Texas Cottage Food
Label Maker

What Texas requires on your label

The label maker below handles all of this for you. Here is the checklist it follows, straight from Texas's rules.

1. 1
   Common or usual name of the product

   e.g. "Sugar Cookies" or "Banana Bread".
2. 2
   Name of the cottage food production operation

   Your business name, or your own legal name.
3. 3
   Address, OR your DSHS unique ID number

   Operations registered on the DSHS Online Licensing Registry may print the DSHS-issued identification number instead of the physical address (SB 541, effective September 1, 2025).
4. 4
   Allergens present

   Disclose the major allergens present in the product. A full ingredient list is voluntary in Texas, though good practice.
5. 5
   Required disclaimer

   The exact all-caps statement below (current wording effective September 1, 2025).
6. 6
   TCS foods only: production date and safe handling instructions

   The prescribed wording "SAFE HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS: To prevent illness from bacteria, keep this food refrigerated or frozen until the food is prepared for consumption" in at least 12-point type.
7. 7
   Pickled, fermented, or acidified foods only: batch number

   Each batch must be identifiable.

• The all-caps statement replaced the older "made in a home kitchen" wording on September 1, 2025; no point-size rule attaches to it (the old 11-point rule died with the old wording).
• Only allergens present must be disclosed; a full descending-order ingredient list is not legally required in Texas.