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Kansas pet food & treat registration

Kansas registers: both: a commercial feeding stuffs license for each manufacturing or distribution facility in Kansas (out-of-state firms license their principal office), plus per-product registration of pet food and specialty pet food sold in packages of 10 lb or less. Product fee: $25/yr. License or firm fee: $10 per facility/yr. Tonnage report: some products.

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The facts, with sources

Agency	Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Dairy and Feed Safety, Feed Safety programSource: agriculture.ks.gov
What's registered	Both: a commercial feeding stuffs license for each manufacturing or distribution facility in Kansas (out-of-state firms license their principal office), plus per-product registration of pet food and specialty pet food sold in packages of 10 lb or lessSource: agriculture.ks.gov · K.S.A. 2-1014(a) and 2-1004(c), (d). KDA: commercial feed includes feed for livestock, poultry, pets and specialty pets, regardless of package size.
Product registration fee	$25 per product per year for pet food and specialty pet food in packages of 10 lb or less; $15 per product per year for specialty pet food in packages of 1 lb or less. Paid instead of the tonnage inspection fee.Source: agriculture.ks.gov · K.S.A. 2-1004(c) and (d). The KDA registration forms show the same $25 and $15 per product.
Package-size rule	10 lb or less: register each pet food product at $25/yr (specialty pet food in packages of 1 lb or less: $15/yr). Over 10 lb: no product registration; those packages go in the semiannual tonnage report. A product sold in both sizes registers its small packages and reports tonnage for the large ones.Source: agriculture.ks.gov · KDA's form: “Annual registration of all products distributed in packages of ten pounds or less is required.” K.S.A. 2-1004(c) says pet foods “distributed in the state in packages of 10 pounds or less”, without “only”.
License / firm fee	$10 per facility per yearSource: ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 2-1014(a): “an annual license fee of $10.” KDA's page and the license application (rev. 3/2026) show the same $10.
Registration period	Annual, July 1 to June 30 (license and product registrations)Source: agriculture.ks.gov · The license application says the license “is valid from July 1 through June 30th”. The product registration forms are “For Fiscal Year July 1 - June 30”.
Renewal due	License renewed on or before July 1 each year; KDA mails a renewal packet. Product registrations follow the same July 1 to June 30 year and go in with the license application.Source: agriculture.ks.gov · K.S.A. 2-1014(a). The statute doesn't set a separate due date for the product fees; KDA's page says the small pet product application is included with the license application.
Tonnage report required?	Yes, for pet food in packages over 10 lb (and all other feed). Registered small-package pet food pays the product fee instead of tonnage reporting.Source: agriculture.ks.gov · K.S.A. 2-1004(b), (c). KDA: “an annual fee of $25 per product shall be paid in lieu of tonnage reporting.”
Tonnage report frequency	Semiannual (January-June and July-December) Fee depends on tonnage; see the agency.Source: ksrevisor.gov
Tonnage report due	By law, January 1 and July 1, covering the previous six months. KDA's report form says the penalty starts February 1 (for July-December) and August 1 (for January-June).Source: ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 2-1004(f); delinquency fee after 30 days under 2-1004(j). Fee depends on tonnage; see the agency. Feeding Stuffs Tonnage and Inspection Fee Report: https://www.agriculture.ks.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/544/638444729321670000
Form or portal	https://www.agriculture.ks.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/540/638444729294000000Source: agriculture.ks.gov · Application for Registration of Commercial Feeding Stuffs (for products in packages of ten pounds or less), $25 each; send with a complete label. Paper forms; KDA's page doesn't link an online system. Contact: KDA.Feed@KS.GOV, 785-564-6700. Specialty pet food in packages of 1 lb or less uses its own form ($15 each): https://www.agriculture.ks.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/542/638444729317300000
License / firm form	https://www.agriculture.ks.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/538/639229016113570000Source: agriculture.ks.gov · Kansas Animal Feed License application (rev. 3/2026), $10. Kansas manufacturers also complete the second page (FDA FEI number, processing types, feed types).
What to send	The Kansas Animal Feed License application with the $10 fee; with it, the small pet product application listing each pet food product in packages of 10 lb or less (name and UPC) with $25 per product and a complete label for each. Specialty pet food in packages of 1 lb or less goes on the specialty pet form at $15 per product. Then semiannual tonnage reports for anything sold in packages over 10 lb.Source: agriculture.ks.gov
Home-kitchen pet treats	Agency: home makers need a feed license Kansas Department of Agriculture: “Type of Processing ... Home Kitchen Manufacturing” Kansas's animal feed license application lists “Home Kitchen Manufacturing” as a type of processing and gives “home pet treat production” as an example of how the license is used. Condition: The Kansas animal feed license applies, with product registration for pet food in small packages. No home-kitchen inspection condition is published.Source: agriculture.ks.gov · KDA, Kansas Animal Feed License application (revised 3/2026), section for Kansas manufacturers: “Type of Processing ... Home Kitchen Manufacturing”; “how the feed license will be used (e.g. feed mill, home pet treat production, commercial livestock manufacturing, etc)”. Selling homemade dog treats in Kansas

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

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

Horse, livestock, poultry and wild-bird feed

Different rules Different. The $25 and $15 product registrations are for pet food and specialty pet food in small packages. Other feed (horse, livestock, backyard poultry, wild-bird) needs only the $10 license and goes in the semiannual tonnage report.Source: ksrevisor.gov · License: K.S.A. 2-1014(a). Product registrations and fees: K.S.A. 2-1004(a)-(e) (https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch02/002_010_0004.html). KDA's small-package form says “all products distributed in packages of ten pounds or less” must be registered, which is broader than the statute; ask KDA about non-pet feed in small packages.

For other animal feed in Kansas: product fee None; license or firm fee $10 per facility/yr; tonnage report yes.

What's registered	Commercial feeding stuffs license for each manufacturing or distribution facility. No product registration for feed other than pet food and specialty pet food under the statute.Source: ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 2-1014(a) and 2-1004(c), (d). KDA's small-package form wording is broader; ask KDA.
Product registration fee	None per product (the $25 and $15 registrations are for pet food and specialty pet food)Source: ksrevisor.gov
Package-size rule	No package-size rule in the statute: all of it goes in the semiannual tonnage reportSource: ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 2-1004(a), (b).
Tonnage report required?	Yes, for all feed other than registered small-package pet food and specialty pet foodSource: ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 2-1004(a), (b). Fee depends on tonnage; see the agency.
What to send	The Kansas Animal Feed License application with the $10 fee, then semiannual tonnage reportsSource: agriculture.ks.gov

Kansas: “pet” means any domesticated vertebrate animal normally kept in or near the owner's household. The law doesn't say whether treats for backyard hens, or for a horse kept at home, count as pet food; the calculator treats them as other animal feed. Ask the agency before you rely on it.Source: ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 2-1001(F). If they are pet food, the $25 small-package registration applies.

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Due dates

July 1: Kansas commercial feeding stuffs license renewal due ($10; license year July 1 to June 30)Source: ksrevisor.gov
July 1: Kansas small-package pet food registrations renew for the July 1 to June 30 year ($25 per product; $15 for specialty pet food in packages of 1 lb or less) (if you register products)Source: agriculture.ks.gov
January 1, July 1: Kansas semiannual tonnage report and inspection fee due by law (KDA's penalty starts the first of the next month). Fee depends on tonnage; see the agency. (only if you have products under tonnage reporting)Source: ksrevisor.gov

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Good to know

Late tonnage fees: if inspection fees aren't paid within 30 days after the due date, or the tonnage report is wrong, KDA adds a delinquency fee of 10% of the amount due or $50, whichever is greater.Source: ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 2-1004(j); repeated on KDA's tonnage report form.
No license is needed to distribute only packages of a licensed firm, as packaged and labeled by that firm with its name and address on the label.Source: ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 2-1014(a). KDA: “A license is not required of persons distributing only commercial feed products of a Kansas licensee.”
Once a product is registered, sellers don't need to register it again as long as it stays in the registrant's original, unbroken, labeled container.Source: agriculture.ks.gov · K.A.R. 4-3-11(a), from KDA's reference copy of the feed regulations (September 2011).
Specialty pets are domesticated animals kept in a cage or tank, such as gerbils, hamsters, canaries, parrots, finches, tropical fish, goldfish, snakes and turtles. Specialty pet food in packages of 1 lb or less is $15 per product instead of $25.Source: ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 2-1001(H) and 2-1004(d).
Pet foods are commercial feed even if they are 60% or more water (the high-moisture exemption doesn't apply to pet food), so canned and raw pet food are covered.Source: ksrevisor.gov · K.S.A. 2-1001(A)(d).
The license application asks Kansas manufacturers whether they make raw pet food and whether they use home kitchen manufacturing, and asks for a description such as “home pet treat production”.Source: agriculture.ks.gov
Tonnage inspection fee: KDA charges 9 cents per ton with a $15 minimum each six months. K.S.A. 2-1004(a) sets 10 cents per ton; K.S.A. 2-1004a lets the secretary lower it. Fee depends on tonnage; see the agency.Source: agriculture.ks.gov · KDA tonnage report form and Feed Tonnage Fact Sheet: https://www.agriculture.ks.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/546/638444729367930000

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Nearby states

Nebraska pet food registration (product fee $25/yr; license $15 per facility/yr)
Missouri pet food registration (product fee $90/yr; license $35 per facility/yr)
Oklahoma pet food registration (product fee none; license $50 per firm/yr)
Colorado pet food registration (product fee $25/yr; license $75 per company/yr)

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