Mobile Food Vendors
MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES
The mobile food facility category includes, but is not limited to: lunch wagon, hot dog cart, ice cream vehicles, and push carts.
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A mobile food facility must operate out of an approved commissary. This requires a Commissary Approval form. Note that if you are using a commissary that is not in Tulare County, you must have the Environmental Health Department of the County where the commissary resides also sign off on the Commissary Approval form.
Mobile food facilities must 1) meet certain construction requirements, 2) file a Toilet with Hand Washing Facilities Approval Form and 3) acquire Food Safety Certification. Finally, a mobile food facility also 4) requires an Annual Permit. Reviewing the Mobile Food Facility Inspection Report sample below can be helpful to the applicant when used as a guideline for meeting food safety certification requirements.
Please read the requirements and information supplied at the links below, then print and complete the required forms.
REQUIREMENTS:
INFORMATION:
REQUIRED FORMS:
- Commissary Approval Form for Mobile Food Facilities
- Toilet Facility Use Approval Form
- Food Safety Certification (State Department of Housing & Community Development)





