Selling homemade dog treats in Kansas: license, registration and fees (2026)

Kansas Department of Agriculture says home makers need a feed license: 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. Product registration: $25/yr. License: $10 per facility/yr. Tonnage report: some products.

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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)”.

This is Kansas's published license application form, checked October 3, 2026. We don't judge whether any particular product or kitchen qualifies; that's for the agency, Kansas Department of Agriculture.

Kansas registration and license for dog treats

Product registration: $25/yr. License: $10 per facility/yr.

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.
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

Tonnage report

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.”
How often	Semiannual (January-June and July-December)Source: ksrevisor.gov
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

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.

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

Steps

Home kitchen. 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. 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)”.
License. Commercial feeding stuffs license ($10/yr): $10 per facility/yr. License form or portal.Source: ksrevisor.gov
Register each product. $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.. Registration form or portal.Source: agriculture.ks.gov · K.S.A. 2-1004(c) and (d). The KDA registration forms show the same $25 and $15 per product.
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
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Tonnage report. Semiannual (January-June and July-December). 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 Tonnage reports by state.
Renew. 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.
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