Tacome-Pierce County Health Department: Healthy People in Healthy Communities

Here's why you shouldn’t eat from unpermitted food vendors.

Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department sent this bulletin at 10/16/2025 11:45 AM PDT

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Here's why you shouldn’t eat from unpermitted food vendors.

WARNING: EW. Sorry if this grosses you out, but it’s a perfect example of why you should never buy food from unpermitted roadside vendors.

After a complaint, we recently visited an unpermitted kitchen used by several unpermitted roadside vendors. We found:

😷 Meat stored outside with flies and no refrigeration.

🤢Raw meat and vegetables stored on the ground.

🥴 Raw meat stored next to trash.

Anyone of these violations could make you very sick. PLEASE pay attention to where you eat, and stay away from unpermitted roadside vendors. Read more in this Your Reliable Source blog.