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No published rule found on selling pet treats made in a home kitchen; ask the Connecticut Department of Agriculture. Product registration: $80/yr. License: none. Tonnage report: no.
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.
Checked October 3, 2026 against Connecticut Department of Agriculture's published pages and Connecticut's law. We don't judge whether any particular product or kitchen qualifies; that's for the agency, Connecticut Department of Agriculture.
Product registration: $80/yr. License: none.
| 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.” |
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| 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.” |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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| How often | Not applicableSource: cga.ct.gov |
| Due | Not applicableSource: cga.ct.gov |
We show who files and when, not the fee: tonnage fees depend on how much you sell. What a tonnage report is, state by state.
Every Connecticut fact, with sources: Connecticut pet food & treat registration. Selling in several states? The free calculator adds up the fees, and the $49 Registration Pack turns them into a checklist and renewal calendar.
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