Definitions
N.D. Cent. Code § 23-09.5-01
in effect23-09.5-01. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
1. "Cottage food operator" means an individual who produces or packages cottage food
products in a kitchen designed and intended for use by the residents of a private
home.
2. "Cottage food product" means baked goods, jams, jellies, and other food and drink
products produced by a cottage food operator.
3. "Delivery" means the transfer of a cottage food product resulting from a transaction
between a cottage food operator and an informed end consumer.
4. "Farmers market" means a market or group of booths where farmers and other cottage
food operators sell cottage food products directly to consumers.
5. "Home consumption" means food consumed within a private home or food from a
private home consumed only by family members, employees, or nonpaying guests.
6. "Informed end consumer" means an individual who is the last individual to purchase a
cottage food product and has been informed the cottage food product is not licensed,
regulated, or inspected.
7. "Transaction" means the exchange of buying and selling.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t23c09-5.pdf#nameddest=23-09p5-01Fetched: 10/16/2026