Recommended practice — not a written cottage-food rule · County or town health administers the kitchen standard
Pets in a Maryland microbakery kitchen
Maryland cottage food is registered with the local health department. The COMAR cottage-food rule does not require a separate pet room.
Cottage / exemption path
COMAR 10.15.03.27 does not say pets must leave the dwelling. Local health registers the operation. Keep pets out of the kitchen during production as sanitation.
COMAR 10.15.03.27 · verified 2026-08-19
Places with a specific local sentence
Not just “state baseline applies”
- Allegany County
No pets in kitchen during production (standard health code practice)
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