205 OPERATING REQUIREMENTS – FOOD LABELING REQUIREMENTS

205.1 A microenterprise home kitchen business shall meet labeling requirements as specified in §§ 102.1(g), 205.2 and 205.3.

205.2 A microenterprise home kitchen business shall sell only approved microenterprise home kitchen food products that are:

(a) Stored on the premises of the microenterprise home kitchen business; and

(b) Prepackaged with a label that contains the following information:

(1) The name and address of the business;

(2) The business’s registry number;

(3) The name of the food product;

(4) The ingredients of the food product in descending order of the amount of each ingredient by weight;

(5) The net weight or net volume of the food product;

(6) Allergen information as specified by federal labeling requirements in 21 CFR part 101, Food Labeling;

(7) If any nutritional claim is made, nutritional information as specified by federal labeling requirements in 21 CFR part 101, Food Labeling and 9 CFR part 317, part A, subpart B, Nutrition Labeling; and

(8) A statement printed in ten (10)-point or larger type letters in a color that provides a clear contrast to the background of the label that reads:

MADE BY A MICROENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN BUSINESS THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA’S FOOD CODE REGULATIONS.

205.3 A sample label is shown below.

Microenterprise Home Kitchen Registry Number: [Registry #]

ABC Home Bakers

7500 East Capitol Street, NE

Washington, DC 20000

Product: Sugar Cookies

Ingredients: Enriched flour (Wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine, mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid), butter (milk, salt), soy lecithin, sugar, eggs, salt, artificial vanilla extract, baking soda.

Contains: Wheat, eggs, milk, soy

Net Wt. 3 oz.

MADE BY A MICROENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN FOOD

BUSINESS THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S FOOD CODE REGULATIONS

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 72 DCR 011556 (October 17, 2025).