New food truck, trailer and cart owners
Free checklist for a food truck or cart permit: health plan review, commissary, menu, water and hot and cold holding, from the FDA Food Code.
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How it works
What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Special event permit door.
Modeled on: FDA Food Code 2026, Chapter 8 plan review
From public data
before opening is when the model Food Code asks you to apply for your food establishment permit
Source: FDA Food Code 2026, 8-302.11
Describe the event and get the special event permit narrative, event safety plan and site layout notes your city asks for. Free to read.
Questions
Under the FDA Food Code, as your health department requires: the intended menu, expected food volume, the layout, mechanical schematics, construction materials and finishes, and equipment types, models, locations and capacities. States and counties adopt their own version of the code.
In most cases. Mobile food facilities must operate with a commissary, mobile support unit or other approved facility and be stored at one. Units that stay fixed at a community event, with water and waste disposal available, are an exception.
Food that needs time and temperature control for safety must be held at 135°F or above when hot, or 41°F or below when cold, under the FDA Food Code. Some roasts may be held at 130°F.
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Answer it and ePlan opens the Special event permit door, which drafts the paperwork.