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Allowed: Pet food or treats made without meat need no license from the Oregon Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Program, as its home-kitchen page says. Treats containing raw or cooked meat need a Pet Food Manufacturing License. Oregon has no pet food product registration. Tonnage report: no.
Allowed Pet food or treats made without meat need no license from the Oregon Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Program, as its home-kitchen page says. Treats containing raw or cooked meat need a Pet Food Manufacturing License. Condition: Meatless treats only. Animal food processing is a prohibited activity in a licensed home (domestic) kitchen, so treats with meat are made in a licensed facility outside it.Source: oregon.gov · ODA, Home (Domestic) Kitchen Licensing, prohibited activities: “Animal food processing (if you make pet food without meat, you don't need a license)”. ODA's Dog & Cat Food Licensing page: “If a treat or food made in Oregon contains raw or cooked meat, you need to obtain a Pet Food Manufacturing License”.
Oregon's Cottage Food Exemption only applies to food for people; ODA adds that pet treats don't need a license unless they contain meat.Source: oregon.gov · ODA Cottage Food Exemption FAQs, Q8: “Are pet treats included under the Cottage Food Exemption? No. The Cottage Food Exemption only applies to food for human consumption. However, pet treats don't require a license unless they contain meat.”
This is Oregon's published guidance, checked October 3, 2026. We don't judge whether any particular product or kitchen qualifies; that's for the agency, Oregon Department of Agriculture.
Oregon has no pet food product registration.
| What's registered | None for dog and cat food. Oregon's feed law leaves out “Feed for dogs, cats, birds or fish maintained as household pets”, so there is no product registration or feed license for it.Source: oregon.gov · ORS 633.006(4)(b)(C). ODA: “Dog and cat products are exempt from commerical feed licensing and registration, but may qualify as Animal Remedies requiring Veterinary Product registration.” ODA's pet food page says food for pets other than dogs and cats must be registered as commercial feed (see notes). |
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| Product registration fee | None for dog and cat foodSource: oregon.gov · ODA lists “Feed for dogs, cats, birds, or fish maintained as household pets” among the products exempt from registration. |
| Package-size rule | Not applicableSource: oregon.gov |
| License / firm fee | None from the feed program for dog and cat food. Oregon makers of dog or cat food or treats that contain raw or cooked meat need a Pet Food Manufacturing License from ODA Food Safety.Source: oregon.gov · ODA's 2026-2027 Food Safety fee schedule lists “Animal Food Processor” at $253 a year for gross sales up to $50,000, rising to $824 over $10 million. It doesn't use the name “Pet Food Manufacturing License”; check the fee with ODA Food Safety. |
| Registration period | Not applicableSource: oregon.gov |
| Renewal due | Not applicableSource: oregon.gov |
| Form or portal | None. No registration form: Oregon does not register dog or cat food. ODA's commercial feed product list says “Not for use for canine or feline products.”Source: oregon.gov · No registration form: Oregon does not register dog or cat food. ODA's commercial feed product list says “Not for use for canine or feline products.” |
| License / firm form | None. No feed license for dog or cat food. Oregon makers whose dog or cat food or treats contain meat apply for the Pet Food Manufacturing License through ODA Food Safety: https://www.oregon.gov/oda/food-safety/fs-licensing/Pages/application.aspxSource: oregon.gov · No feed license for dog or cat food. Oregon makers whose dog or cat food or treats contain meat apply for the Pet Food Manufacturing License through ODA Food Safety: https://www.oregon.gov/oda/food-safety/fs-licensing/Pages/application.aspx |
| What to send | Nothing to register for dog or cat food. Treats and supplements that make health claims go to ODA's Veterinary Product (animal remedy) registration instead.Source: oregon.gov |
| Tonnage report required? | NoSource: oregon.gov · Dog and cat food is outside the feed law. For commercial feed, ODA says Oregon “does not require periodic tonnage reporting outside of the registration fee.” |
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| How often | Not applicableSource: oregon.gov |
| Due | Not applicableSource: oregon.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 Oregon fact, with sources: Oregon 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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