TUJC Food Safety Advising

01/03/2026

FAQ FRIDAY - Can I leave my cottage food in a shop for the shop to sell on my behalf, like a consignment arrangement?

Yes. This falls under the wholesale rules. It doesn’t matter if your agreement with the cottage food vendor is that they buy the food from you up front or they only pay you after it is sold.

Wholesale - https://texascottagefoodlaw.com/wholesale/

FAQ - https://texascottagefoodlaw.com/faq/

Find a wealth of free, accurate info and resources on our two websites -
www.texascottagefoodlaw.com
www.homemadetexas.org

Become a member of Homemade Texas here - https://homemadetexas.org/join/
Members get free access to the webinars, along with assistance via email (and phone, depending on membership level selected), as well as newsletters and knowing you’re helping support our ongoing efforts for food freedom in Texas.

Now you have two different options to watch our webinars going over the Texas Cottage Food Law and this year’s major expansion! https://homemadetexas.org/webinars/
1) Register for our next Live Webinar and Q&A on Monday, January 19, 2026, from 6 pm through 8 pm. Free for members of Homemade Texas and only $10 for everyone else.

2) Get access to watch the recording of our October 2025 Webinar for 90 days for only $7.95.

Support our work with a donation - https://homemadetexas.org/donate/

01/02/2026

12/26/2025

Merry Christmas to all and thank you for always supporting. May you all be blessed always.

-EC

12/11/2025

Here is the website to the state.

Learn more about which food manufacturers, wholesalers and warehouse operators are required to obtain licenses in Texas and how they can obtain a license.

12/11/2025

Did you know? Ice cream, which is frozen dessert, or excluded as a cottage food, but freeze-dried ice cream is allowed! So…who’s making astronaut ice cream?

FAQ - https://texascottagefoodlaw.com/faq/

Find a wealth of free, accurate info and resources on our two websites -
www.texascottagefoodlaw.com
www.homemadetexas.org

Become a member of Homemade Texas here - https://homemadetexas.org/join/
Members get free access to the webinars, along with assistance via email (and phone, depending on membership level selected), as well as newsletters and knowing you’re helping support our ongoing efforts for food freedom in Texas.

Now you have two different options to watch our webinars going over the Texas Cottage Food Law and this year’s major expansion! https://homemadetexas.org/webinars/
1) Register for our next Live Webinar and Q&A on Monday, January 19, 2026, from 6 pm through 8 pm. Free for members of Homemade Texas and only $10 for everyone else.

2) Get access to watch the recording of our October 2025 Webinar for 90 days for only $7.95.

Support our work with a donation and help us hire a helper so we can continue to assist and support you - https://homemadetexas.org/donate/

08/18/2025

06/16/2025

Texas cottage foods must be labeled with specific information.1. Common or usual name of the product (ie: blueberry muffin).2. Any major allergens present in...

06/16/2025

Happy father's to all the dads out there! May your day be filled with blessings!

06/08/2025

Yes I have read it. Have you?

The Texas Cottage Food Law just got a MAJOR upgrade. As of September 1, 2025, more foods than ever will be allowed to be sold, either directly to the consume...

05/30/2025

Awesome!!

🧁 The Texas Cottage Food Law just got ⚡SUPERCHARGED⚡! Governor Greg Abbott has signed SB 541, the biggest expansion of the Texas Cottage Food Law yet. The bill’s passage puts Texas back on the cutting edge of cottage food laws nationwide!
Some of the changes include:

- Allows wholesale of non-refrigerated foods through a “cottage food vendor”
- The annual sales cap has tripled to $150,000, and is indexed to inflation from now on
- Clarifies (crystal clear) that there are no permits or permit fees required for selling or sampling – EVER
- Removing your home address from the food label with optional DSHS registration. You would get a unique identifier number from DSHS to put on your labels instead.
- This is personal – a new statement of non-inspection for the label that doesn’t read like it was run back and forth through Google translate half a dozen times. “THIS PRODUCT WAS PRODUCED IN A PRIVATE RESIDENCE THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENTAL LICENSING OR INSPECTION.”
- Foods allowed is now an EXCLUSION model. So, there’s no list any more of what you CAN sell, it’s now a list of what you CAN’T sell. Trust me, this is good. You will be able to sell ANY FOOD directly to the consumer under the cottage food law, except:
* meat, meat products, poultry, or poultry products (this doesn’t mean eggs, it means the carcass of a chicken);
* seafood, including seafood products, fish, fish products, shellfish, and shellfish products;
* ice or ice products, including shaved ice, ice cream, frozen custard, popsicles, and gelato;
* low-acid canned goods;
* products containing cannabidiol (CBD) or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); or
* raw milk and raw milk products

What kind of cottage foods can you sell as of September 1, 2025, that aren’t allowed now? Cheesecakes. Banana pudding. Flan. Pumpkin pie. Cream pies. Cut fruits and vegetables. Cheese. Vegetarian casseroles and pasta dishes. Pizza (no meat). Sandwiches (no meat). Hot meals (no meat). Sense a theme here? No meat. You WILL need to register with DSHS if you are selling foods that require refrigeration, and add some additional information to your labels (date made and a statement about safe handling instructions).

DSHS must make rules regarding registering to sell refrigerated foods, removing your home address from your label, and the process to become a cottage food vendor. I have NO ANSWERS to questions about this process at this time. We will be monitoring closely over the coming months and provide information as soon as it is available.

The changes go into effect on September 1, 2025. Thank you, Governor Greg Abbott, Senator Lois Kolkhorst, Representative Lacey Hull and Judith McGeary at the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance for your hard work contributing to this victory!

LET'S PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!

05/27/2025

The Texas Food Freedom Act is on Governor Abbott's desk! The bill expands the foods allowed to be sold by cottage food producers, triples the annual income cap to $150,000, offers the option of removing your home address from the label, clarifies that no permits or fees are required for sampling or selling, allows wholesale of non-refrigerated foods, and MORE... tell Governor Abbott to sign the bill! Call 512-463-2000 or share your opinion here: https://gov.texas.gov/apps/contact-us/opinion

Read the bill (Enrolled version): https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Text.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB541

05/26/2025

On this day, tears for those that never made it home. As I remember those that I once knew and those I didn't being my Forever brothers and sisters in arms. My prayers and condolences to all those families that have a soldier, sailor, marine, airman, or coastie that did not return as they left. On this memorial day you are not forgotten. To include firefighters, police and EMS personnel.