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

Allowed: Utah law gives pet treats made in a private home kitchen in Utah their own registration: one “Assorted Pet Treat” registration covers them. Product registration: $75/yr. License: none. Tonnage report: no.

Can you make dog treats in a home kitchen in Utah?

Allowed Utah law gives pet treats made in a private home kitchen in Utah their own registration: one “Assorted Pet Treat” registration covers them. Condition: Labeled “Assorted Pet Treats”; may not be distributed outside Utah; retail sales only.Source: le.utah.gov · Utah Code 4-12-102(10): “Home-produced” means a pet treat produced in a private home kitchen in the state. 4-12-105.5(2)(a): a home-produced pet treat shall be registered as an “Assorted Pet Treat”, may not be distributed outside of the state, and is restricted to retail sales only.

This is Utah's published law, checked October 3, 2026. We don't judge whether any particular product or kitchen qualifies; that's for the agency, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.

Utah registration and license for dog treats

Product registration: $75/yr. License: none.

What's registeredPer product: each commercial feed, including pet food and pet treats, is registered every year. No firm license.Source: le.utah.gov · Utah Code 4-12-104(2): “A person may not distribute a commercial feed in this state without a registration from the department.” UDAF: “All brands or formulas of commercial feeds (including pet treats), feed ingredients for mixing in animal feeds, feed additive concentrates, and supplements or premixes must be registered when distributed for sale in Utah.” UDAF also says: “We do not license businesses or locations that sell feed products.”
Product registration fee$75 per product per yearSource: ag.utah.gov · UDAF Fiscal Year 2027 fee schedule: “Plant Industry Feed Product Registration $75.00”. Utah Code 4-12-104(2)(b)(ii) leaves the amount to the department's fee schedule (Section 4-2-103(2)).
Package-size ruleNo package-size rule. Different container sizes of the same product name and ingredients are one registration.Source: ag.utah.gov · UDAF: “A product that has different container sizes but the same product name and ingredients shall be considered one registration.” A new name or new ingredients needs a new registration (R68-2-3(5)).
License / firm feeNone for pet food. Utah licenses only customer-formula feed (custom mixes made to a buyer's own specifications): $100 a year.Source: ag.utah.gov · UDAF: “We do not license businesses or locations that sell feed products. A customer formula feed license is required when a company produces custom feed mixes made to buyer specifications.” Fee schedule: “Feed Custom Formula Permit $100.00”. Utah Code 4-12-104(4).
Registration periodCalendar year: registrations run through December 31 of the year issuedSource: le.utah.gov · Utah Code 4-12-104(2)(c) and (5)(a).
Renewal dueOn or before December 31 each yearSource: le.utah.gov · Utah Code 4-12-104(5)(b); R68-2-3(1)(b). Renew online in AIMS (UDAF renewals page).
Form or portalhttps://agbusiness.utah.gov/s/Source: ag.utah.gov · Online through UDAF's Agriculture Information Management System (AIMS). UDAF: “Register and look up feed products in the Agriculture Information Management System (AIMS).” A UtahID login is needed; see the AIMS FAQs: https://agbusiness.utah.gov/s/faq
License / firm formNone. No license is needed to sell pet food in Utah. The customer-formula feed license (custom mixes only) is also handled in AIMS: https://agbusiness.utah.gov/s/Source: ag.utah.gov · No license is needed to sell pet food in Utah. The customer-formula feed license (custom mixes only) is also handled in AIMS: https://agbusiness.utah.gov/s/
What to sendRegister each product in AIMS with its label and pay $75 per product. UDAF reviews each label and its declared ingredients. Send copies of later label changes; a new name or new ingredients needs a new registration.Source: ag.utah.gov · UDAF: “The Commercial Feed Act requires the products to be registration with the state and a label approval for all feed products sold in the states. The Department reviews each label and declared ingredients for safe and effective use for animals.” R68-2-3(5)-(6).

Tonnage report

Tonnage report required?No. Utah's feed law has no tonnage report or inspection fee.Source: le.utah.gov · Utah Code Title 4, Chapter 12 (Utah Commercial Feed Act, sections 4-12-102 to 4-12-108) has no tonnage or inspection fee section. The UDAF fee schedule lists annual tonnage reporting only for fertilizer.
How oftenNot applicableSource: le.utah.gov
DueNot applicableSource: le.utah.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.

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Steps

  1. Home kitchen. Utah law gives pet treats made in a private home kitchen in Utah their own registration: one “Assorted Pet Treat” registration covers them. Labeled “Assorted Pet Treats”; may not be distributed outside Utah; retail sales only.Source: le.utah.gov · Utah Code 4-12-102(10): “Home-produced” means a pet treat produced in a private home kitchen in the state. 4-12-105.5(2)(a): a home-produced pet treat shall be registered as an “Assorted Pet Treat”, may not be distributed outside of the state, and is restricted to retail sales only.
  2. Register each product. $75 per product per year. Registration form or portal.Source: ag.utah.gov · UDAF Fiscal Year 2027 fee schedule: “Plant Industry Feed Product Registration $75.00”. Utah Code 4-12-104(2)(b)(ii) leaves the amount to the department's fee schedule (Section 4-2-103(2)).
  3. What to send. Register each product in AIMS with its label and pay $75 per product. UDAF reviews each label and its declared ingredients. Send copies of later label changes; a new name or new ingredients needs a new registration.Source: ag.utah.gov · UDAF: “The Commercial Feed Act requires the products to be registration with the state and a label approval for all feed products sold in the states. The Department reviews each label and declared ingredients for safe and effective use for animals.” R68-2-3(5)-(6).
  4. Labels. Moving to AAFCO's new label format? The Pet Nutrition Facts box generator formats the box from your own numbers. We don't review labels.
  5. Renew. On or before December 31 each yearSource: le.utah.gov · Utah Code 4-12-104(5)(b); R68-2-3(1)(b). Renew online in AIMS (UDAF renewals page).
  6. Shipping to other states? Each state you sell into has its own rules. Selling dog treats online · fee calculator.

Every Utah fact, with sources: Utah 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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