Raw milk is available at farms, retail stores, farmers markets, and via delivery in Wyoming under the Wyoming Food Freedom Act (Wyo. Stat. §11-49-103). No state license, permit, or inspection is required for qualifying producers under the WFFA.
Wyoming authorizes raw milk sales under the Wyoming Food Freedom Act (WFFA), codified at Wyo. Stat. §11-49-103 (enacted as HB0084, 2020). The WFFA explicitly includes dairy products, including raw milk and raw milk products, within its scope. Producers operating under the WFFA are exempt from the standard state licensure, permitting, inspection, packaging, and labeling requirements that apply to commercial dairy operations, provided they comply with WFFA conditions. Sales are authorized at the farm, via producer delivery, at farmers markets, and through retail stores. Retail sales require a label stating the product was produced in a home or cottage setting and is not inspected. The Wyoming Department of Agriculture administers commercial dairy licensing for operations outside the WFFA framework.
Wyoming's Food Freedom Act creates one of the broadest raw milk access frameworks in the country, explicitly including retail store distribution alongside farm, delivery, and market sales. Raw milk is available in Wyoming communities including Sheridan, Cody, Jackson, and Cheyenne through farms, retail stores, and delivery routes. However, regulatory distinctions apply between sales of raw milk as a bottled food product and its use as an ingredient in prepared foods: a 2026 order against Cody Creamery targeted the practice of serving raw milk in lattes and other prepared beverages, illustrating that while retail bottle sales are authorized under the WFFA, serving raw milk as a prepared food ingredient falls under different food service rules. Wyoming consumers are served by a distributed network of farm, retail, and delivery sources.
Latest developments and news related to raw milk in Wyoming
Wyoming regulators order Cody Creamery to stop serving raw milk lattes, drawing a regulatory line between bottled raw milk sales and raw milk used as an ingredient in prepared beverages.
Read Article →Raw milk available in a small Wyoming town illustrates the accessible farm-direct culture in Wyoming's ranching communities.
Read Article →Official government documents and legal resources for Wyoming
Frequently asked questions document (March 2023) covering how the Wyoming Food Freedom Act applies to farmers market vendors selling raw milk and other direct-consumer food products.
View Official Resource →Wyoming Food Freedom Act authorizing raw milk and raw dairy product sales at farms, retail stores, farmers markets, and via delivery, with no state license, permit, or inspection required for qualifying WFFA producers.
View Official Resource →Wyoming legislation (HB0056, 2015) establishing the original Wyoming Food Freedom Act, the statutory basis for raw milk and other farm-direct food sales in Wyoming.
View Official Resource →Search for raw milk sources near popular locations in Wyoming
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Where to find raw milk vending machines across Europe by country, with local search terms and directory links. Covers Italy, France, Slovenia, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, and England.
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