North Dakota Cottage Food Laws

INTERSTATE SALES ALLOWED (unique): Non-perishable products can be shipped within North Dakota and to other states where it is legal to mail cottage foods (one of only ~5 states: Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Alabama, North Dakota). POULTRY RESTRICTION: Poultry products (1,000 bird exemption) CANNOT be sold across state lines - must transfer person-to-person within North Dakota, cannot ship poultry via mail, cannot sell poultry out-of-state. All sales/deliveries must remain within North Dakota for poultry.

Almost any food or drink product as long as it does not contain meat (poultry exception). EXTENSIVE ALLOWANCE: baked goods (breads, cakes, cookies, pastries, etc.), baked goods with fillings (cream, custard, meringue), cheesecake, pumpkin pie, items with cream cheese icings/fillings, frozen baked goods, uncooked dough products, preserves/jams/jellies, candies/chocolates, condiments, dry goods, frozen produce, refrigerated products, canned products, drinks, items with dairy (must use pasteurized dairy). Food states: fresh, cooked, refrigerated, frozen, dried, canned. POULTRY EXCEPTION: Producers who raise and slaughter ≤1,000 birds per year can sell their own poultry meat and products made with their own poultry. REQUIREMENTS: raise/process/sell no more than 1,000 of your own birds each year, cannot buy additional poultry to resell, must ensure not adulterated/misbranded, CANNOT sell poultry products across state lines (interstate restriction), must transfer person-to-person within ND, cannot ship poultry via mail, cannot sell poultry out-of-state. PROHIBITED: meat products (except poultry under 1,000 bird exemption), products with unpasteurized dairy/milk, baked products considered ready-to-eat containing raw uncooked egg products.