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Office of Indiana State Chemist says home makers need a license: Indiana's Office of the State Chemist answers home bakers directly: it doesn't inspect a home kitchen under normal circumstances, only after a customer complaint about the treat. Product registration: $50/yr. License: $50 per firm/yr. Tonnage report: some products.
Agency: home makers need a license Office of Indiana State Chemist: “Everyone must be licensed regardless of company size or amount distributed.” Indiana's Office of the State Chemist answers home bakers directly: it doesn't inspect a home kitchen under normal circumstances, only after a customer complaint about the treat. Condition: Everyone must hold an Indiana commercial feed license, regardless of company size or amount distributed.Source: oisc.purdue.edu · OISC, I Want to Make and Sell Pet Treats in Indiana (2024): “Q: I bake treats at home. Do you inspect my kitchen? A: Not under normal circumstances. The only time we would perform such an inspection is if we received a complaint from a customer related to the treat.” The same handout: “Everyone must be licensed regardless of company size or amount distributed.”
Indiana's home-based vendor laws don't apply to pet food or treats.Source: oisc.purdue.edu · OISC, Indiana Pet Treat Sales handout: “The Indiana Home Based Vendor Laws Do Not apply to animal food and treats.”
This is Indiana's published guidance, checked October 3, 2026. We don't judge whether any particular product or kitchen qualifies; that's for the agency, Office of Indiana State Chemist.
Product registration: $50/yr. License: $50 per firm/yr.
| What's registered | Both: a commercial feed license for each manufacturer, each firm whose name is on the label, and each out-of-state distributor, plus a yearly product listing of pet food and specialty pet food sold in packages of 10 lb or lessSource: iga.in.gov · IC 15-19-7-24 and 15-19-7-31(c). Pet food means food for dogs or cats; specialty pet food covers pets kept in a cage or tank. OISC says horses and wild birds are not pets or specialty pets. Treats are included. |
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| Product registration fee | $50 per product per year, for pet food and specialty pet food in packages of 10 lb or lessSource: iga.in.gov · IC 15-19-7-30(b) calls it an annual inspection fee, paid instead of the tonnage fee. Same $50 on Form F-3 and in OISC's pet food handout. |
| Package-size rule | Packages of 10 lb or less: list each product at $50/yr; no tonnage fee on those packages. Packages over 10 lb, bulk or sold by the piece: no product listing (labels are still sent for review); they go on the quarterly tonnage report. A product sold both ways pays both.Source: oisc.purdue.edu · A product is one recipe: package sizes of the same product count once. A different name, brand, ingredients or guaranteed analysis is a different product, and if the label is aimed at a size of animal, each size is its own product. |
| License / firm fee | $50 per year, new or renewalSource: iga.in.gov · IC 15-19-7-24(c)(1); same on Form F-1 and OISC's pet food handout. |
| Registration period | Calendar year. The license expires December 31; the small-package product listing is renewed each year before January 1.Source: iga.in.gov · IC 15-19-7-24(c) and 15-19-7-31(c)(1). |
| Renewal due | By December 31. License renewals received after January 16 owe a $50 late fee; product listing renewals not received before January 16 owe $10 per product.Source: iga.in.gov · IC 15-19-7-24(c)(3) and 15-19-7-31(c)(2). Form F-1 says late fees are due when a licensed firm fails to renew by December 31. |
| Form or portal | https://www.oisc.purdue.edu/feed/pdf/form_f3.pdfSource: oisc.purdue.edu · Pet Food Listing Form (F-3), for new product listings only; a new firm sends it with Form F-1. For the yearly renewal, OISC says to contact them for a renewal form. Paper forms by mail with a check; OISC can't take credit cards. |
| License / firm form | https://www.oisc.purdue.edu/feed/pdf/form_f1.pdfSource: oisc.purdue.edu · Form F-1, Commercial Feed Manufacturer/Distributor License Application (rev. 08-26). |
| What to send | Form F-1, Form F-3 listing each pet food product sold in packages of 10 lb or less, a copy of every product label (mailed, or emailed to feedlicense@groups.purdue.edu), and one check payable to the Indiana State Chemist ($50 license plus $50 per listed product). Mail to OISC, 175 S. University St., West Lafayette, IN 47907-2063.Source: oisc.purdue.edu · Checks must be drawn on a US bank account (Form F-1). |
| Tonnage report required? | Yes, for pet food sold in packages over 10 lb, in bulk or by the piece. If 10 lb-or-less pet food is all you sell, you owe only the $50 per-product fee.Source: oisc.purdue.edu · IC 15-19-7-30 and 15-19-7-31(a). OISC wants the quarterly report every quarter, even if nothing was sold. Fee depends on tonnage; see the agency. |
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| How often | Quarterly (calendar quarters)Source: iga.in.gov · IC 15-19-7-31(a). |
| Due | By January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 (previous quarter). A penalty applies if not paid within 15 days after the due date.Source: iga.in.gov · IC 15-19-7-31(a); Form F-6 lists late fees after May 15, August 15, November 15 and February 15. Fee depends on tonnage; see the agency. |
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 Indiana fact, with sources: Indiana 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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