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Wyoming cottage food label rules

What has to be on the label when you sell homemade baked goods in Wyoming, and the limits that matter at a market. Checked September 2026.

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Your label must include

Wyoming sets no label checklist for these sales. Read the notes below for what you still have to tell buyers.

Required statement

“this food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected and may contain allergens”

For direct sales (farmers market, home, farm), no label is required, but the producer must inform the consumer that the food ‘is not certified, labeled, licensed, packaged, regulated or inspected’ (no set wording or method; a sign or verbal notice is common). The quoted label statement is mandatory only when non-potentially hazardous homemade food is sold through a third-party retail location or grocery store. It must be ‘clearly and prominently labeled’, kept off shelves holding licensed products, and the store must post a sign saying the food has not been inspected. No font size specified.

this food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected and may contain allergens

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Key limits in Wyoming

Permit: None: exempt from state licensing, permitting, inspection, packaging and labeling requirements.
Training: none
Sales cap: A ‘producer’ may not exceed $250,000 in gross annual revenue or 250,000 individual food/drink products
Where you can sell: Direct to the informed end consumer at farmers markets, farms, ranches, the producer’s home or office, or any agreed location. A designated agent may help. Non-potentially hazardous foods may also be sold by third-party retail shops or grocery stores. Homemade food may not be sold to or used in a commercial food establishment.
Online & shipping: Orders can be taken any way, with delivery at any agreed location (incl. via a designated agent), but sales must occur only in Wyoming and not involve interstate commerce; a 2018 UW Extension guide says no mail/courier shipping.
Law: Wyoming Food Freedom Act, Wyo. Stat. §§ 11-49-101 to -104 (major expansion by 2020 HB 0084, effective July 1, 2020)

What we could not confirm (3)

Statute text read via Justia (2025 code), not wyoleg.gov directly; the WDA statute PDF was blocked
Whether in-state shipping by mail/courier is allowed: the statute’s ‘any location agreed’ plus designated-agent delivery suggests delivery is OK, but the 2018 UW Extension guide (pre-2020 amendments) says no mail/courier shipping
No 2025-2026 amendments found, but not exhaustively verified

Check with: Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services

Last change to the law: 2020 (HB 0084, effective July 1, 2020) for the provisions that affect bakers; later amendments (meat/animal-share subsections) not dated

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Wyoming cottage food label rules

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