205. OPERATING REQUIREMENTS – FOOD LABELING REQUIREMENTS

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). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Food Operations and Community Hygiene Facilities: Microenterprise Home Kitchen Regulations 25-L DCMR § 205