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Kentucky registers: per product: every commercial feed, including pet food and pet treats, is registered with the Division before it is sold in Kentucky. No firm or facility license. Product fee: $50/yr. License or firm fee: None. Tonnage report: some products.
| Agency | University of Kentucky Division of Regulatory Services (DRS), Feed ProgramSource: rs.uky.edu · KRS 250.491 puts the feed law under the Director of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station; the Division of Regulatory Services runs it. |
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| What's registered | Per product: every commercial feed, including pet food and pet treats, is registered with the Division before it is sold in Kentucky. No firm or facility license.Source: rs.uky.edu · KRS 250.511(2). The Division says “Kentucky law does not require a separate facility license to sell products in Kentucky.” Firms that manufacture feed in Kentucky also file their name and each Kentucky plant (KRS 250.511(1)). |
| Product registration fee | $50 per product per year, for products sold only in packages of 10 lb or less. No registration fee for products sold in any package over 10 lb; they pay the quarterly inspection fee instead.Source: rs.uky.edu · KRS 250.561(1)(d) and 12 KAR 2:061 Section 5. The Division: “You should never pay both tonnage and the annual fee for a single product.” |
| Package-size rule | Sold only in packages of 10 lb or less: $50 a year per product, in place of the inspection fee. Sold in any package over 10 lb, even if also sold in smaller packages: no registration fee, and the product goes on the quarterly tonnage report.Source: rs.uky.edu · Application instructions; KRS 250.561(1)(d). |
| License / firm fee | None (Kentucky has no firm or facility license for feed or pet food)Source: rs.uky.edu |
| Registration period | Small-package registrations run on the fiscal year, July 1 to June 30. Registrations of products sold over 10 lb stay in effect until cancelled.Source: rs.uky.edu · KRS 250.511(2): a registration continues in effect unless cancelled. The Division says larger-package products are renewed automatically. |
| Renewal due | Small-package products renew each year for July 1. The Division mails a renewal form in June. There are no late fees on renewals.Source: rs.uky.edu |
| Tonnage report required? | Yes, for products sold in packages over 10 lb or in bulk: a quarterly tonnage report with an inspection fee. Products sold only in packages of 10 lb or less are not on it.Source: apps.legislature.ky.gov · KRS 250.561(1) and (2). The Division mails or emails a firm-specific tonnage form each quarter (Tonnage FAQ). |
| Tonnage report frequency | Quarterly (calendar quarters) Fee depends on tonnage; see the agency.Source: apps.legislature.ky.gov |
| Tonnage report due | By the last day of January, April, July and October, for the previous quarterSource: apps.legislature.ky.gov · KRS 250.561(2)(a). The Division's Tonnage FAQ gives the 30th of those months as the due date and the 15th of the next month as the delinquent date. Fee depends on tonnage; see the agency. |
| Form or portal | https://www.rs.uky.edu/regulatory/feed/regulatory_forms/RegistrationApplication.pdfSource: rs.uky.edu · Application for Registration of Commercial Feeds. Questions: ukfeed@uky.edu or 859-257-6528. Also as a Word file on the forms page: https://www.rs.uky.edu/regulatory/feed/regulatory_forms/RegistrationApplication.docx |
| License / firm form | NoneSource: rs.uky.edu · No firm license in Kentucky. Firms that manufacture feed in Kentucky file the Registration of Commercial Feed Manufacturing Facilities form (no fee shown): https://www.rs.uky.edu/regulatory/feed/regulatory_forms/RegistrationCommericalFeedManufacturingFacility.docx |
| What to send | The Application for Registration of Commercial Feeds listing each product by its full name as on the label and whether it is sold only in packages of 10 lb or less; a copy of each product's label; and $50 for each product sold only in 10 lb-or-less packages. Pay by check to the University of Kentucky or with the credit card authorization form. Mail to the Feed Program, UK Division of Regulatory Services, 103 Regulatory Services Bldg., Lexington, KY 40546-0275.Source: rs.uky.edu |
| Home-kitchen pet treats | No published rule No published rule found on selling pet treats made in a home kitchen; ask the Division of Regulatory Services (Kentucky's feed regulator). Agency page.Source: rs.uky.edu · 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 Kentucky |
Checked October 3, 2026 against the linked agency pages, forms and statutes.
Also see: AAFCO's Kentucky page. AAFCO's state pages show no update date.
Same rules as pet food Same as pet food: every commercial feed is registered, at $50 a year if sold only in packages of 10 lb or less; otherwise free to register and reported quarterly for the inspection fee.Source: rs.uky.edu · KRS 250.561(1)(d) applies to all commercial feed. The Tonnage FAQ says feed for “pet” chickens is reported as poultry feed.
For other animal feed in Kentucky: product fee $50/yr; license or firm fee None; tonnage report some products.
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