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Utah's homemade food laws would change under this bill, which covers home-based producers who sell food directly to consumers as well as at direct-to-sale farmers markets. The bill would allow a producer to designate someone else—a "designated representative"—to sell, deliver, or store their homemade food, while clarifying that the original producer keeps ownership of the product unless the two parties agree otherwise. It would also remove the current requirement that direct-to-sale farmers markets post signage warning customers that products are uninspected, though markets that also include a regular, inspected farmers market section would still need to keep that area visually separated and labeled. Finally, the bill would exempt from state sales tax any food, food ingredients, or prepared food sold by a "home cook"—someone who prepares food exclusively in a private home kitchen—including sales made at direct-to-sale farmers markets or other direct-to-sale locations.