Wyoming Cottage Food Law

Wyoming's cottage food law sets an annual revenue cap of $250,000 (and 250,000 products) and no state permit or registration is required. Wyoming Food Freedom Act transactions must "occur only in Wyoming" and "not involve interstate commerce" (Wyo. Stat. § 11-49-103(c)(iii)–(iv)). Sales may take place at farmers markets, farms, ranches, the producer's home or office, the retail location of a third-party seller of non-potentially hazardous foods, eggs, and dairy products, or any location the producer and the informed end consumer agree to (§ 11-49-103(c)(vi)). The Wyoming Department of Agriculture says a home producer may make internet sales "only for delivery within Wyoming." A producer may name a designated agent in writing, including a consignment model market or food freedom store, to market, transport, store, and deliver the food without taking ownership of it (§ 11-49-102(a)(xii)). Non-potentially hazardous foods, eggs, and dairy products may also be sold by a third-party vendor such as a retail shop or grocery store; other potentially hazardous foods must be sold by the producer or a designated agent (§ 11-49-103(c)(i)). Homemade food may not be sold or used as an ingredient in a commercial food establishment such as a restaurant, except raw, unprocessed fruits and vegetables (§ 11-49-103(d)). The Act does not say whether shipping by mail or parcel carrier within Wyoming counts as delivery.

Watch for: The Food Freedom Act has a ceiling: it covers only producers with no more than $250,000 in gross revenue and 250,000 individual food or drink products a year (Wyo. Stat. § 11-49-102(a)(vi)). Retail-store and grocery sales are limited to non-potentially hazardous food, eggs, and dairy products; the food must not share a shelf or display with food from a licensed establishment and must carry the verbatim label in § 11-49-103(k). Meat from cattle, sheep, swine, or goats is excluded except through an animal share, the sale of live animals, or the sale of portions of live animals before slaughter; subsection (n), which would allow direct sales of uninspected meat, takes effect only after the governor certifies that federal law allows such sales (§ 11-49-103(o)).

Annual revenue cap

$250,000 (and 250,000 products)

Permit / registration

Not required

Kitchen inspection

Not required

Food handler training

Not required

Acidified foods

Permitted (pH test)

Interstate shipping

In-state only

Where you can sell

Wyoming Food Freedom Act transactions must "occur only in Wyoming" and "not involve interstate commerce" (Wyo. Stat. § 11-49-103(c)(iii)–(iv)). Sales may take place at farmers markets, farms, ranches, the producer's home or office, the retail location of a third-party seller of non-potentially hazardous foods, eggs, and dairy products, or any location the producer and the informed end consumer agree to (§ 11-49-103(c)(vi)). The Wyoming Department of Agriculture says a home producer may make internet sales "only for delivery within Wyoming." A producer may name a designated agent in writing, including a consignment model market or food freedom store, to market, transport, store, and deliver the food without taking ownership of it (§ 11-49-102(a)(xii)). Non-potentially hazardous foods, eggs, and dairy products may also be sold by a third-party vendor such as a retail shop or grocery store; other potentially hazardous foods must be sold by the producer or a designated agent (§ 11-49-103(c)(i)). Homemade food may not be sold or used as an ingredient in a commercial food establishment such as a restaurant, except raw, unprocessed fruits and vegetables (§ 11-49-103(d)). The Act does not say whether shipping by mail or parcel carrier within Wyoming counts as delivery.

Direct (in-person)
Farmers markets
Online (in-state)
Online order, in-person pickup
Retail / grocery
Consignment

What's required before your first sale

No license, permit, inspection, registration, fee, or training. Homemade food produced, sold, and consumed in compliance with the Act "shall be exempt from state licensure, permitting, inspection, packaging and labeling requirements" (Wyo. Stat. § 11-49-103(b)). The Act covers only a "producer," defined as a person who grows, harvests, prepares, or processes food or drink products on owned or leased property, produces no more than 250,000 individual food or drink products a year, and does not exceed $250,000 in gross revenue a year from them (§ 11-49-102(a)(vi)). Homemade food must be prepared or processed in a private home kitchen (§ 11-49-102(a)(iv)). Every buyer must be an informed end consumer, told that the food is not certified, labeled, licensed, packaged, regulated, or inspected (§ 11-49-103(e)); the Department of Agriculture says a producer who fails to notify consumers is no longer operating under the Act and is regulated under the standard Wyoming food safety requirements.

Allowed and excluded foods

Examples of permitted foods

Any food is allowed except those listed under “Excluded” →

jams
uncut fruits and vegetables
pickled vegetables
hard candies and fudge
nut mixes and granola
dry soup mixes (not meat-based)
coffee beans and popcorn
baked goods without dairy, meat, or other potentially hazardous frosting or filling
potentially hazardous foods such as foods requiring refrigeration, quiches, pizzas, frozen doughs, and cooked vegetables and beans (sold only by the producer or a designated agent)
eggs and dairy products, including raw milk
poultry and poultry products from no more than 1,000 birds of the producer's own raising per calendar year
domestic rabbit meat
farm-raised fish other than catfish, raised under title 23 of the Wyoming statutes
meat received under an animal share (Wyo. Stat. § 11-49-104)

Illustrative examples, not a complete list.

Excluded from cottage food

meat products from cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, except through an animal share, the sale of live animals, or the sale of portions of live animals before slaughter (direct sales under § 11-49-103(n) await the governor's certification)
wild game, game birds, and wild fish (the Department of Agriculture cites Wyo. Stat. § 23-3-302)
catfish
poultry beyond 1,000 birds a year or not of the producer's own raising
food sold or used as an ingredient in a commercial food establishment (except raw, unprocessed fruits and vegetables)
food prepared on site at a farmers market (the Department of Agriculture says this requires a temporary food stand license)

Label requirements

The Act exempts homemade food sold in compliance with it from state packaging and labeling requirements (Wyo. Stat. § 11-49-103(b)); it does not require a producer name, address, ingredient list, net quantity, or allergen statement
Farmers market, ranch, farm, or home-based sales: the producer must inform the end consumer that the food "is not certified, labeled, licensed, packaged, regulated or inspected" (Wyo. Stat. § 11-49-103(e)). The Department of Agriculture says the Act does not state how the consumer must be informed
A retail space selling homemade food at the ranch, farm, or home where it is produced, or at a third-party seller's retail location, must inform the end consumer that the food has not been inspected and display a sign indicating that it has not been inspected (§ 11-49-103(d)); a third-party seller of non-potentially hazardous food, eggs, or dairy products must also give the § 11-49-103(e) notice
Sales of non-potentially hazardous food and dairy products at a retail location or grocery store: do not display or offer the food on the same shelf or display as food produced in a licensed establishment, and clearly and prominently label it with the verbatim statement in Wyo. Stat. § 11-49-103(k): "this food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected and may contain allergens"
Meat received under an animal share needs a prominent warning that the meat has not been inspected, delivered with the meat or displayed on a label affixed to the packaging (Wyo. Stat. § 11-49-104(a)(iii))
Ungraded eggs: the Department of Agriculture says eggs must meet the Wyoming Food Rule and be clean and refrigerated, and cartons should be labeled with the producer's name and address, a packaging date, "ungraded," and "keep refrigerated"

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