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Vermont pet food & treat registration

Vermont registers: per product: every pet food, treat and commercial feed product distributed in Vermont is registered each year. No firm license fee. Product fee: $105/yr. License or firm fee: None. Tonnage report: yes.

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The facts, with sources

Agency	Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM), Pet Food and Commercial Feed ProgramsSource: agriculture.vermont.gov
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”.
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.
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.
Tonnage report frequency	Annual Report only: this state charges no tonnage fee; see the agency.Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · FAQ 14 gives one yearly due date.
Tonnage report 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.
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	NoneSource: 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
Home-kitchen pet treats	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. Selling homemade dog treats in Vermont

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

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

Horse, livestock, poultry and wild-bird feed

Same rules as pet food Same as pet food: every commercial feed and feed supplement product is registered at $105 a year, pet or not. Vermont also bans feed labeled as bait or feed for white-tailed deer.Source: legislature.vermont.gov · 6 V.S.A. §324(b), (c)(1) and (e).

For other animal feed in Vermont: product fee $105/yr; license or firm fee None; tonnage report yes.

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Selling pet or horse supplements? Vermont also registers animal remedies: Vermont animal remedy registration.

Due dates

March 31: Vermont pet food and feed registrations expire March 31: renew ($105 per product; $27 late fee per product after 30 days) (if you register products)Source: agriculture.vermont.gov
January 30: Vermont annual tonnage report due (report only: Vermont charges no tonnage fee)Source: agriculture.vermont.gov

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Good to know

Late fee: $27 per product if payment is not received within 30 days after the registration expires.Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · VAAFM's online licensing FAQ (all programs).
A product found on sale before it is registered can get a withdrawal-from-distribution order; registering it then costs a $10 surcharge per product on top of the fee.Source: legislature.vermont.gov · 6 V.S.A. §324(d).
Pet treats are feed and must be registered. Products sold only online must be registered too.Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · FAQ 5 and 9. “Distribute” includes sales by catalogue, telephone and the internet (6 V.S.A. §323(5)).
Raw pet food: register it like other pet food. If you make it in Vermont with meat or poultry (raw, cooked, dehydrated or freeze-dried), you also need a meat handler's license in the Animal Food Manufacturer category.Source: agriculture.vermont.gov
An unaltered single-ingredient product (such as a raw bone) with no nutritional claims does not need registration but must be labeled “Not for human consumption.” Grinding, freeze-drying or a nutritional claim makes it a product that must be registered.Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · FAQ 7 says the same for single-ingredient products in their original form.
Raw milk pet food: it must be decharacterized, labeled “not for human consumption” and not stored or sold near milk for people.Source: legislature.vermont.gov · 6 V.S.A. §329(c).
Supplements that affect structure or function without nutritional benefit may be dosage form animal health products, registered separately at $35 per product (same April 1 to March 31 year). The Secretary decides which category a product falls in; send your label to agr.feedseedfert@vermont.gov if unsure.Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · 6 V.S.A. §324(b) and (c)(2); VAAFM FAQ 6.
Not Kelly Registration Systems: existing accounts register and renew online in VAAFM's VTPlants portal.Source: agriculture.vermont.gov · Portal: https://usaplants.vermont.gov/usaplants/SecurityLogin.aspx

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.

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New Hampshire pet food registration (product fee $120/yr; license none)
Massachusetts pet food registration (product fee $100/yr; license none)
New York pet food registration (product fee $100/yr; license none)

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