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State Rules Lookup

Prohibited Items

Pick your state and what you want to sell. You get one card: whether it is allowed, the yearly limit, how you can sell it, and the label words.

This is general information to help you find your state's rules, not legal advice. Check with your state agency.

The same lookup is linked from State rules. Share rules already on file stay on each state page. A map of homemade-food rules is on Food freedom.

Selling on tribal land

If you sell on or from tribal lands, your tribe's own laws and food rules may apply instead of, or along with, state rules. Check with your tribal government.

Baked goods & candy in Virginia

Allowed

Last checked Nov 1, 2026.

This is general information to help you find your state's rules, not legal advice. Confirm with your state agency.

Yearly sales limit: No yearly cap. No permit and no inspection.

How it can be sold: In person anywhere in Virginia. Online or by phone to a person in Virginia for their own use. Delivered by the seller, by mail, or by a delivery service inside Virginia.

Can't sell to stores, restaurants, or anyone reselling. No consignment. No sale or delivery outside Virginia.

Label words: Maker's name, physical address or PO box, phone, date made, and "NOT FOR RESALE — PROCESSED AND PREPARED WITHOUT STATE INSPECTION." Small packages may use a sign at the table instead.

Make my label

Use a PO box on your label if you'd rather not show your home address.

Candy, jams and jellies (not low-acid), dried fruit, dried herbs, dry seasonings and mixes, nuts, vinegars, popcorn, cotton candy, dried pasta, baking mixes, roasted coffee, dried tea, cereals, trail mix, granola, and baked goods that don't need the fridge. Va. Code 3.2-5130, changed by HB 402, in effect July 1, 2026. Want to sell to stores, cafés, or restaurants, or foods not on the low-risk list? Get your home kitchen inspected by VDACS (about $40 a year) or use a shared kitchen or cannery. Nonprofit one-day food sales are exempt from the homemade food rules. Nonprofit food sales at fewer than 24 events a year are sales-tax-free. Cities and counties can't charge a local business license tax (BPOL) for selling farm or home products you grew or made yourself (Va. Code 58.1-3703). Zoning, home business, and HOA rules are still local.

Even where a state allows shipping or out-of-state sales, American Share Market keeps all food inside the seller's state.

State agency

This page is information only. It does not turn checkout on. Items that are not reviewed stay not allowed. See Prohibited Items and the rules library.

Make my label

The label uses the words from this card, plus the product name, ingredients, net weight, and address you type. Add a batch code from your Batches tab when you have one. This is not legal advice.

Special rules

Alcohol, hemp, raw milk, herd shares, wild foods, live animals, meat, and eggs use a separate row for each state. A row that is not reviewed yet is not allowed. Nothing on that table is filled in from a guess.