Pets in a Louisiana microbakery kitchen
Louisiana cottage-food materials treat pets as a keep-them-out-of-the-kitchen-while-you-bake rule.
La. R.S. §40:4.13 is the cottage-food statute. LDH guidance and parish notes commonly require animals out of the food-prep area during production. They do not require a second kitchen.
Parishes administer some food programs. Do not invent a parish pet ban without a published checklist.
La. R.S. §40:4.13 · verified 2026-08-19
Not just “state baseline applies”
- Acadia Parish
Pets must be excluded from preparation areas for breads, cakes, cookies, and pies production.
- Allen Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- Ascension Parish
State law requires pets excluded from preparation areas for bread/cake/cookie/pie producers; general state sanitation standards apply.
- Assumption Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- Avoyelles Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- Beauregard Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- Bienville Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- Bossier Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Caddo Parish
Pets must be excluded from preparation areas during production
- Calcasieu Parish
Louisiana law requires pets to be excluded from preparation areas for baked goods (breads/cakes/cookies/pies). Pets must be excluded at all times during production.
- Caldwell Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- Cameron Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- Catahoula Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- Claiborne Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- Concordia Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- De Soto Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- East Baton Rouge Parish
Pets must be excluded from bakery area during production of breads, cakes, cookies, and pies.
- East Carroll Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- East Feliciana Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- Evangeline Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- Franklin Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas
- Grant Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Iberville Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Jackson Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Jefferson Davis Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Jefferson Parish
Pets excluded from bakery area during production of breads, cakes, cookies, and pies.
- La Salle Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Lafayette Parish
Pets must be excluded from preparation areas during production
- Lafourche Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas during production of breads, cakes, cookies, and pies.
- Lincoln Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Livingston Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Madison Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Morehouse Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Natchitoches Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Orleans Parish
Pets excluded from bakery area during production of breads, cakes, cookies, and pies.
- Ouachita Parish
Pets must be excluded from preparation areas for bread, cake, cookie, and pie production specifically. General good practices apply to all cottage foods.
- Plaquemines Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Pointe Coupee Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Rapides Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Red River Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Richland Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Sabine Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- St. Bernard Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- St. Charles Parish
Pets excluded from preparation areas required for breads/cakes/cookies/pies (four named baked goods categories).
- St. Helena Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- St. James Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- St. John the Baptist Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- St. Landry Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas during production of breads/cakes/cookies/pies.
- St. Martin Parish
Pets excluded from preparation areas required for breads/cakes/cookies/pies (four named baked goods categories).
- St. Mary Parish
Pets excluded from preparation areas required for breads/cakes/cookies/pies.
- St. Tammany Parish
Pets must be excluded from preparation areas during production
- Tangipahoa Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Tensas Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Terrebonne Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas, specifically for baked goods category (breads, cakes, cookies, pies).
- Union Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Vermilion Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas during production of breads, cakes, cookies, and pies (state law).
- Vernon Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Washington Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Webster Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- West Baton Rouge Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- West Carroll Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- West Feliciana Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.
- Winn Parish
Pets must be excluded from food preparation areas.