Wholesale
As of September 1 2025, non-refrigerated foods can be sold at wholesale through a "cottage food vendor."
COTTAGE FOOD VENDORS
- Must register with DSHS (process not ready yet).
- It is the 3rd party seller that must register with DSHS as a “cottage food vendor”, not the cottage food producer.
- Cottage food vendors must sell food directly to the consumer at a farmer’s market, farm stand, food service establishment (restaurant), or any retail store.
- The cottage food vendor must display in a prominent place near the location where the food is offered for sale a sign with the following disclosure “THIS PRODUCT WAS PRODUCED IN A PRIVATE RESIDENCE THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENTAL LICENSING OR INSPECTION.” (yes, the sign must be in all caps like the statute.)
- Any food you are selling through the cottage food vendor must include on the label the date the food was made.
Examples of food you can sell through a cottage food vendor:
- Baked goods not requiring refrigeration
- Jams and jellies
- Candy
- Coated and uncoated nuts
- Fruit butters, jams, and jellies with a pH of 4.6 or less
- Fruit pies and pecan pies
- Popcorn, cereal, granola, trail mix, snack mix
- Canned, acidified salsa with a pH of 4.6 or less
- Pickled fruits and vegetables with a pH of 4.6 or less
- Fermented vegetables with a pH of 4.6 or less
- Roasted coffee or dry tea
- Dry mixes
- Marshmallow cereal treats
- Dried pasta
- Pretzels
- Tortillas
- Doughnuts
- Cake balls
- Maple syrup/cane syrup
- Vanilla extract
- Unroasted nut butters
- Ghee
- Energy/protein bars
- Dehydrated fruits and vegetables
- Mustard
- Vinegar
- Hot cocoa drink mix
- Dried herbs/spice mixes
- Dried soup mixes
- Seasoned salt
- Trail mix
- Fudge and divinity
- Cookie kits (cookies + icing + sprinkles)
- Dry pancake/waffle/baking mix
- Pineapple upside-down cake
- Freeze-dried foods that don’t contain meat