Contact Us

#3 John Bennett Drive
PO Box 1426
Fort Madison, IA 52627
Phone:.........319.372.5225
Toll Free:......800.458.6672
Fax:.............319.372.4374
Email: [email protected]

For-Profit Vendors

When is a Temporary Food License needed?

  • Operating OFF the premises of your food licensed food establishment, or
  • Serving, selling, or providing unpackaged food or beveraged (including alcoholic beverages) to the public.  Examples - tacos, burgers, lemonade, keg beer, mixed drinks, BBQ, pie by the slice, etc. or
  • Serving, selling, or providing commercially prepared pre-packaged food or beverages that requries temperature control safety.  Examples - ice cream bars, bottles/cartons of milk, containers of yogurt, etc. or
  • Serving, selling, or providing cut fruits that require temperature control for safety.  Examples - cut watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew melons.

What food can be served in a licensed Temporary Food Stand?

  • Menu items that are listed on the Temporary Food License application and approved prior to the event may be served in a Temporary Food Stand.
  • All food must come from a licensed and approved source.
    - Ingredients for menu items must be obtained from a licensed
      and approved source such as a grocery store, a federal or
      state inspected meat locker, or the food stand owner's
      licensed food establishment,   food processing plant, or
      licensed mobile food unit.
    - Menu items may be prepared in the food stand owner's
      licensed restaurant, food processing plant, or mobile
      food unit and appropriately transported to the food stand
      for service.
    - Menu items may be prepared within the licensed temporary
      food stand the day of the event.  No food may be prepared
      prior to the event unless it is done so in the food stand
      owner's licensed food establishment, food processing plant,
      or mobile food unit and noted on the license application.
 
When is a Temporary Food license NOT needed?
  • When operating on the premises (premises=the physical facility, its contents, and the contiguous land or property under the control of the permit holder) of your licensed food establishment and serving food or beverages from your establishment that are within the scope of your business (normal menu or a manu pre-approved by teh Regulatory Authority), or
  • Serving, selling, or providing commercially prepared pre-packaged food or beverage that does not require temperature control for safety.  Examples - bottled sodas, packaged candy, packaged chips, packaged granola bars, etc. that are purchased from a store or food purveyor or prepared, packaged, and labeled for retail sale in your licensed food establishment or food processing plant, or
  • Serving, selling, or providing whole, uncut fruits and vagetables, or
  • When operating withing, and meeting all requirements of your licensed Mobile Food Unit.