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Allowed: New York's Department of Agriculture and Markets says certain pet treats can be made in a home kitchen: shelf-stable snacks such as biscuits and cookies, not dehydrated, freeze-dried, canned or acidified. Product registration: $100/yr. License: none. Tonnage report: no.
Allowed New York's Department of Agriculture and Markets says certain pet treats can be made in a home kitchen: shelf-stable snacks such as biscuits and cookies, not dehydrated, freeze-dried, canned or acidified. Condition: Each product is registered with the department before it is sold. A home-processed pet treat can't be advertised as human grade.Source: agriculture.ny.gov · NYS Agriculture and Markets, Pet Food page (the live site blocks scripts; read from an Internet Archive copy of 2026 and checked against the live page): “Certain pet treats can be produced in a home kitchen. This includes non-perishable snack items, such as biscuits and cookies. The finished product must be shelf-stable (no refrigeration or freezing required), and not processed by specialized method such as dehydration, freeze-drying, canning, acidification, etc.”
New York's home processor registration doesn't cover pet food or treats: they can be made at home but need a separate pet food registration.Source: agriculture.ny.gov · NYS Agriculture and Markets, Home Processing page: “Pet foods and pet treats can be made from the home, but require a separate registration.”
This is New York's published guidance, checked October 3, 2026. We don't judge whether any particular product or kitchen qualifies; that's for the agency, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
Product registration: $100/yr. License: none.
| What's registered | Per product: each pet food and treat is registered separatelySource: agriculture.ny.gov |
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| Product registration fee | $100 per product per yearSource: agriculture.ny.gov · Also N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law §129(2) and the application form ("@ $100.00 Each"). |
| Package-size rule | No package-size ruleSource: agriculture.ny.gov |
| License / firm fee | None for pet food. The agency's pet food page lists only product registration; NY's manufacturing license and biennial registration are for livestock feed.Source: agriculture.ny.gov |
| Registration period | Calendar year; every registration expires December 31, whenever it was issued. Fees are not pro-rated.Source: agriculture.ny.gov |
| Renewal due | Renewal applications are mailed the third week of October and must reach the agency by December 1Source: agriculture.ny.gov |
| Form or portal | https://agriculture.ny.gov/food-safety/pet-food-registration-applicationSource: agriculture.ny.gov |
| License / firm form | None. No firm license for pet food.Source: agriculture.ny.gov · No firm license for pet food. |
| What to send | Form FSI 435 listing each product with its guaranteed analysis, a copy of the entire consumer label for each product, and $100 per product, by mail (electronic applications are not accepted)Source: agriculture.ny.gov |
| Tonnage report required? | No. NY's commercial feed tonnage report excludes pet food and specialty pet food and treats.Source: agriculture.ny.gov |
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| How often | Not applicableSource: agriculture.ny.gov |
| Due | Not applicableSource: agriculture.ny.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 New York fact, with sources: New York 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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