WV SB588

Expands West Virginia's farmers market regulations to allow production and sale of "homemade food items" made in residential kitchens, exempt from state licensing, permitting, inspection, packaging, and labeling laws

Permits sale of potentially hazardous homemade foods (including certain dairy, meat, and poultry products) when sold directly by the producer to the consumer and delivered in person, with specific federal exemption requirements for meat and poultry

Requires homemade food items to be labeled with content, sources, potential allergens, and a statement that the product was made in a non-commercial kitchen not subject to inspection

Allows homemade foods to be sold through third-party vendors (retail shops, restaurants, grocery stores) if displayed separately with signage indicating items are homemade and exempt from state inspection

Preserves authority of local health departments and the Department of Agriculture to investigate and cease production or sale of homemade food items reported to have caused foodborne illness