Food Safety Contacts

If you are inquiring as to processing, manufacturing, storing or handling any food or dairy products for wholesale or retail distribution, or if you custom slaughter or custom cut meat, you need to contact the Washington State Department of Agriculture Food Safety Program, for licensing and/or inspection information. On the map below, simply click on the county your business is in or will be in and it will bring up the contact information for the Regional Manager for that county that will be able to answer your technical questions.

[Click on a region for the region contact info]

Olympia Office

The Olympia office can answer your billing questions, Export Certificate questions and can assist you in the license/renewal process as well as general questions such as "how do I get a Food Processors Packet"?
Admin Staff
(360) 902-1876


Lucy Severs
Program Manager
(360) 902-1876

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Northwest Region

Keren LaCourse
Regional Manager
(206) 367-1702

• Island
• San Juan
• Snohomish
• Skagit
• Whatcom

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King County

Bob Armstrong
Regional Manager
(253) 529-0102

• King

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Southwest Region

Roger Beekman
Regional Manager
(360) 742-8472

• Clallam
• Clark
• Cowlitz
• Grays Harbor
• Jefferson
• Kitsap
• Lewis
• Mason
• Pacific
• Pierce
• Skamania
• Thurston
• Wahkiakum

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Eastern Region

Gena Reich
Regional Manager
(509) 546-2977

• Adams
• Asotin
• Benton
• Chelan
• Columbia
• Douglas
• Ferry
• Franklin
• Garfield
• Grant
• Kittitas
• Klickitat
• Lincoln
• Okanogan
• Pend Oreille
• Spokane
• Stevens
• Walla Walla
• Whitman
• Yakima

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