Pets in a Washington microbakery kitchen
Washington cottage-food permits: only the permittee (and people they supervise) in the kitchen during processing. Pets are out during processing — not out of the house.
RCW 69.22. Only the cottage-food permittee and persons under their direct supervision may be in the kitchen during processing. That keeps pets and extra household traffic out of the kitchen while you work. It is not a dwelling-wide pet ban.
WSDA permits and inspects the cottage-food kitchen.
County file notes that quote RCW 69.22 are state baseline, not a county overlay.
RCW §69.22 · verified 2026-08-19
Not just “state baseline applies”
- Adams County
WAC 16-149 restricts access to the permitted area during cottage food production. Pets must be excluded from the permitted area (home kitchen and storage/packaging areas) during food production and handling.
- Asotin County
WAC 16-149 restricts access to the permitted area during cottage food production. Pets must be excluded from the permitted area during food production and handling.
- Benton County
Only the permittee and persons under their direct supervision permitted in the kitchen during processing. Pet presence in the kitchen during production prohibited.
- Chelan County
No persons other than permittee or directly supervised persons allowed in kitchen during processing. This effectively excludes pets from preparation area.
- Clallam County
No persons other than permittee or directly supervised persons allowed in kitchen during processing. This effectively excludes pets from the preparation area.
- Clark County
Kitchen must pass WSDA inspection of all permitted areas
- Columbia County
WAC 16-149 restricts access to the permitted area during cottage food production. Pets must be excluded from the permitted area during food production and handling.
- Douglas County
WAC 16-149 restricts access to the permitted area during cottage food production. Pets must be excluded from the permitted area during food production and handling.
- Franklin County
Only permittee or persons under direct supervision in kitchen during processing; pets effectively excluded.
- Grant County
No one other than the permittee or persons under direct supervision may be in the kitchen during processing; pets implicitly excluded during production.
- Grays Harbor County
No persons other than permittee or directly supervised persons allowed in kitchen during processing.
- Island County
Not explicitly specified, but kitchen must pass hygiene inspection.
- Kitsap County
Animals excluded from food production area during production
- Lewis County
Kitchen must pass hygiene inspection.
- Mason County
No one other than permittee or persons under direct supervision may be in kitchen during processing; pets should be excluded
- Skagit County
No one other than the permittee or persons under their direct supervision may handle cottage food products or be in the kitchen during processing.
- Spokane County
Kitchen must pass WSDA inspection including all permitted areas (kitchen, packaging area, restroom, raw ingredient and finished product storage)
- Thurston County
Animals excluded from food production area during production
- Walla Walla County
Only permittee and persons under direct supervision in kitchen during processing
- Yakima County
No pets in food preparation area during processing (persons not allowed other than permittee and direct supervision)