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Wyoming is the Food Freedom Capital

House Bill 56 Now Law

 

Governor Matt Mead signed the Wyoming Food Freedom Act, House Bill 56 (HB 56), today! The new law takes effect immediately. 


 

HB 56 allows the unlicensed, unregulated sale of any food except meat (the bill allows poultry) direct from producer to informed consumer. Sales are allowed at the producers' premises, through delivery, and at farmers markets. The producer must inform the consumer that the product is neither regulated nor inspected.

 

Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) member Frank Wallis was a leader in the effort to pass the bill. Wallis' late sister, Representative Sue Wallis, was the sponsor of the original Wyoming Food Freedom Act when it was first introduced in 2009. FTCLDF worked to support passage of HB 56. 

Congratulations to Wyoming for blazing a trail for other states to follow!

You can read the bill here.

 


 

Read 2010 article by the late Rep. Sue Wallis,

 


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