Connecticut pet food & treat registration

Connecticut registers: per product: every commercial feed, pet food and pet treat distributed in Connecticut is registered each year. Connecticut feed and pet food makers with $25,000 or more a year in feed sales also register each manufacturing facility. Product fee: $80/yr. License or firm fee: None. Tonnage report: no.

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The facts, with sources

Agency	Connecticut Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Regulatory Services, Agricultural Commodities UnitSource: portal.ct.gov · Agency page for commercial feed product registration. Licensing questions: AGLicensing@ct.gov, 860-713-2512.
What's registered	Per product: every commercial feed, pet food and pet treat distributed in Connecticut is registered each year. Connecticut feed and pet food makers with $25,000 or more a year in feed sales also register each manufacturing facility.Source: cga.ct.gov · CGS 22-118l(a) (facility) and (b) (product). Customer-formula feed is not registered. The agency's flow chart says: “ALL PRODUCTS REGARDLESS OF STATE OF ORIGIN ARE REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE CT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.”
Product registration fee	$80 per product per yearSource: portal.ct.gov · The Department of Agriculture's application charges “$80.00 per product” (every version from 2021 to the 2025 form at https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/doag/licensing/feed-app-x25.pdf). The regulation, RCSA 22-118q-2 (adopted 2000; https://eregulations.ct.gov/eRegsPortal/Browse/RCSA/Title_22Subtitle_22-118qSection_22-118q-2/), still says “forty dollars for each commercial feed registered.” We follow the agency's current charge; confirm with the licensing unit (860-713-2512).
Package-size rule	No package-size rule. The fee is per product.Source: portal.ct.gov · The application calculates the fee only by the number of products. No size-based fee appears in CGS 22-118l or RCSA 22-118q-2.
License / firm fee	None for out-of-state firms. A Connecticut manufacturing facility with $25,000 or more a year in commercial feed sales registers each year: $50 with fewer than five full-time staff, $100 with five or more.Source: cga.ct.gov · CGS 22-118l(a). Facilities under $25,000 a year in sales are exempt from facility registration and inspection, but their products must still be registered.
Registration period	Calendar year; all registrations expire December 31Source: cga.ct.gov · CGS 22-118l(a) and (b).
Renewal due	By December 31. The renewal form is not online: call the licensing unit at 860-713-2512 for it.Source: portal.ct.gov · Agency page: “The renewal form is not available online. You must contact the licensing unit at 860-713-2512 for renewal application and associated forms.” CGS 22-118l(a) says facility registrations “may be renewed during the month of December.”
Tonnage report required?	No. Connecticut's commercial feed law has no tonnage report or inspection fee.Source: cga.ct.gov · CGS 22-118k to 22-118u set only registration fees and fines; there is no tonnage section.
Tonnage report frequency	Not applicableSource: cga.ct.gov
Tonnage report due	Not applicableSource: cga.ct.gov
Form or portal	https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/doag/licensing/feed-app-2024.pdfSource: portal.ct.gov · Commercial Feed Registration Application (PDF), for new registrations and for adding new products. The agency page links this form; it also hosts a 2025 edition (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/doag/licensing/feed-app-x25.pdf) with the same $80 fee. Renewal forms come from the licensing unit.
License / firm form	https://www.elicense.ct.gov/Source: portal.ct.gov · Connecticut manufacturing facility registration is applied for online through CT eLicense (“Apply Online!” on the agency page). Only Connecticut facilities with $25,000 or more a year in feed sales need it.
What to send	The completed application; one legible paper label for each new or revised product; and a check payable to “Connecticut Department of Agriculture” for $80 per product. Mail to Connecticut Department of Agriculture, 450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite 702, Hartford, CT 06103. Allow at least 2 weeks for label review.Source: portal.ct.gov · Incomplete applications and payments are returned for completion and resubmission.
Home-kitchen pet treats	No published rule No published rule found on selling pet treats made in a home kitchen; ask the Connecticut Department of Agriculture. Agency page.Source: portal.ct.gov · We read the agency's pet food and feed pages, its law and rules, and the state's cottage food rules, and found no statement either way on making pet treats in a home kitchen. Selling homemade dog treats in Connecticut

Checked October 3, 2026 against the linked agency pages, forms and statutes.

Also see: AAFCO's Connecticut page. AAFCO's state pages show no update date.

Horse, livestock, poultry and wild-bird feed

Same rules as pet food Same as pet food: every commercial feed product (horse, livestock, poultry, wild bird) is registered at $80 a year, except customer-formula feed.Source: cga.ct.gov · CGS 22-118l(b); fee per the agency's application form.

For other animal feed in Connecticut: product fee $80/yr; license or firm fee None; tonnage report no.

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Due dates

December 31: Connecticut feed and pet food product registrations expire December 31; renew before then ($80 per product) (if you register products)Source: cga.ct.gov

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Good to know

A distributor does not need to register a commercial feed that is already registered in Connecticut by another person (for example, the brand owner or manufacturer).Source: cga.ct.gov · CGS 22-118l(b).
Fines: after being told to register, $100 per unregistered commercial feed (each product is a separate offense). Failing to register a Connecticut manufacturing facility is an infraction the first time and $500 after that. Other violations: $250 first offense, $500 for a repeat within a year.Source: cga.ct.gov · CGS 22-118l(d).
Connecticut makers of feed, pet food or pet treats: if your ingredients include potentially hazardous food (eggs, meat, milk, seafood), you need a validated process and a written food safety plan on file, and ingredients must come from an approved source (no slaughter). Facilities with $25,000 or more in sales also need a pre-inspection, an FDA food facility registration and a yearly licensing questionnaire.Source: portal.ct.gov · Agency flow chart, “Animal Feed, Pet Food, and Pet Treat Manufacturing Facility Registration Process”.
Pet treats register as products, like pet food. In Connecticut law “pet” means any domesticated animal kept in or near the home; “specialty pet” means caged or tank pets such as gerbils, hamsters, birds, fish, snakes and turtles.Source: cga.ct.gov · CGS 22-118k(18)-(21). The agency's application is titled “Registration of Commercial Feed, Animal Food, & Pet Treat Product(s)”.
Not Kelly Registration Systems: product registration is a paper application with a check. Facility registration uses CT eLicense.Source: portal.ct.gov

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New York pet food registration (product fee $100/yr; license none)
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