Utah has two laws that allow for the sale of homemade food. This page is for Utah’s food freedom law, also known as the Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act (HB 181), which became law in 2018. Utah also has a cottage food law, which allows sales at more venues.

Utah’s law closely follows the food freedom law in neighboring Wyoming, but it has more restrictions. The main additional restriction is that while Wyoming residents can sell directly to a consumer anywhere in their state, Utah residents can only sell from home, at special farmers markets, and other “locations agreed upon” by the producer and consumer. Therefore, sales at festivals, events, and roadside stands would likely not be allowed.

Otherwise, Utah’s law is quite generous. Producers can sell almost any type of food, excluding raw milk and some items that include meat. Utah and Wyoming are the only two states that allow such an extensive array of food items.

Also, the law exempts producers from any kind of licensing or government oversight (aside from needing to get a general business license, in some areas). Producers do not need to get inspected, there is no sales limit, and the labeling requirements are very minimal.

Most producers will use this law, but those who want to sell at events, retail stores, and roadside stands can do so by using the older cottage food law, which is much more complicated and expensive to setup.