Selling home-baked or other non-hazardous foods from a Spokane-area home requires a Washington State Department of Agriculture cottage food permit. Products must be made in your home kitchen and sold directly to consumers, with annual gross sales capped at $35,000.
Washington's cottage food law (RCW 69.22) governs home food sales statewide, including unincorporated Spokane County. A cottage food operation produces cottage food products only in the home kitchen of the person's primary residence and only for direct-to-consumer sale. All cottage food operations must be permitted (renewed every two years) by WSDA on department forms, and the kitchen receives a basic hygiene inspection. Only shelf-stable, non-potentially-hazardous foods (baked goods, jams, dry mixes, etc.) are allowed. Annual gross sales of cottage food products may not exceed $35,000.
Selling home-produced foods without a WSDA cottage food permit, or exceeding the product or sales limits, is a violation of RCW 69.22 enforced by the Department of Agriculture.
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