North Carolina has some of the strictest, most outdated home bakery laws in the country.
Right now, if you want to start a safe home kitchen business selling low-risk baked goods (like cookies, breads, or jams), state regulators enforce a devastating rule: You cannot own an indoor pet. 
The state completely disqualifies your business application if a family dog or cat lives inside your home, even if the animal is locked in a separate room while you bake.
 
Why This Hurts NC Families
This zero-tolerance restriction forces stay-at-home parents and local entrepreneurs to make an unfair choice: give up their family pets, or give up their financial livelihood.
 
North Carolina is a National Outlier
This absolute ban is entirely unnecessary for public health:
48 states safely allow home bakers to own family pets.
14 states (including Virginia and South Carolina) allow pets in the house as long as they are kept out of the kitchen during baking hours.
North Carolina is one of only two states in the entire nation with a total ban.
 
Our Demand
We want North Carolina to adopt the same common-sense rules used across the country: Allow domestic pets to live in the home, provided they are strictly kept out of the kitchen and storage areas during food production. 
 
How You Can Help
We are aiming for 1,000 signatures from North Carolina residents to show state regulators the massive public demand for reform. One voice is easy to ignore, but 1,000 voters cannot be pushed aside.

Please sign today to support local families and small businesses!