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Maine registers: per product: every pet food and treat product distributed in Maine is registered each year. No firm license. Product fee: $100/yr. License or firm fee: None. Tonnage report: no.
| Agency | Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF), Division of Quality Assurance and Regulations, Feed, Seed and Fertilizer programSource: maine.gov |
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| What's registered | Per product: every pet food and treat product distributed in Maine is registered each year. No firm license.Source: legislature.maine.gov · 7 M.R.S. §714(1): “A person may not distribute in this State a commercial feed, except a customer-formula feed, that has not been registered.” DACF: “All pet foods/treats manufactured or distributed within Maine must be registered.” |
| Product registration fee | $100 per product per year for pet food ($80 registration fee plus a $20 surcharge). A home-based manufacturer of pet food pays $100 a year in total.Source: legislature.maine.gov · 7 M.R.S. §714(1) and (4). The surcharge funds the Companion Animal Sterilization Fund. A home-based manufacturer of pet food makes 10 or fewer product names in its home and sells them directly to consumers (§712(8-A)). DACF's application lists “$100 year - Pet Food Registration (per product)”. |
| Package-size rule | No package-size rule. Each product name is registered once.Source: legislature.maine.gov · 7 M.R.S. §714(1) sets the fee “per product name”. |
| License / firm fee | None (Maine has no firm license for feed or pet food)Source: maine.gov · DACF's application lists only per-product registration fees for feed and pet food. |
| Registration period | Calendar year; all registrations expire December 31. With the applicant's agreement DACF can issue a 2-year or 3-year registration at 2 or 3 times the annual fee.Source: legislature.maine.gov |
| Renewal due | By December 31 (all registrations expire then)Source: legislature.maine.gov |
| Tonnage report required? | No. Maine's feed law has no tonnage report; DACF's tonnage forms are for fertilizer and lime only.Source: maine.gov · 7 M.R.S. §§711-724 (feeds) contain no tonnage or inspection fee. |
| Tonnage report frequency | Not applicableSource: maine.gov |
| Tonnage report due | Not applicableSource: maine.gov |
| Form or portal | https://www.maine.gov/dacf/qar/permits_and_licenses/documents/BLANK_PRODUCT_APPLICATION_REPORT.pdfSource: maine.gov · Feed, Seed & Fertilizer Registration Application (PDF): tick “Pet Food”, fill in the Product Listing Addendum for new products, and mail it to DACF. We found no online filing option. |
| License / firm form | NoneSource: maine.gov · No firm license for pet food in Maine. |
| What to send | The Feed, Seed & Fertilizer Registration Application with the Product Listing Addendum, a complete set of labels for any new product, and the fee ($100 per pet food product); checks payable to “Treasurer, State of Maine”.Source: maine.gov |
| Home-kitchen pet treats | Allowed Maine law recognizes a home-based manufacturer of pet food: someone who makes 10 or fewer product names in their home and sells them directly to consumers. It pays one flat annual fee instead of a fee per product. Condition: Every product is still registered each year; the home-based total is $80 plus the $20 surcharge.Source: legislature.maine.gov · 7 M.R.S. §714(1): “the total annual fee for a home-based manufacturer of pet food is $80”; §712(8-A) defines a home-based manufacturer of pet food as “a person who manufactures 10 or fewer product names in that person's home and sells the products directly to consumers.” Selling homemade dog treats in Maine |
Checked October 3, 2026 against the linked agency pages, forms and statutes.
Also see: AAFCO's Maine page. AAFCO's state pages show no update date.
Different rules Different: other commercial feed is registered at $80 per product a year, without the $20 pet food surcharge.Source: legislature.maine.gov · 7 M.R.S. §714(1) and (4); DACF's application lists “$80 year - Commercial Feeds Registration (per product)”.
For other animal feed in Maine: product fee $80/yr; license or firm fee None; tonnage report no.
| Product registration fee | $80 per product per yearSource: legislature.maine.gov · 7 M.R.S. §714(1). The $20 surcharge applies to pet food only (§714(4)). |
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| What to send | The Feed, Seed & Fertilizer Registration Application (tick “Commercial Feeds”) with the Product Listing Addendum, labels for any new product, and $80 per product.Source: maine.gov |
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