Cottage food label requirements in Wyoming
The short version
A label on food made in a home kitchen in Wyoming carries six things wherever you are: what it is, everything in it heaviest first, the major allergens, who made it, how to reach you, and the date. On top of that comes the wording below.
What goes on the label
- The product name, in words a customer would use.
- Every ingredient, heaviest first.
- The major allergens, called out separately from the ingredient list.
- Who made it: your name or your business name.
- How to reach you.
- The date it was made.
What the label has to say
As published for Wyoming, read on 5 August 2026:
this food was made in a home kitchen, is not regulated or inspected and may contain allergens
This is published as fixed text, so reproduce it exactly rather than rewording it.
And 2 more requirements
- Direct sales (farmers market, farm, ranch, producer's home or office): no label text is prescribed, but the producer must inform the end consumer that the food is not certified, labeled, licensed, packaged, regulated or inspected.
- A retail space selling homemade food must inform the end consumer that the food has not been inspected AND display a sign saying so.
The detail
Wyoming Food Freedom Act, W.S. 11-49-101 to 11-49-104. This is the loosest regime of the six. Under 11-49-103(b), homemade food produced, sold and consumed in compliance with the Act is EXEMPT from state licensure, permitting, inspection, PACKAGING AND LABELING requirements. So for ordinary direct-to-consumer sales there is no required label at all, only a duty to inform the buyer. The quoted statement is required only in the narrow case in 11-49-103(k): non-potentially-hazardous food and dairy sold at a retail location or grocery store, where the food also may not be displayed on the same shelf or display as food from a licensed establishment. Producer caps: not more than 250,000 individual food or drink products annually and not more than $250,000 gross revenue annually. Sales must occur only in Wyoming, no interstate commerce. Homemade food may not be served or used as an ingredient in a commercial food establishment. Meat has its own separate warning requirements under 11-49-103(n) and 11-49-104 (animal shares).
Make one
Free, nothing saved, no account. It fills in Wyoming's wording for you and prints a sheet.
Where to verify all of this
Rules change, and this page can lag behind them. Before you rely on any of it: