Sell from home — by food
Whole uncut produce is generally non-TCS and often needs no registration when sold direct by the grower. Shell eggs are a TCS food under the FDA Food Code and are usually handled under separate egg laws/permits, not cottage food law.
6 of 51 state frameworks cover eggs and whole produce for home sellers — this is a temperature-controlled (TCS) category, which is exactly where states draw their hardest lines.
Whole uncut fruits and vegetables; unrefrigerated shell eggs sold direct (e.g., California community food producer rules, up to 15 dozen/month)
Alaska · Arizona · Florida · Nebraska · Tennessee · Wyoming
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin. In these states the legal doors are a shared kitchen or a permitted space — the food itself is fine; the home kitchen is the issue.
Don't read the table — run your verdict. Your state × eggs and whole produce × your channel — one verdict.
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Sources: The 51-jurisdiction home-food dataset on this site (state frameworks named on each state page). Dataset checked October 23, 2026. Where a fee or rule is set by a county or city, this page says so instead of guessing a number.