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Federal agents have raided a farmers’ market in Gillette, Wyoming, ordering one seller to destroy his homemade chili or have it confiscated, even though the product was fully legal under a state law that has been described as an economy-boosting “giant cottage foods bill."....
The Wyoming Food Freedom Act has been cited as an example of what states should do to allow the cottage industry of food production to flourish, as it allows virtually unlimited sales of food from farms, ranches and private-home kitchens. Many states allow cottage foods as long as they are “non-potentially hazardous” foods, such as meat, which has time and temperature requirements to limit pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin formation..........“Of course they [the agents] haven’t read the Wyoming Food Freedom Act. They have to protect us from chicken chili,” Lindhold said. In a telephone interview with Moody, Lindholm said: “The biggest part of this from a policy standpoint is that the Wyoming Food Freedom Act was written with input from FSIS. We asked if there would be any issues with federal law, and they replied back stating no."........ Read more
Federal agents have raided a farmers’ market in Gillette, Wyoming, ordering one seller to destroy his homemade chili or have it confiscated, even though the product was fully legal under a state law that has been described as an economy-boosting “giant cottage foods bill."....
The Wyoming Food Freedom Act has been cited as an example of what states should do to allow the cottage industry of food production to flourish, as it allows virtually unlimited sales of food from farms, ranches and private-home kitchens. Many states allow cottage foods as long as they are “non-potentially hazardous” foods, such as meat, which has time and temperature requirements to limit pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin formation..........“Of course they [the agents] haven’t read the Wyoming Food Freedom Act. They have to protect us from chicken chili,” Lindhold said. In a telephone interview with Moody, Lindholm said: “The biggest part of this from a policy standpoint is that the Wyoming Food Freedom Act was written with input from FSIS. We asked if there would be any issues with federal law, and they replied back stating no."........ Read more
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