HELENA, Mont. (May 3, 2021) – On Friday night, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a “food freedom” bill into law that legalizes the unregulated sale of home-produced foods from producers to informed end consumers, including raw milk and raw milk products. The enactment of this bill takes an important step toward rejecting a federal prohibition scheme in practice and effect and will undermine FDA control over food production. Sen. Greg Hertz (R-Polson) introduced Senate Bill 199 (SB199) on Feb. 8. Titled The Montana Local Food Choice Act, the new law prohibits a state or local government agency from requiring licensure, permitting, certification, packaging, labeling, or inspection that pertains to the preparation, serving, use, consumption, delivery, or storage of homemade food or homemade food products.