Mississippi cottage food makers
145 listings in 46 Mississippi counties so far, and growing. Scroll down for Mississippi's cottage food rules.
Counties with listings
North Mississippi (46 listings)
Calhoun County
Calhoun City
2 listingsClay County
West Point
1 listingDeSoto County
Hernando, Horn Lake, Southaven, Walls
8 listingsGrenada County
Grenada
2 listingsItawamba County
Fulton
2 listingsLee County
Tupelo
8 listingsLowndes County
Caledonia, Columbus
3 listingsMarshall County
Holly Springs
1 listingMonroe County
Aberdeen
1 listingNoxubee County
Macon
1 listingOktibbeha County
Starkville
5 listingsPanola County
Batesville
2 listingsPontotoc County
Pontotoc, Thaxton
4 listingsTate County
Independence
1 listingTippah County
Ripley
1 listingTishomingo County
Iuka
1 listingWebster County
Mantee
1 listingWinston County
Louisville, Noxapater
2 listingsThe Delta (2 listings)
Central Mississippi (25 listings)
Attala County
McCool
1 listingHinds County
Jackson, Raymond
3 listingsLauderdale County
Daleville, Marion
2 listingsMadison County
Ridgeland, Madison, Canton
6 listingsNeshoba County
Philadelphia
2 listingsRankin County
Brandon, Florence, Pearl
8 listingsScott County
Forest, Pulaski
2 listingsWarren County
Vicksburg
1 listingPine Belt and Southwest (37 listings)
Adams County
Natchez
1 listingForrest County
Hattiesburg, Petal
13 listingsFranklin County
Meadville
1 listingGreene County
Leakesville
1 listingJones County
Laurel
4 listingsLamar County
Sumrall, West Hattiesburg
2 listingsLawrence County
New Hebron
1 listingLincoln County
Brookhaven, Bogue Chitto
5 listingsMarion County
Columbia
3 listingsPerry County
Beaumont, Richton
2 listingsPike County
McComb, Summit
3 listingsWayne County
Waynesboro
1 listingGulf Coast (35 listings)
George County
Lucedale
4 listingsHancock County
Waveland
1 listingHarrison County
Gulfport, Biloxi, Saucier, Long Beach
17 listingsJackson County
Latimer, Ocean Springs, Moss Point, Pascagoula
7 listingsPearl River County
Poplarville, Carriere
5 listingsStone County
Perkinston
1 listing36 more Mississippi counties with no listings yet
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Mississippi cottage food rules in plain English
This is general information, not legal advice. Check your state and local rules. Last reviewed Oct. 13, 2026.
What it is
A cottage food operation makes nonpotentially hazardous foods in the kitchen of the operator's private home, owned or rented, and sells them directly to the end consumer.
License or permit
None. A cottage food operation that follows the law and stays under the sales cap is exempt from the state food permit. The Mississippi State Department of Health may inspect only after a complaint.
Sales cap
$35,000 in gross annual sales of cottage food products, counting all sales at every location.
How you can sell
Directly from the producer to the end consumer. Sales over the internet, by mail order, at wholesale or to stores are not allowed. Advertising online, including on social media, is allowed.
Shipping out of state
Not allowed. The law bans mail-order sales, and MSDH says cottage foods may be sold only in Mississippi.
Labels
Every product must be prepackaged and labeled with the operation's name and address, the product name, ingredients in descending order by weight, net weight or volume, allergen information, and this statement in at least 10-point type: Made in a cottage food operation that is not subject to Mississippi's food safety regulations.
Read the full Mississippi cottage food law guide and FAQs