LC 2150 Legislature · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise the Montana local food choice act

Montana's LC 2150 revises the Local Food Choice Act to clarify rules for homemade food sales. It allows retail food establishments to store homemade food for producers under specific conditions - such as keeping it in a secured, non-public area with clear labeling - and adds a $25 inspection fee for producers requesting safety inspections. The bill directly affects small producers (like home-based cooks and small dairies with ≤5 cows) and retail food businesses, while requiring producers to inform buyers that homemade food hasn’t been inspected. Key changes include updated definitions (e.g., "informed end consumer") and restrictions preventing homemade food from being sold in retail locations without proper licensing.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Nov 2024
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Introduced Nov 29, 2024 Last action May 20, 2025
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