Startup & Launch
Cottage Food Label
Type your details, print the Label tab. The print area is the label.
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Startup & Launch
Cottage food business records in one sheet
Cottage Start Records keeps your cottage food business records in one sheet: the number you looked up, the date, your insurer, your kitchen address and the label statement you will use. Each row says Recorded or Add details.
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- Editable .xlsx for Excel and Google Sheets
- Files arrive by email after checkout
Need more than one sheet? All twelve are $77.00. One by one they add up to $83.91.
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One page of two, whole. The file has more.
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How it works
How does Cottage Start Records work?
Cottage Start Records keeps the numbers you looked up in one sheet. You type the permit or registration number, the date, your insurer, your kitchen address and the label statement you will use. Each field shows Recorded or Add details, so you see at once what is still missing. The sheet does not state the law.
Look it up yourself
Find the permit or registration number and the rules that apply where you live.
Record it
Type the number, the date, your insurer, your kitchen address and your label statement.
Check the status
Each field shows Recorded or Add details, as a symbol and a word.
The sample in the file
A sample sheet with a made-up number (SAMPLE-1842), which is not a real registration.
One place for the numbers you looked up
The permit number, the date, your insurer, your kitchen address and your label statement sit in one sheet instead of in emails and notes. A missing field says Add details, never Recorded.
Good to know before you buy
- This is not a legal form and not advice. It does not state the law and does not file anything for you.
- The sample number is not a real registration.
Opens in the app you use
Excel opens the .xlsx file as it is. For Google Sheets, upload the file to Google Drive and open it with Google Sheets. There is a How to use tab in the file.
Pairs well with
Sheets that sit next to this one
Each file stands alone. These three are the ones bakers open side by side.
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Questions
Questions about this sheet
Can I sell cottage food from my home?
Whether you can sell cottage food from your home depends on where you live, so look up your state and county rules. Cottage Start Records does not state the law. It keeps the number, date, insurer, kitchen address and label statement you found.
Can I make food at my house and sell it?
The rules for selling food made at home differ by place, so look them up where you live. Cottage Start Records does not state the law and does not file anything for you. It holds what you found in one sheet.
What baked goods can I sell from my home?
Which baked goods you can sell from home depends on your state’s rules, which this sheet does not state. Look the rules up yourself, then use Cottage Start Records to keep the permit number, the date and the label statement together.
Do baked goods fall under cottage food law?
Whether baked goods fall under a cottage food law is decided by your state, so check its rules. Cottage Start Records is not a legal form and not advice. It keeps what you looked up in one place.
What food items do not require a food label?
Which foods need a label depends on your state, and this sheet cannot say. Look up the rule where you live, and type the label statement you will use into Cottage Start Records, so it sits next to your permit number.
What is legally required on a food label?
Your state decides what a food label must say. Cottage Start Records has a row for the label statement you will use, so the wording you settle on is kept with the rest of your records. The sheet does not supply legal wording.
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