Wyoming cottage food laws
Rules change, so always confirm with the official Wyoming source.
The law: Wyoming Food Freedom Act, W.S. 11-49-101 through 11-49-104.
What you can sell
Homemade breads, cookies, cakes and other baked goods are allowed, including refrigerated foods when sold through the channels allowed for potentially hazardous foods. The act also covers many other homemade foods, eggs and dairy products; a cake with a dairy or other potentially hazardous filling or frosting is not in the shelf-stable category.
What you can't sell
Homemade food generally cannot be served or used as an ingredient in a commercial food establishment, and transactions cannot involve interstate commerce. Meat is generally excluded except specified poultry, rabbit, fish, live-animal and animal-share exceptions; the codified cattle, sheep, swine and goat meat expansion is expressly conditional on federal legalization and a governor's certification, whose occurrence was not verified.
Do you need a license or permit?
Compliant homemade-food sales are exempt from state licensure, permitting and inspection, with no corresponding food-license or permit fee. A designated agent must be appointed in writing and cannot take ownership of the food; separately check ordinary business and local requirements.
Sales limits
A producer must not exceed $250,000 in annual gross revenue from food and drink products or produce more than 250,000 individual food or drink products annually. Both limits apply, not just the dollar cap.
Where you can sell
Sell within Wyoming to informed end consumers for home consumption, at farmers markets, homes, farms, offices or another agreed location; a written designated agent may facilitate marketing, transport, storage and delivery. Third-party vendors, including shops and groceries, may sell non-potentially hazardous foods, eggs and dairy products, but other potentially hazardous foods must be sold by the producer or designated agent. The statute does not expressly discuss online ordering or parcel shipping: keep any arrangement entirely within Wyoming and confirm its compliance before use; interstate sales or shipping are not authorized by this exemption.
Label requirements
For non-potentially hazardous foods and dairy products sold at a retail location or grocery store, clearly and prominently label: 'this food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected and may contain allergens', and display separately from licensed-establishment foods. Other compliant direct sales are generally exempt from state packaging and labeling requirements, but consumers must be informed that the food is not certified, labeled, licensed, packaged, regulated or inspected. Retail spaces selling homemade foods must also display a sign saying the food has not been inspected.
Good to know
Based on the legislature's official Title 11 codification retrieved for this research; October 2026 completeness has not been independently established. Do not treat proposed amendments or the conditionally effective meat provision as automatically operative, and ask the Department of Agriculture about product-specific handling and sales arrangements. Some details on this page could not be fully confirmed from official sources, so check with the state agency before you sell.
Pricing your products
Knowing your real cost per item matters as much as following the law.
Try Oven Elf free →Source: https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title11.pdf
General summary, not legal advice.
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