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No published rule found on selling pet treats made in a home kitchen; ask the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. Product registration: $105/yr. License: none. Tonnage report: yes.
No published rule No published rule found on selling pet treats made in a home kitchen; ask the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. Agency page.Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · We read the agency's pet food and feed pages, its law and rules, and the state's cottage food rules, and found no statement either way on making pet treats in a home kitchen.
Checked October 3, 2026 against Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets's published pages and Vermont's law. We don't judge whether any particular product or kitchen qualifies; that's for the agency, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets.
Product registration: $105/yr. License: none.
| What's registered | Per product: every pet food, treat and commercial feed product distributed in Vermont is registered each year. No firm license fee.Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · 6 V.S.A. §324(b). §324(a) also requires each manufacturer or distributor to file its name, place of business and the location of each manufacturing or distribution facility; no fee is set for that filing. VAAFM's FAQ: “distributors or manufacturers must register”. |
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| Product registration fee | $105 per product per yearSource: legislature.vermont.gov · 6 V.S.A. §324(c)(1). VAAFM's pet food page, FAQ, fee table and application all say $105 per product. |
| Package-size rule | No package-size rule. Different package sizes of the same product share one registration; each flavor or formulation is a separate product.Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · VAAFM FAQ 15: “Different sized packages of the same product do not need to be registered.” |
| License / firm fee | None (Vermont has no firm license fee for feed or pet food)Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · VAAFM's fee table lists only the $105 per-product feed registration (and $35 for dosage form animal health products). |
| Registration period | April 1 to March 31Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · The application says: “Registration period is from April 1 of the current year through March 31 of the following year.” FAQ 16 says the same. |
| Renewal due | March 31. VAAFM sends a renewal form listing your registered products; if none has arrived by March 10, contact Licensing and Registration (802-828-2436). Existing accounts can renew online in VTPlants from 45 days before expiration.Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · FAQ 16 says renewals go out on or about February 15; the pet food page says the renewal form is generated in March. Online timing is from VAAFM's online licensing FAQ. |
| Form or portal | https://agriculture.vermont.gov/sites/agriculture/files/Pesticide/Commercial%20Animal%20Feed%20Registration%20Form%20Fillable_NEW.pdfSource: agriculture.vermont.gov · Application for Registration of Commercial Feeds and Feed Supplements (PDF), for new products or changed products only (new name, company on the label, guarantee or ingredients); do not use it to renew. New accounts must use the paper form; existing accounts can register online at https://usaplants.vermont.gov/usaplants/SecurityLogin.aspx (VTPlants). |
| License / firm form | None. No firm license for pet food in Vermont.Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · No firm license for pet food in Vermont. |
| What to send | The application listing each product (mark new ones), labels in electronic form (CD, flash drive, etc.), $105 per product payable to the Agency of Agriculture, and the signed certification that you are in good standing with Vermont taxes (32 V.S.A. §3113).Source: agriculture.vermont.gov |
| Tonnage report required? | Yes, report only: VAAFM's FAQ says registered manufacturers and distributors, in or out of state, report tonnage of feed sold for use in Vermont. Vermont charges no tonnage fee.Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · FAQ 14. Pet food and feed sold for use outside Vermont are exempt from the report. The pet food page also says “There is no tonnage fee associated with pet food.” The statute has no tonnage section (6 V.S.A. §328 was repealed in 2021), and we found no tonnage report form on VAAFM's pages; ask VAAFM how to file. |
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| How often | AnnualSource: agriculture.vermont.gov · FAQ 14 gives one yearly due date. |
| Due | January 30Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · FAQ 14: “Reports are due by January 30.” Report only: no fee depends on tonnage in Vermont, which charges no tonnage fee. |
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 Vermont fact, with sources: Vermont 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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