- Home occupation permit required:
- No
- Details:
- Arkansas Food Freedom Act (A.C.A. §20-57-201) expressly preempts both state and local government from restricting home food producers. No local home occupation permit required for cottage food operations.
- Home kitchen:
- Arkansas Food Freedom Act (2021): No license, fee, registration, or inspection required. Producers must operate from a primary residence kitchen; commercial kitchen use prohibited. State law expressly preempts both state and local government restriction on home food producers. Interstate sales are allowed — unusual nationally. Prohibited: perishable baked goods, low-acid canned goods, nut butters, oils, meat jerkies. Acidified foods (pickles) require pH testing (final pH ≤4.6) and batch-number labeling with production records.
Last verified 2026-05-05. Not legal advice.
