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Delaware registers: per product: every pet food product distributed in Delaware is registered each year. No firm license. Product fee: $100/yr. License or firm fee: None. Tonnage report: no.
| Agency | Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA), Agriculture Compliance SectionSource: agriculture.delaware.gov |
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| What's registered | Per product: every pet food product distributed in Delaware is registered each year. No firm license.Source: delcode.delaware.gov · 3 Del. C. §1704(a): “Each commercial feed, such as animal food, pet food, specialty pet food, supplements, or medicated feed shall be registered before being distributed in this State”. Customer-formula feeds are exempt. In Delaware law “pet food” means food for dogs or cats only (§1703(16), (17)). |
| Product registration fee | $100 per product per year for dog and cat food. $23 per product for pet food made by a nonprofit, and for specialty pet food (other pets) registered as commercial feed.Source: delcode.delaware.gov · 3 Del. C. §1706(a)(2)c: “For each year beginning with the year 2025, $100 for each product of each brand.” §1706(a)(2)d sets $23 for a pet food manufactured by a nonprofit; §1706(a)(1) sets $23 for all commercial feed other than pet food. The state's Business First Steps page still says “For feed and pet food the fee is $23 year per product”; that predates the 2023-2025 pet food increase in the statute, so we follow the statute. |
| Package-size rule | No package-size rule. One registration covers all package sizes of a product.Source: delcode.delaware.gov · 3 Del. C. §1706(a) sets the fee “for each product of each brand”. |
| License / firm fee | None (Delaware has no firm license for feed or pet food)Source: delcode.delaware.gov · 3 Del. C. ch. 17 provides for product registration and fees only; it has no license section. |
| Registration period | Calendar year; all registrations expire December 31Source: delcode.delaware.gov · 3 Del. C. §1704(a): “All registrations expire on December 31 of each year.” |
| Renewal due | By December 31 each yearSource: delcode.delaware.gov · 3 Del. C. §1706(a): “An annual registration fee must be paid to the Department, by December 31 each year, for each commercial feed distributed in this State”. |
| Tonnage report required? | No. Delaware's feed law has no tonnage report or inspection fee; DDA's tonnage forms are for fertilizer, soil conditioners and liming materials only.Source: agriculture.delaware.gov · 3 Del. C. ch. 17 contains no tonnage or inspection fee. |
| Tonnage report frequency | Not applicableSource: agriculture.delaware.gov |
| Tonnage report due | Not applicableSource: agriculture.delaware.gov |
| Form or portal | https://kellysolutions.com/erenewals/petfoodSource: agriculture.delaware.gov · Online through Kelly Registration Systems (KRS): DDA's page says “Commercial Pet Foods Registration is online at https://kellysolutions.com/erenewals/petfood”. KRS blocks scripted access, so we could not view the form itself. Questions: Leanne Garrett, leanne.garrett@delaware.gov, 302-698-4524. |
| License / firm form | NoneSource: agriculture.delaware.gov · No firm license for pet food in Delaware. |
| What to send | An online registration in KRS for each product, with a label or other printed matter describing the product, and the fee ($100 per dog or cat food product).Source: delcode.delaware.gov · 3 Del. C. §1704(a): the application “shall also be accompanied by a label or other printed matter describing the product” and must include the label information in §1705(a)(2)-(5) (product and brand name, guaranteed analysis, ingredients, name and address of the manufacturer or distributor). DDA's page links the KRS portal for filing. |
| Home-kitchen pet treats | No published rule No published rule found on selling pet treats made in a home kitchen; ask the Delaware Department of Agriculture. Agency page.Source: agriculture.delaware.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 Delaware |
Checked October 3, 2026 against the linked agency pages, forms and statutes.
Also see: AAFCO's Delaware page. AAFCO's state pages show no update date.
Different rules Different: other commercial feed, including specialty pet food for pets other than dogs and cats, is registered at $23 per product a year.Source: delcode.delaware.gov · 3 Del. C. §1706(a)(1): “For all commercial feed other than pet food, the registration fee is $23 per each product of each brand”. Filed online through KRS (https://kellysolutions.com/erenewals/feed), per DDA's Instructions and Applications page.
For other animal feed in Delaware: product fee $23/yr; license or firm fee None; tonnage report no.
| Product registration fee | $23 per product per yearSource: delcode.delaware.gov · 3 Del. C. §1706(a)(1). Customer-formula feeds are exempt if the fee is paid on the commercial feeds they contain. |
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| Form or portal | https://kellysolutions.com/erenewals/feedSource: agriculture.delaware.gov · Online through Kelly Registration Systems (KRS): DDA's page says “Commercial Feed Registration is online at https://kellysolutions.com/erenewals/feed”. Specialty pet food (pets other than dogs and cats) is filed here too. |
| What to send | An online registration in KRS for each product, with a label or other printed matter describing the product, and $23 per product.Source: delcode.delaware.gov · 3 Del. C. §1704(a), §1706(a)(1). |
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