Cottage Food Laws by State
Wyoming Cottage Food Laws
Wyoming's Food Freedom Act lets home producers sell homemade food and drink without a state license, permit, or inspection. The tradeoff is that every buyer must be told the food is uninspected. A producer is anyone who stays under 250,000 products and $250,000 in gross revenue a year, so the ceiling is far higher than in most states.
Annual sales cap
$250,000
Permit
None
Training
Not required
Home inspection
No
Across state lines
Not allowed
Verified against official sources on 2026-10-21.
Where You Can Sell in Wyoming
Sales happen face to face with the final consumer at farmers markets, farms, ranches, your home or office, or another place you and the buyer agree on. You may name a designated agent in writing to help market or deliver. Everything must stay inside Wyoming, and homemade food cannot be sold to restaurants or used in their kitchens.
| Channel | Status |
|---|---|
| From home |
Conditions apply
Sales may also happen on farms, ranches, at the producer's home or office, or any location the producer and buyer agree to. |
| Farmers markets | Allowed |
| Retail stores |
Conditions apply
A retail shop or grocery store may sell only non-potentially hazardous homemade food (plus eggs and dairy); it must sit apart from licensed-establishment food, carry the home-kitchen label, and tell buyers it is not inspected. |
| Restaurants |
Conditions apply
Homemade food may not be sold or used as an ingredient in a commercial food establishment, except raw unprocessed fruits and vegetables. |
What You Can Sell in Wyoming
The law groups foods by safety. Shelf-stable items such as jams, pickles, fudge, granola, popcorn, and plain baked goods can also go through a retail shop. Foods needing refrigeration or time and temperature control may be sold only by you or your agent. Meat is off limits apart from a few narrow exceptions, such as rabbit and limited poultry.
Homemade food and drink made in a private home kitchen, including both non-potentially hazardous and (when sold by the producer) potentially hazardous items, but not meat except for the narrow exceptions in the statute.
Bread
Candy
Dry goods
Preserves
Snacks
Allowed with conditions
- Potentially hazardous foods (refrigerated items, quiches, pizzas, cooked vegetables and beans) — Sold only by the producer or the producer's written designated agent, not by a third-party retailer; dairy products and eggs are exempt from this limit.
- Eggs and dairy products — May be sold by the producer, a designated agent, or a third-party retail shop, subject to the Act's disclosure and shelf-label rules.
- Meat — Generally not allowed; limited exceptions include poultry (up to 1,000 birds per year), domestic rabbit, non-catfish farm-raised fish, live animals, and animal shares.
Not allowed
Limits and Requirements
Annual sales cap
$250,000
- Producer may not exceed 250,000 products or $250,000 gross revenue per year
- Sales must occur only in Wyoming and may not involve interstate commerce
- Buyer must be an informed end consumer who does not resell the product
- Food must be prepared in a private home kitchen on property you own or lease
- Homemade food cannot be served or used as an ingredient in a commercial food establishment
- Potentially hazardous food must be sold by you or your named designated agent
Local rules: The Act does not address city, county, zoning, or HOA rules; check with your local government before selling from home.
How to Start Selling in Wyoming
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1
Confirm you qualify as a producer
You must grow, prepare or process the food on property you own or lease and stay at or under 250,000 products and $250,000 in gross revenue a year.
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2
Choose what you will sell
Decide whether your items are non-potentially hazardous or potentially hazardous, since that determines who may sell them (you alone, or also a retail shop).
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3
Pick your sales location
Sell at a farmers market, farm, ranch, your home or office, or another location you and the buyer agree on, all within Wyoming.
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4
Name a designated agent if needed
If someone else will market or deliver your food, name them in writing; a designated agent may not take ownership of the product.
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5
Tell every buyer the food is uninspected
Inform buyers that the product is not certified, labeled, licensed, packaged, regulated or inspected, and post a sign if you run a retail space.
What a Compliant Wyoming Label Looks Like
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Product
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake Pops
Sunflower Home Bakery
Ingredients:
Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Cocoa (Processed with Alkali), Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Corn Starch, Salt, Soybean Oil; Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla; Sugar, Corn Starch, Vegetable Oil (Palm), Confectioner's Glaze, Carnauba Wax, FD&C Colors; Water, Propylene Glycol, FD&C Red 40.
Contains:
Label Requirements
Every cottage food product sold in Wyoming must have a label that includes the following.
| Required field |
|---|
| All 9 FDA major allergens present |
| Complete ingredient list, in descending order by weight |
| Business name |
| Product name |
Wyoming Labeling Notes
- State packaging and labeling requirements do not apply to homemade food sold in compliance with the Act.
- A retail space selling homemade food must display a sign saying the food has not been inspected.
- In a store, homemade items may not share a shelf or display with food from licensed establishments.
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Wyoming Cottage Food — Common Questions
Homemade food sold under the Wyoming Food Freedom Act is exempt from state licensure, permitting, inspection, packaging and labeling requirements.
The limit is $250,000 in gross sales.
The Act contains no training or certification requirement.
Not allowed: Meat products (except the statutory exceptions); Catfish.
Resources and Law History
2015
Wyoming Food Freedom Act created (HB0056).
2017
Amendments added separation rules for retail spaces selling homemade food next to inspected food.
2020
HB0084 allowed third-party sale of non-potentially hazardous food.
2023
SF0102 added eggs and dairy and defined designated agents; effective July 1, 2023.
2025
SF0120 (Enrolled Act 16) added producer-raised meat sales, effective only after federal law legalizes them and the governor certifies it.
Law reference: Wyoming Food Freedom Act (Wyoming Statutes Title 11, Chapter 49 (Marketing Homemade Foods), sections 11-49-101 to 11-49-104) · Last updated 2026 · Always verify requirements with your state's department of agriculture before selling.
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