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Homestead Food Products

In New Hampshire, there are two types of Home Food Operations: those exempt from licensing and those that require a license.

Exempt: A Homestead Food License is not required if:

• You only sell your non-potentially hazardous food from your residence, from your farm stand, or at a farmer’s market or retail food establishment

Non-Exempt: A Homestead Food License is required if:

• You wish to sell your non-potentially hazardous products to restaurants, other retail food

establishments, over the Internet, by mail order, or to wholesalers, brokers, or other food distributors.

More information about the Homestead license, including frequently asked questions, can be found at the following website:

https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/programs-services/environmental-health-and-you/food-protection/homestead-food-operations#:~:text=The%20homestead%20license%20applies%20to,your%20%22baked%20on%22%20date.

The websites below include information about the types of foods you can sell, examples of prohibited foods, and where you can sell your products.

https://extension.unh.edu/resource/selling-homemade-food-products-new-hampshire-basics-part-one-fact-sheet

https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt476/files/documents/2021-11/fp-homesteadfaq.pdf

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