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Selling homemade food in Wyoming means your label has to follow the Wyoming Food Freedom Act, Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 11-49-101 through 11-49-104 (labeling/consumer-notice provisions at § 11-49-103). Here is exactly what that label must show in 2026 — the required fields, the allergen rule, and the verbatim disclaimer and its font size — sourced to the statute and dated.
Print this statement on the label, word for word:
Wyoming's Food Freedom Act is primarily an INFORMED-CONSUMER law, not a formal label mandate. Two distinct situations: (1) DIRECT sales (farmers market, roadside, 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" (§ 11-49-103). This can be satisfied by a posted sign/notice; the Act does NOT prescribe exact verbatim wording for direct sales, so the string given is the substance to convey, not a fixed quote. (2) RETAIL-STORE / grocery sales of non-potentially-hazardous foods and dairy — the product must be "clearly and prominently labeled" with the EXACT words in disclaimer_verbatim: "this food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected and may contain allergens." Statute confirmed verbatim via codified text. Additional retail placement rule: homemade food may not be displayed/offered for sale on the same shelf or display as food from a licensed establishment. No minimum font size is specified in the statute — it uses "clearly and prominently labeled." Confirm current guidance with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services / Food Safety.
Wyoming is the original "food freedom" state — its Act is deliberately NOT a cottage-food licensing regime. There is no permit, no registration, no fee, and no kitchen inspection for direct producer-to-consumer sales. The legal burden is a disclosure/notice standard, not a formatted label. The ONLY place Wyoming prescribes exact verbatim label words is when homemade non-potentially-hazardous foods or dairy are resold through a retail store or grocery, where the package must read: "this food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected and may contain allergens" — and that homemade item may not sit on the same shelf/display as food from a licensed establishment.
For farmers-market, roadside, ranch/farm and home-based sales, the Act only requires that you INFORM the buyer the food is "not certified, labeled, licensed, packaged, regulated or inspected." A sign or verbal/written notice satisfies it. Do not present a made-up verbatim sticker as the statutory requirement — the exact-wording mandate applies to retail-store resale, not direct sales.
Because Wyoming issues no cottage-food license or registration (§ 11-49-103(b) exempts homemade food from licensure and permitting), there is no permit/registration number to place on the label. Any template that asks for a "permit #" does not fit Wyoming — leave it off.
When homemade non-hazardous food or dairy is sold through a retail store, beyond the exact three-part disclaimer the item may NOT be displayed or offered for sale on the same shelf or display as food produced in a licensed establishment. Meeting the label wording alone is not enough for retail placement. Selling across state lines or into unregulated resale channels loses the exemption entirely.
The Act does not fix a minimum font size for the retail disclaimer; it says "clearly and prominently labeled." Do not invent a point size — make it conspicuous and confirm any current formatting guidance with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture Food Safety program.
Timeline: Immediate — no application, approval, or waiting period. Direct sales are legal as soon as you provide the required informed-consumer notice.
Cost: $0 — no permit, registration, or fee required under the Wyoming Food Freedom Act.
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Make my Wyoming label →Wyoming requires this exact statement on a cottage food label: “this food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected and may contain allergens.” The state sets no minimum point size for it.
No. Wyoming does not require a permit or registration number printed on the label.
At minimum: product name — the common name of the food; your business / producer name; the address of the cottage food operation; a complete ingredient list, in descending order by weight (sub-ingredients included); an allergen declaration — the 9 major FDA allergens, in the ingredient list or a “Contains:” line; net weight, in US customary and metric units; the state's required disclaimer (see below).
No. CottageCompliance gives general information based on each state's published rules, dated to when we last verified them. Always confirm with your state or local agency before selling.
Source: Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 11-49-103 (Wyoming Food Freedom Act), verbatim text confirmed via codes.findlaw.com/wy/title-11-agriculture-livestock-and-other-animals/wy-st-sect-11-49-103/ (retail wording, no font size, § 11-49-103(b) exemption from licensure/permitting/labeling); Wyoming Legislature wyoleg.gov (Title 11, Chapter 49); Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services / Food Safety (agriculture.wy.gov) Verified 2026-08-10. General information, not legal advice — confirm with your state or local agency before selling.