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The Wyoming Food Freedom Act (W.S. 11-49-101 et seq.) covers you if you make food or drink on your own property and stay under $250,000 in gross annual revenue and 250,000 units a year, with no license, permit, or kitchen inspection required (agriculture.wy.gov). The one label rule that matters most: if your item goes through a retail shop or other third party, it needs its own printed disclosure; if you’re selling it yourself, you just have to tell the buyer the product isn’t inspected. A Nutrition Facts panel isn’t required unless you make a nutrient claim or your product leaves the act’s direct-sale and retail-for-eggs-and-dairy framework.
| Quick facts | Wyoming |
|---|---|
| Revenue cap | $250,000/yr gross revenue |
| Permit or registration | None; no license, permit, or inspection required |
| Sales channels | Direct, plus retail for eggs, dairy, low-risk foods |
| Online sales | In-state only |
| Required label statement | “this food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected and may contain allergens” |
| Nutrition Facts panel | Not required unless you make a nutrient claim |
| Administered by | Wyoming Department of Agriculture |
| Governing law | Wyoming Food Freedom Act (W.S. 11-49-101 et seq.) |
What Wyoming lets you sell from home
The Food Freedom Act is broader than most cottage food laws: it doesn’t limit you to a fixed list of “non-hazardous” items. A “homemade” product is anything “prepared or processed in a private home kitchen, that is not licensed, inspected or regulated” (W.S. 11-49-102(a)(iv)), and that covers potentially hazardous foods (items needing time or temperature control, like cream pies, cheesecakes, or dairy-based sauces) right alongside baked goods, jams, and dry mixes. Eggs and dairy are allowed. Poultry is allowed if you slaughter no more than 1,000 birds of your own raising per calendar year, and domestic rabbit meat and farm-raised fish (excluding catfish) are permitted outright (W.S. 11-49-103(c)(v)).
Beef, pork, lamb, and goat meat are the one real gap. A 2025 amendment (SF0120) added language letting you sell meat from cattle, sheep, swine, or goats raised and slaughtered on your own premises or a custom facility, sold directly to a Wyoming consumer (W.S. 11-49-103(n)). But that subsection only switches on once the governor certifies that federal law allows uninspected meat sales (W.S. 11-49-103(o)), a condition not yet met, so red meat sales under the act remain dormant in practice.
Permits, registration, and the revenue cap
There’s no application, no fee, and no inspection. The exemption applies automatically to “homemade food products produced, sold and consumed in compliance with the Wyoming Food Freedom Act” (W.S. 11-49-103(b)). The cap lives in the definition of “producer”: anyone who “does not produce more than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) individual food or drink products annually and does not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) in gross revenue annually from the food and drink products” (W.S. 11-49-102(a)(vi)) qualifies. Cross either number and the exemption no longer applies.
The law has grown steadily since 2015: a 2021 update (HB0118) and a 2023 update (SF0102, effective July 1, 2023) opened the door for a “designated agent” and third-party retail sale of eggs and dairy, and 2025’s SF0120 added the not-yet-active red-meat framework above.
Where you can sell
Direct sales (producer to informed end consumer) can happen at farmers markets, farms, ranches, your home or office, or “any location the producer and the informed end consumer agree to” (W.S. 11-49-103(c)(vi)). Every transaction must “occur only in Wyoming” and must “not involve interstate commerce” (W.S. 11-49-103(c)(iii)-(iv)), so no shipping across state lines. The statute doesn’t name online ordering specifically, but nothing stops you from taking an order online as long as the sale itself is completed and delivered inside Wyoming.
Non-potentially hazardous foods, eggs, and dairy can also go through “a designated agent of the producer or a third party vendor including a retail shop or grocery store” (W.S. 11-49-103(c)(i)). Other potentially hazardous foods can’t sit on a store shelf. Only you or your agent may sell them.
What has to be on the label
Because the act exempts compliant products from state “packaging and labeling requirements” (W.S. 11-49-103(b)), Wyoming doesn’t mandate a formal ingredient statement, net weight, or producer address for a straight producer-to-consumer sale. What it does require:
- Your buyer has to be told the product isn’t state-regulated (see disclosure below). This can be verbal or written for a direct sale.
- If your item is placed with a retail shop or other third-party seller, it must carry a printed label with the exact statutory wording, and it can’t sit on the same shelf or display as licensed-establishment food (W.S. 11-49-103(k)).
- A product name, ingredient list in descending order by weight, allergen statement, and net weight aren’t state-mandated here, but they’re worth adding once a product travels beyond your own hand-to-hand sale; a retailer or the FDA will expect them regardless of the state exemption.
“this food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected and may contain allergens” (W.S. 11-49-103(k))
For a direct sale, the statute instead has you “inform the end consumer that any food product … is not certified, labeled, licensed, packaged, regulated or inspected” (W.S. 11-49-103(e)), a substance requirement, not a fixed script.
When you need a Nutrition Facts panel
Wyoming’s exemption is about state licensing, not FDA rules. The FDA’s own small-business allowance keeps most cottage producers off the Nutrition Facts hook (21 CFR 101.9), but that exemption ends the moment a nutrient content or health claim shows up anywhere (“high protein,” “low sugar,” even in an Instagram caption) or your product moves into a wholesale, larger retail, or interstate channel the act doesn’t cover. Wyoming’s $250,000 revenue cap keeps most producers inside the federal small-business threshold, but the two exemptions aren’t the same rule, and clearing one doesn’t excuse the other.
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Wyoming cottage food FAQ
Do I need a license to sell homemade food in Wyoming?
No. The Food Freedom Act exempts homemade food producers from state licensure, permitting, and kitchen inspection, as long as your sales are direct to a Wyoming consumer and you stay under the revenue and unit caps.
Can I sell potentially hazardous foods like cheesecake or custard pie in Wyoming?
Yes. Wyoming's law isn't limited to a "safe" foods list. Potentially hazardous foods can be sold directly to an informed consumer, they just can't be placed in a retail store the way eggs, dairy, and low-risk foods can.
Is there a revenue cap for my Wyoming cottage food sales?
Yes. You can't exceed $250,000 in gross annual revenue or 250,000 individual food and drink units in a calendar year and still qualify under the act.
Can I sell my homemade food at a grocery store in Wyoming?
Only non-potentially hazardous foods, eggs, and dairy can be placed with a retail shop or other third-party seller. Anything else has to be sold by you or your designated agent directly.
Can I sell homemade beef, pork, or lamb in Wyoming?
Not in practice yet. A 2025 amendment (SF0120) sets up a path for direct sales of on-farm-slaughtered cattle, sheep, swine, or goat meat, but it only takes effect once the governor certifies that federal law allows uninspected meat sales.
Do I need a Nutrition Facts label on my Wyoming cottage food?
Not unless you make a nutrient content or health claim, move your product into wholesale or retail beyond what the act allows, or exceed the federal small-business labeling exemption.
Nearby states
Selling into a neighboring state means that state’s rules apply there: Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho. See the full state-by-state table.
Sources
- wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title11.pdf
- law.justia.com/codes/wyoming/2025/title-11/chapter-49/section-11-49-102
- law.justia.com/codes/wyoming/2025/title-11/chapter-49/section-11-49-103
- agriculture.wy.gov/index.php
- wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/SF0120
- wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2023/SF0102
- wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2021/HB0118