Cottage food quick guide · Last reviewed October 2026
Selling homemade food in South Dakota
- Sales cap
- No cap
- Permit or registration
- Food safety course every 5 years for higher-risk items
- Online & shipping
- In person only; household delivery after sale; no online sales
- Sell through stores
- No stores or wholesale
- Refrigerated foods
- Refrigerated baked goods and canned acidified foods, with training
Allowed from a home kitchen
Sourdough bread · Cookies & brownies · Fruit pie · Pumpkin pie · Cheesecake · Cake with buttercream · Cake with cream cheese frosting · Macarons · Strawberry jam · Pepper jelly · Shelf-stable salsa · Hot sauce · Canned pickles · Sauerkraut & kimchi · Canned tomato sauce · Granola · Spice rubs & seasoning blends · Roasted coffee · Loose-leaf tea blends · Dried fruit & fruit leather · Freeze-dried candy · Chocolates & truffles · Toffee, fudge & caramels · Marshmallows · Nut butter · Fruit-infused vinegar · Mustard (no egg)
Needs a commercial kitchen or other license
Meat tamales · Fresh salsa (refrigerated) · Pure honey · Infused honey · Garlic or herb-infused oil‡ · Home-cooked meals · Beef jerky‡ · Cheese & yogurt · Cold-pressed juice · Kombucha‡
Ask the agency first
Fruit tamales · Low-sugar or freezer jam · Vanilla extract
Every product has conditions, such as registration, training, labeling, and sales limits. See the full guide for each one. ‡ General rule; not specifically addressed in this state's guidance.
Limited sources: the detailed rules for South Dakota rely on 2022 state guidance. Confirm with the state agency.
How to start
- Check that the product is on South Dakota's list. Canned goods must reach pH 4.6 or below or water activity 0.85 or below.
- For canned, fermented, frozen, or refrigerated baked goods, take an approved food safety course every five years, or keep a process authority's written verification of each recipe.
- Sell in person from your home, at farmers markets, or at other temporary venues. You or someone in your household can deliver after the sale. No online, store, or wholesale sales.
- Label every package.
Key label items
Use the exact required wording shown in the full guide and on the agency's site.
- “This product was not produced in a commercial kitchen. It has been home-processed in a kitchen that may also process common food allergens…”
- Product name
- Producer's name, physical production address, mailing address, and phone
- Date made or processed
- Ingredients
- “Refrigerate” or “freeze” if required