PDFWAC 296-17A-3906
Classification 3906.
3906-00 Bakeries, cracker, potato chip, ravioli/tamale, pasta, and pizza: Manufacturing N.O.C.
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in manufacture of baked goods, pastas, tamales, pizza, dry bakery products, and variety of snack foods. These businesses primarily sell to wholesale customers like supermarkets, restaurants, and distributors.
Products manufactured include, but are not limited to:
• Biscuits;
• Breads;
• Bread stuffing/bread crumbs;
• Cakes/cookies;
• Crackers;
• Pasta products (macaroni, spaghetti, or noodles);
• Pies;
• Pizza (frozen or ready to bake);
• Potato chips/snack foods;
• Pretzels;
• Ravioli, tamales, tortellini or similar frozen or ready to cook foods;
• Tarts;
• Wafers.
Ingredients include, but are not limited to:
• Eggs;
• Flour/cornmeal;
• Ground meats/cheeses/vegetables/sauces;
• Milk;
• Potatoes;
• Preservatives/flavorings;
• Salt;
• Shortening;
• Soda/yeast;
• Sugar;
• Water.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Mixing ingredients by machine or hand and forming into dough;
• Feeding dough into hoppers, which kneads and shapes product;
• Placing mixed ingredients into shells, pasta or corn husks;
• Rolling dough to form products;
• Adding sauce and variety of toppings such as meats, cheeses and vegetables;
• Cooking, inspecting, wrapping and packaging product;
• Mechanically slicing and wrapping product;
• Slicing and frying potatoes or similar snacks in cooking vats;
• Shipping product.
Machinery and equipment used include, but are not limited to:
• Bun machines;
• Cake depositors;
• Conveyors;
• Cutting and slicing equipment;
• Deep fryers;
• Dough troughs;
• Filling and icing machines;
• Hydraulic presses;
• Mixers/blending/rolling machines;
• Mold machines;
• Ovens;
• Packaging and handling equipment.
Exclusions:
• Retail bakeries are classified in 3901;
• Pizza parlors are classified in 3905;
• U-Bake pizza stores are classified in 6403;
• Route delivery drivers who are not employees of the food product manufacturer are classified in 1101;
• Businesses engaged in the manufacture of other foods are classified separately in the applicable classification.
3906-05 Confectionery, chewing gum or cough drop: Manufacturing
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in the manufacture of confectionery products, chewing gum or cough drops.
Products manufactured include, but are not limited to:
• Candies:
- Caramels;
- Chocolate candies;
- Creams;
- Glazed fruits;
- Gum drops;
- Hard candies;
- Nut brittle;
- Chewing gum;
- Cough drops.
• Molded sugar cake decorations:
- Candle holders;
- Edible images used to decorate cakes or cookies;
- Rosettes.
Ingredients include, but are not limited to:
• Cocoa;
• Coloring;
• Flavorings;
• Flour;
• Milk;
• Nuts;
• Starch;
• Sugar;
• Water.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Weighing, mixing and beating ingredients;
• Heating, pressure cooking, baking, and forming uncooked mixtures into products by twirling, pressing, molding, or shaping;
• Wrapping and packaging product.
Machinery and equipment used include, but are not limited to:
• Burners/ranges;
• Coolers;
• Conveyors;
• Die cutters;
• Filling/cutting/mixing machines;
• Hoppers;
• Kettle/pots;
• Packaging and package-handling equipment;
• Presses;
• Pressure cookers.
Exclusions:
• Candy store operations with on-premise retail manufacturing are classified in 3905;
• Candy store operations with no manufacturing are classified in 6406;
• Route delivery drivers who are not employees of the confection manufacturer are classified in 1101.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 21-22-090, § 296-17A-3906, filed 11/2/21, effective 1/1/22. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-3906, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-61801, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-61801, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; WSR 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-61801, filed 2/28/85, effective 4/1/85; WSR 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-61801, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.030 and 51.16.035. WSR 79-12-086 (Order 79-18), § 296-17-61801, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80.]