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Can I sell it?
You've a glut and an idea. Tell us what you made, where you are and who you'd sell to. And we'll tell you what the law requires, what you must not put on the label, and where it says so. England-first; where we haven't verified your case, we say so rather than guess.
In plain English
You can sell this direct with no registration. Just keep to the labelling rules and the £1,000 tax-free trading allowance.
Check
Mind the £1,000 trading allowance
HMRC lets you earn £1,000 gross (turnover, not profit) a year tax-free under the trading allowance. Above that you must tell HMRC and may owe tax.
gov.uk · checked 2026-07-09
Good news
No registration needed
With fewer than 50 hens, selling eggs direct to consumers in your local area needs no site registration, grading or stamping — and there is no distance limit.
Don't say (unless you qualify): "Class A", "Free range", "Organic", "Farm fresh"
gov.uk · checked 2026-07-09
This is a starting point, not legal advice, and it never says "yes, it's legal for you". It covers England (plus the Scotland raw-milk ban); where we haven't verified your exact situation it says so. Always confirm with your local authority before you sell.
Why this checker is careful
Selling food is the highest-stakes thing on this site. Get it wrong and you can be prosecuted, so this tool is built to under-claim, not over-claim. It lists what the law requires with a link to the actual gov.uk, FSA or legislation source, and it never tells you something is legal.
It fails closed. If we haven't verified your exact product, nation and sales channel, it says so. Honey is a good example: the small-producer exemption is genuinely undefined in law, so we won't claim you're exempt. Selling online is another. Arguably direct sale, arguably distance selling, so we flag it rather than guess.
The nations really differ. Raw milk is a clean example: sold under strict FSA rules in England, but banned outright in Scotland since 1983, online sales included. We never extrapolate one nation's answer to another.