New Jersey pet food registration

Firm license
$250
annual, due Jan 1

Per product
none

Tonnage
$0.3/ton, $250 min
annual, due Jan 31

How to file
paper
Pay by check

You sign, pay and submit We fill the forms, compute the fee and tell you where it goes.

Details

Firm license fee	$250 $250 per manufacturing facility, annual (N.J.S.A. 4:4-20.4); registration runs from date issued to Dec 31
Tonnage note	No small-package exemption. $0.30/ton inspection fee, $250 minimum annual fee for any person who manufactures or distributes commercial feed in NJ; statement of prior-year tons due Jan 31. Penalty 10% (min $10 by statute; form says min $25 if not remitted before Feb 15).
Third-party filing	registrant_only: “Facility registration form (forms/NJ/feed-facility-registration.pdf, read 2026-10-08): 'Business Name / Contact Name / Title: / Signature: / Date' and 'Application is hereby made to engage in the manufacture of commercial feeds to be distributed in New Jersey. I hereby certify that the information appearing on this application is complete as well as true and correct in every respect and that all commercial feeds manufactured for distribution in New Jersey by the applicant will be in full compliance…' — no agent/preparer block; the applicant's own titled officer signs. Tonnage report (FeedTon.pdf): 'I do solemnly swear that the information contained herein is complete and correct and that I am authorized to make this report. Signature / Title / Date.'”
Before you file	Taxpayer ID required (shared with Division of Taxation)
Check payable to	N.J. Department of Agriculture
Mail to	Agricultural Chemistry Program, P.O. Box 330, Trenton, NJ 08625-0330
Public registry	pdf

No product registration and no label pre-review; the firm cost is $250 facility registration + $250 minimum tonnage fee = $500/yr floor for any brand, however small.
Tonnage form lists its own penalty wording ('not remitted before February 15th: 10% of amount due, minimum $25') which differs from the statute (15 days after Jan 31 due date, min $10).
Registration certificate must be 'displayed in or on the facility'.

New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Division of Marketing and Development, Agricultural Chemistry Program (State Chemist)
https://nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/md/prog/agriculturalchemistry.html
(609) 913-6506