- Home occupation permit required:
- Conditional
- Details:
- Owensboro and Daviess County may have home occupation zoning requirements. No specific Daviess County cottage food ordinance identified beyond the state registration requirement.
- Home kitchen:
- Kentucky allows non-TCS baked goods (breads, cakes, cookies, pies, pastries), candies, jams and jellies, fruit butters, dried goods, syrups (maple and sorghum only), granola, snacks. Annual sales cap of $60,000. Registration required ($50/year). Direct-to-consumer only. No food handler certification required. Kitchen use restrictions: no more than two non-commercial ranges/ovens and no more than three refrigerators. Commercial equipment prohibited.
Last verified 2026-05-05. Not legal advice.
