{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-49-202","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-49-202","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:\n(1) \"Deliver\" means to transfer a product as a result of a transaction between a producer and an informed end consumer. The action may be performed by the producer or the producer's designated agent at a farm, ranch, home, office, traditional community social event, other private property, or another location agreed to between the producer or agent and the informed end consumer.\n(2) \"Home consumption\" means:\n(a) the consumption of food or a food product in a private home; or\n(b) the consumption of food or a food product from a private home.\n(3) \"Homemade\" means food or a food product that is prepared in a private home and that is not licensed, permitted, certified, packaged, labeled, or inspected per any official regulations.\n(4) \"Informed end consumer\" means a person who is the last person to purchase a product, does not resell the product, and has been informed that the product is not licensed, permitted, certified, packaged, labeled, or inspected per any official regulations.\n(5) (a) \"Producer\" means a person who harvests, produces, or prepares a product that may be consumed as homemade food or a homemade food product. The term includes a person operating a small dairy.\n(b) The term does not include the entities listed in 50-49-203(1)(c).\n(6) \"Small dairy\" means a place where no more than 5 lactating cows, 10 lactating goats, or 10 lactating sheep are kept for producing milk.\n(7) \"Traditional community social event\" means an event at which people gather as part of a community for the benefit of those gathering or for the benefit of the community, including but not limited to a:\n(a) wedding;\n(b) funeral;\n(c) church or religious social;\n(d) school event;\n(e) farmer's market;\n(f) potluck;\n(g) neighborhood gathering;\n(h) club meeting or social; or\n(i) youth or adult outdoor club or sporting event.\n(8) \"Transaction\" means an exchange of buying and selling, including the transfer of a product by delivery.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 49. FOOD AND NUTRITION","Part 2. Montana Local Food Choice Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0490/part_0020/section_0020/0500-0490-0020-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:30Z","sha256":"41ee62741f48dfeb4acf6df1f13481c6eec6fe225b56ed3f94e403aef60d92ea","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-49-201","next":"us-mt/50-49-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}