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Allowed: Nebraska's Department of Agriculture tells people making in-home pet treats to get the commercial feed license and pay small-package fees each January. Product registration: $25/yr. License: $15 per facility/yr. Tonnage report: yes.
Allowed Nebraska's Department of Agriculture tells people making in-home pet treats to get the commercial feed license and pay small-package fees each January. Condition: Using raw meat ingredients? The department asks you to call its Commercial Feed Program first (402-471-2351).Source: nda.nebraska.gov · NDA Commercial Feed Program: “Making in-home pet treats? Pay Commercial Feed License Small Package Fees Due in January for products in packages under 10# sold over the previous year. Using raw meat ingredients? Call office to speak with a member of the Commercial Feed Program staff, 402-471-2351.”
This is Nebraska's published guidance, checked October 3, 2026. We don't judge whether any particular product or kitchen qualifies; that's for the agency, Nebraska Department of Agriculture.
Product registration: $25/yr. License: $15 per facility/yr.
| What's registered | Both: a commercial feed license for each facility that manufactures or distributes feed (out-of-state firms license their principal office), plus a per-product small package fee for products sold only in packages of 10 lb or lessSource: nda.nebraska.gov · Neb. Rev. Stat. 54-850(1) and 54-856(1)(d). NDA: the license covers commercial feed, custom mix and pet food. |
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| Product registration fee | $25 per product per year, for products sold only in packages of 10 lb or less. Paid in January for each product sold in Nebraska during the previous calendar year, regardless of quantity sold.Source: nda.nebraska.gov · Neb. Rev. Stat. 54-856(1)(d) (up to $25, paid instead of the inspection fee, by the last day of January); Title 25, Ch. 3, 003.02 sets it at $25. |
| Package-size rule | Sold only in packages of 10 lb or less: $25 per product per year. Sold in packages over 10 lb (including a product sold in both sizes): no product fee; reported in the semiannual tonnage statement.Source: nda.nebraska.gov · NDA: the fee is due on products “only sold in containers of 10 pounds or less”; product sold in larger packages or bulk is “reported through the semi-annual tonnage payment process.” Same in 54-856(1)(d). |
| License / firm fee | $15 per facility per yearSource: nda.nebraska.gov · Neb. Rev. Stat. 54-850(2): “an annual license fee of fifteen dollars.” Same on the application form. |
| Registration period | License: calendar year, expires December 31. Small package fee: annual, paid in January for the previous calendar year's sales.Source: nda.nebraska.gov |
| Renewal due | License: renew by January 1 (NDA mails a renewal notice about mid-November). Small package fee: by January 31.Source: nda.nebraska.gov · Neb. Rev. Stat. 54-850(2) (renewed on or before January 1) and 54-856(1)(d) (small package fee by the last day of January). |
| Form or portal | https://nda.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/animal/feed/small_package_form_markII.pdfSource: nda.nebraska.gov · Small Package Product Form: list products of 10 lb or less by category (cat, dog, all other pets, miscellaneous). New products not yet sold: send the form to agr.ffal@nebraska.gov so they are set up for next year; don't pay yet. In January, report and pay for last year's products online with the Small Package Product Fee Report: https://www.nebraska.gov/AG/sppfr/index.cgi |
| License / firm form | https://nda.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/forms/ff15.pdfSource: nda.nebraska.gov · Application for Firm Registration Certificate (paper; pay by check, or by credit card with the payment form). Online version: https://ne.accessgov.com/nda/Forms/Page/nda/nda-firm-reg/0 |
| What to send | The license application ($15 per facility). For products sold only in packages of 10 lb or less: the Small Package Product Form, then each January the Small Package Product Fee Report with $25 per product sold the previous year; product labels go by mail or email. Semiannual tonnage statements for everything else.Source: nda.nebraska.gov · Labels: NDA's online payment FAQ says “Product labels will still need to be submitted by mail or email.” |
| Tonnage report required? | Yes. Every licensee named on a label as manufacturer, guarantor or distributor files a semiannual statement, even when no fee is due. Products sold only in packages of 10 lb or less pay the $25 product fee instead of the tonnage fee.Source: nebraskalegislature.gov · Neb. Rev. Stat. 54-856(3)(a): file “regardless of whether any inspection fee is due.” Fee depends on tonnage; see the agency. |
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| How often | Semiannual (January-June and July-December)Source: nebraskalegislature.gov |
| Due | By law, January 31 and July 31. NDA's online FAQ gives February 15 and August 15 for commercial feed tonnage fees.Source: nebraskalegislature.gov · Neb. Rev. Stat. 54-856(3)(a). Fee depends on tonnage; see the agency. NDA inspection fee FAQ: https://www.nebraska.gov/faqs/NDOA_Faq/faq.html |
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 Nebraska fact, with sources: Nebraska 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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