Pet Food Registrationby Hundred Dollar Labs

Utah pet food & treat registration

Utah registers: per product: each commercial feed, including pet food and pet treats, is registered every year. No firm license. Product fee: $75/yr. License or firm fee: None. Tonnage report: no.

Calculate your Utah fees

The facts, with sources

Agency	Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF), Plant Industry, Feed ProgramSource: ag.utah.gov
What's registered	Per 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 rule	No 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 fee	None 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 period	Calendar year: registrations run through December 31 of the year issuedSource: le.utah.gov · Utah Code 4-12-104(2)(c) and (5)(a).
Renewal due	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).
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.
Tonnage report frequency	Not applicableSource: le.utah.gov
Tonnage report due	Not applicableSource: le.utah.gov
Form or portal	https://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 form	NoneSource: 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 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).
Home-kitchen pet treats	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. Selling homemade dog treats in Utah

Checked October 3, 2026 against the linked agency pages, forms and statutes.

Also see: AAFCO's Utah page. AAFCO's state pages show no update date.

Where AAFCO's page differs

AAFCO's page lists “$60/calendar year/product”; the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) says “Plant Industry Feed Product Registration $75.00” (Fiscal Year 2027 fee schedule)Source: ag.utah.gov

The facts above follow the state's source. Compared October 4, 2026.

Horse, livestock, poultry and wild-bird feed

Same rules as pet food Same: horse, livestock, poultry and wild-bird feeds are commercial feed and are registered the same way, $75 per product per year, with no tonnage report.Source: ag.utah.gov · UDAF: “Animal feed products include both livestock (beef and dairy cattle, duck and geese, equine, fish, goat, poultry, rabbits, sheep, swine) and pet (birds, cats, dogs, guinea pigs, hamsters, reptiles, etc.) food and treats. Feed products distributed in the state must be registered and properly labeled for their intended use.” A customer-formula feed license ($100) applies only to custom mixes.

For other animal feed in Utah: product fee $75/yr; license or firm fee None; tonnage report no.

Calculate Utah fees for other animal feed · Utah commercial feed license · All 50 states and DC for feed

Selling pet or horse supplements? What Utah's feed law says, word for word.

Due dates

December 31: Utah feed and pet food registrations expire December 31; renew in AIMS by December 31 ($75 per product) (if you register products)Source: le.utah.gov

See all states' renewal dates

Good to know

Home-produced pet treats (made in a private home kitchen in Utah) are registered as one “Assorted Pet Treat” registration that covers all versions. They must be labeled “Assorted Pet Treats”, may not be sold outside Utah, and are for retail sale only.Source: le.utah.gov · Utah Code 4-12-102(10), 4-12-104(1) and 4-12-105.5. Home-produced treats are exempt from 4-12-104(2), the subsection that sets the per-product fee. No fee for the Assorted Pet Treat registration appears in the UDAF fee schedule; ask UDAF what it charges. UDAF page: https://ag.utah.gov/plant-industry/feed-program/home-produced-pet-treats/
Online sellers are not exempt. UDAF: “Utah law does not exempt online retailers from registration.”Source: ag.utah.gov
Late renewals: UDAF may add an extra fee per product if a renewal is not submitted by December 31. The fee schedule lists a general late fee of $25.00 for all divisions.Source: adminrules.utah.gov · R68-2-3(3). Fee schedule line: “All Divisions All Late $25.00” (https://ag.utah.gov/administrative-services/fee-schedule/). The rule does not state the feed late fee amount; ask UDAF.
Utah: “Pet” means a domesticated dog or cat. Food for other household animals (rodents, ornamental birds and fish, reptiles, amphibians, ferrets, hedgehogs, marsupials, rabbits) is “specialty pet food”. Both are commercial feed and are registered the same way.Source: le.utah.gov · Utah Code 4-12-102(17), (18), (24) and (25).
Raw meat: Utah's feed rule defines “raw meat” as an unadulterated commodity exempt from the definition of commercial feed. Mixed products are still commercial feed. Ask UDAF before treating a raw pet food as exempt.Source: adminrules.utah.gov · R68-2-2(4), citing Utah Code 4-12-102(4)(b)(iii), which exempts unadulterated commodities named by rule “unless the commodities ... are intermixed or mixed with other materials.” The rule's wording is incomplete as published.
Pet food labels must say “Dog Food,” “Cat Food,” or a similar designation on the principal display panel, and follow the pet food labeling rules in R68-2-4 (AAFCO 2024 Official Publication).Source: adminrules.utah.gov · R68-2-1(2) and R68-2-4(3)-(6).

Selling in more than one state?

The free calculator adds up product and license fees across states and flags the tonnage-report states. The $49 Registration Pack turns it into a per-product, per-state checklist with form links and a renewal calendar.

Making treats at home? Selling homemade dog treats in Utah · Do I need a license to sell dog treats? · Selling online · Tonnage reports by state

Nearby states

Idaho pet food registration (product fee $40/yr; license none)
Wyoming pet food registration (product fee $40/yr; license none)
Colorado pet food registration (product fee $25/yr; license $75 per company/yr)
Arizona pet food registration (product fee none; license $10 per facility/yr)
Nevada pet food registration (product fee none; license $75 per license/yr)

Other states: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming