Wild Mushroom Sales & Safety Regulations

U.S. Farm & Reseller Guide

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🫙 How to Sell Wild Mushrooms Legally in the U.S.

Wild mushrooms are powerful ingredients, but also a sensitive product. If you’re a farm, market vendor, chef, or food co-op looking to sell foraged mushrooms legally, here’s what you need to know.

At Wild Fresh, we’re on a mission to elevate the entire wild food supply chain with transparency, food safety, and collaboration.

🌿 U.S. State-by-State Mushroom Regulations

Some U.S. states require permits or certifications to legally buy, sell, or forage wild mushrooms. Others have no regulations yet.

States with known regulations (subject to change):

  • Oregon — mushroom certification required
  • Minnesota — wild mushroom harvester certification
  • Pennsylvania — approved species list + training
  • Michigan — approved forager certification program

Important: If you’re selling mushrooms that were foraged in a regulated state, make sure the harvester has a valid permit. If the mushrooms are foraged from a legal state and sold in another, you are typically allowed to resell them — but you are liable for your side of the handling and sale.

🔒 Wild Fresh’s Commitment to Safety & Compliance

We work with the best in the industry to make sure you can trust our products:

  • Forager Permits: Every forager we work with has valid state permits. We either obtain them directly or work through trusted lead harvesters who manage teams legally.
  • Letter of Guarantee: We provide a signed Letter of Guarantee confirming our foragers meet permitting standards. [Download Here]
  • Food Safety & Traceability:
    • We work with United Safety Agents to certify our HACCP and traceability plans
    • Each basket is tagged with a unique lot number and barcode with:
      • Harvest team
      • Region & date
      • Species & weight
  • Liability Insurance: We hold product liability insurance covering our operations until the mushrooms are picked up from the airport or from your location. Once it reaches you, you are liable as the final handler.
  • No Warehouse, No FDA Registration Needed: Wild Fresh is considered small farm and exempt from FDA registration since we do not store or process product — we ship direct from forest to airport.

When necessary, we also use certified cold storage partners like Lineage Logistics and certified farms.

🔧 What You Should Know as a Seller or Buyer

  • You are responsible for the safety of the mushrooms once you receive them
  • Always inspect, sort, and clean before passing them on to clients
  • Maintain your own product liability insurance
  • Work only with reputable sources (like Wild Fresh) that provide proper documentation and tracking

Together, we can protect the reputation and safety of the wild mushroom trade.

🧱 Our Philosophy: Compliance through Collaboration

We believe in partnering with top-tier experts to keep this industry safe and thriving:

When you work with Wild Fresh, you tap into a professional, scalable, and compliant supply chain that protects everyone from forager to chef.

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We’ll make sure your region, logistics, and vision align with ours. We’re here to co-create real food systems, not just move boxes.

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Let’s grow this industry together — safely, smartly, and in harmony with nature.