Food safety: Reducing the risk of food-borne illness

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Mobile Food Vending

 

Mobile Services and Pushcarts Require a License

 

All food service establishments in Tulsa County, including mobile food vending operations, require a license that must be renewed annually. THD categorizes mobile food services as follows:

  • Full-service mobile: a vehicle or trailer designed and equipped to prepare and serve open food products.
  • Pre-packaged mobile: a vehicle or trailer limited to the sale of commercially manufactured pre-packaged products, or products prepared and packaged at a licensed food service establishment.
  • Pushcart: a non-self-propelled vehicle limited to the sale of non-potentially hazardous foods, the sale of commercially pre-packaged foods maintained at proper temperatures, or the preparation and sale of frankfurters.

Inset - Food -Industry -VendingConstruction, Equipment and Operation Guidelines

Full-service mobile food establishments are required to meet certain regulations regarding their construction, water system, equipment, personnel and food safety. Pre-packaged mobile and pushcart food establishments are exempted from some of these requirements.

Mobile Food Service Establishment Guide.

Procedures Guide for Pushcarts Selling Frankfurters.

Mobile Vendor Fees 

  • Fee for City of Broken Arrow 
    • Full-service mobile $150 per vehicle
    • Pre-packaged mobile $60 per vehicle
    • Pushcart vending operations $60 per pushcart
  • Fee for City of Bixby and City of Tulsa 
    • Full-service mobile $200 per vehicle
    • Pre-packaged mobile $100 per vehicle
    • Pushcart vending operations $100 per pushcart
  • State Fee - $350 for all cities and mobile operations.

For more information, please call 918-595-4300.