactly what that label must show in 2026 — the required fields, the allergen rule, and the verbatim disclaimer and its font size — sourced to the statute and dated.
Print this statement on the label, word for word:
The 10-point minimum applies to the WHOLE required block — name, phone, address, product description, ingredients, allergens and the statement — not to the statement alone. Heads-up: the statutes still carry a second, different sentence at 2 O.S. § 5-4.4 (“Made in a home food establishment that is not licensed by the State Department of Health.”), which HB 1032 amended but never repealed; ODAFF, the agency that enforces the Act, publishes only the § 5-4.3 sentence above. A third-party seller must also display a placard with a longer text ending “This product may contain allergens.” — that extra sentence belongs on the placard, never on your label. The optional $15-a-year ODAFF registration number (OKFFA-###-MMYY) replaces your name, phone and address; it is never an extra field.
Oklahoma is a pure-exemption state with no permit and no registration number, but its label is unusually demanding on privacy and wording. The statute requires the producer's PHYSICAL home address AND phone number on every label, and the Act carries TWO distinct mandated statements from two overlapping provisions: the section 5-4.3(A)(6)(f) line "This product was produced in a private residence that is exempt from government licensing and inspection" and the section 5-4.4 line "Made in a home food establishment that is not licensed by the State Department of Health." A producer who both makes homemade food products and operates a home food establishment selling prepared food may need both, so the safest label prints both. Note the statute enumerates only six example allergens (milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat) while referring to "the eight most common allergens."
section 5-4.3(A)(6)(f) prescribes "This product was produced in a private residence that is exempt from government licensing and inspection." while section 5-4.4 prescribes "Made in a home food establishment that is not licensed by the State Department of Health." They are cumulative, not contradictory: section 5-4.3 governs homemade food products generally and section 5-4.4 governs a home food establishment selling prepared food. If you fall under both, print both; confirm current wording with ODAFF. Also watch the placard version resellers must post, which adds "This product may contain allergens."
section 5-4.3(A)(6) requires the physical address where the product was produced plus the producer's name and phone number — the statute provides no PO-box or business-address substitute. Producers selling direct-to-consumer should plan for this privacy exposure.
Time/temperature-controlled-for-safety foods require the producer to first complete and pass an ODAFF-approved food safety course (e.g., ServSafe Food Handler; the training must be available online and may not exceed 8 hours), and TCS foods may only be sold and delivered by the producer directly to the consumer — no third-party vendors, farm stands, or shipping. Non-TCS foods have far more flexible channels (including third-party vendors and parcel delivery).
Homemade food products may not contain seafood or any meat/meat by-products/meat food products or poultry products (section 5-4.3(A)(8)); alcohol, unpasteurized milk, and cannabis products are likewise excluded from the definition. The at-least-10-point-font minimum (all section 5-4.3(B) info) and the contrasting-color requirement (for the section 5-4.4 statement) are easy to miss on small packaging.
Timeline: Immediate for non-TCS foods — no application, permit, inspection, or registration number; you may sell as soon as your label is compliant. For TCS foods, allow time to complete an ODAFF-approved food safety course (e.g., ServSafe Food Handler, online, max 8 hours) before your first sale.
Cost: $0 — no permit or registration required. The only potential out-of-pocket cost is an ODAFF-approved food safety course if you make time/temperature-controlled foods (ServSafe Food Handler is roughly $15); non-TCS producers pay nothing.
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Make my Oklahoma label →Oklahoma requires this exact statement on a cottage food label: “This product was produced in a private residence that is exempt from government licensing and inspection.” It must be set at a minimum of 10-point type.
No. Oklahoma does not require a permit or registration number printed on the label.
At minimum: product name — the common name of the food; your business / producer name; the address of the cottage food operation; a complete ingredient list, in descending order by weight (sub-ingredients included); an allergen declaration — the 9 major FDA allergens, in the ingredient list or a “Contains:” line; net weight, in US customary and metric units; the state's required disclaimer at a minimum of 10-point type (see below); a telephone number for the operation.
No. CottageCompliance gives general information based on each state's published rules, dated to when we last verified them. Always confirm with your state or local agency before selling.
Source: Enrolled HB 1032 (2021) — §§ 5-4.1 to 5-4.6, Oklahoma State Department of Health. Labeling detail, the nine-allergen list and the placard text: ODAFF Food Safety Division. Registration number, $15 fee and HB 2975 (eff. 1 November 2024): OSU Robert M. Kerr FAPC-242, January 2025. Verified 2026-08-10. General information, not legal advice — confirm with your state or local agency before selling.