Colorado’s government has restored the freedom of its people to prepare and sell homecooked food to one another.
Provided they take a food safety course, the “Tamale Act” is expected to be a boost to the informal economy by unlocking the commercial power of mama’s and grandma’s home-cooking.
House Majority Leader Monica Dura said exactly that—the Tamale Act gives people a chance to turn family recipes and cooking skills into a business opportunity.
“In the times that we are in, people can take that talent and that gift they have of these special foods that they make around their family table and share them.”
Previously, Colorado legislation prohibited the cooking and sale of any food that required temperature control, including meat and dairy products. Room temperature safe foods like coffee beans or pickles were allowed to be sold.
Consumers, said Dura, have all the agency and awareness needed to decide for themselves whether they want to buy informally cooked food.
CBC News Colorado spoke to a woman whose homemade food helped keep her income afloat after receiving a kidney disease diagnosis in 2021.
“I’m not going to just lay there. I will find a way, and I did,” remembered Arta Montoya.
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