MO HB2138

Grants Missouri residents the right to sell farm-direct goods directly to buyers without state or local regulation, with sellers able to choose whether to subject their products to regulatory oversight.

Requires sellers of unregulated farm-direct goods to disclose this status to buyers at time of sale through a sign, label, or verbal statement.

Places responsibility on buyers to ensure the production process of purchased farm-direct goods meets their approval.

Defines "farm-direct goods" as goods produced on a Missouri farm and sold directly by the producer to a buyer, and establishes definitions for "buyer" and "seller."

Preserves state and local authority to regulate farm-direct goods only when the seller chooses such regulation, and does not shield sellers or buyers from civil or criminal liability for intentional acts or gross negligence.