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# 'Food Freedom' Dies, Raw Milk Up Next in Wyoming
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/01/wyoming-state-panel-rejects-food-freedom-bill/
- Published: 2011-01-20T01:59:06.000Z
- Updated: 2011-01-20T01:59:06.000Z
- Author: News Desk
- Tags: Food Policy & Law, Food Freedom Act, Wyoming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 09:53

After turning down a so-called “Food Freedom” bill, a Wyoming state legislative committee is scheduled to consider a proposal today that would legalize the sale of raw milk through “herd-share agreements.”

Under such arrangements, legal in some states and done in others to skirt public food-safety laws, farmers sell an ownership share of a cow or herd to consumers who want to drink unpasteurized milk.

The action follows the state House Agriculture Committee’s narrow rejection earlier this week of a bill to exempt from state licensing and food safety inspection rules farmers and home-based food producers who sell their wares directly to consumers.

The committee turned down what was known as the Wyoming Food Freedom Act by a 5-4 vote. A similar bill, sponsored by Rep. Sue Wallis, R-Recluse, also died in a state Senate committee last year.

But during its meeting Tuesday, the House committee unanimously approved a companion bill that exempts homemade foods served at “traditional events,” including potlucks and school fundraisers, from state licensing and inspection.