June 2016 Newsletter

ISSUE NUMBER 22 • TEMP/MOBILE EDITION

Food Masthead

FOOD SCOOP

Small bites of information for Agents and Field Staff

WI DATCP-Division of Food Safety

Technical Services Section

 

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MOBILES

Mobile Restaurant

-serves meals

-at a temporary location, that is not in conjunction with an event

-must operate in conjunction with a licensed service base

-examples are hot dog carts and taco trucks on a street corner

-mobile restaurant and service base are based on prepackaged or low/moderate/high complexity

-if the licensee of the mobile and the restaurant are the same licensee=no base license required

-if the owner of the mobile and the restaurant are not the same licensee=base license is required

-if the base is located in an agent territory, the base will be inspected and licensed by the agent health department

Mobile Retail Food Establishment

-does not serve meals

-at a temporary location, either in conjunction with an event or not

-if in conjunction with an event, examples are kettle corn tent at a farmers market, prepackaged ice cream truck, cotton candy truck at state fair

-if not in conjunction with an event (and processes), then it must operate in conjunction with a licensed service base; an example is an ice cream truck that scoops out orders on a street corner

-non profit organizations can operate 12-days before a mobile retail food establishment license is required

-mobile retail food establishment with or without a service base is based on sales volume and process type

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TEMPORARY RESTAURANTS

-serves meals

-at a fixed location, in conjunction with an event

-for no more than 14 consecutive days

-example is a hamburger stand at a festival

-a special organization can operate 3-days before a temporary restaurant license is required

-based on one fee

You've Got Questions? We Have Answers.

This section provides you with some frequently asked questions and their answers.  Use these as a reference when responding to questions while you are working in the field. 

Question 1:  Who issues the license?

Answer:  

If the operator of the Temporary Restaurant, Mobile Restaurant or Mobile Retail Food Establishment operates in multiple jurisdictions, or exclusively in an area that is non-agent, the license will be issued by DATCP.

If the food facility operates exclusively in the jurisdiction of a single agent, the local agent will issue the license.

Question 2:  What are other license requirements?

Answer:  

-only one annual license should be issued to the operator

-a DATCP annual license (July 1, 2016-June 30, 2017) will be accepted by all agents

-the agent may impose an inspection fee at each special event where the license is used, if this fee is authorized in local ordinance

-the original licenses must be posted in the establishment to be accepted

-failure to produce an original active license would result in purchasing a new license in the jurisdiction they are operating in that day, or not operating; if they are still planning on operating across jurisdictions they should plan on getting the State license after the event

Question 3:  What are examples of events?

Answer:  A fair, carnival, circus, public exhibition, anniversary sale, or an occasional sales promotion

Question 4:  What are examples of meal or non-meal items?

Answer:  Meal=Pasties, Corn Dogs, Hotdogs, Brats, Hamburgers, Pizza, Cooked Fruits and Vegetables

Non-meal=Bakery, Confectionery, Drinks, Dairy Products, Sliced Fruit and Nuts

Question 5:  What is processing?

Answer:  Food processing means the manufacture or preparation of food for sale through the process of canning, extracting, fermenting, distilling, pickling, freezing, baking, drying, smoking, grinding, cutting, mixing, coating, stuffing, packing, bottling, or packaging, or through any other treatment or preservation process.

CONTACT US

Technical Services Section Chief:

Troy Sprecker

608-224-4718

troy.sprecker@wi.gov

Food Safety Supervisor:

Mitch Lohr

608-512-2446

mitchell.lohr@wi.gov

Group Voicemail & E-mail:

608-224-5036 

datcpfoodscientists@wi.gov

Food Scientists:

Arthur Ness

608-224-4715 (office)

608-219-2889 (cell)arthur.ness@wi.gov

David St. Jules

608-224-4713 (office)

608-284-0446 (cell)david.stjules@wi.gov

Sonja Dimitrijevic

608-286-9738

sonja.dimitrijevic@wi.gov

Sara Strehlow

608-224-4732 (office)

608-381-3445 (cell)sara.strehlow@wi.gov

Carol Johnson

715-482-0518

CarolA.Johnson@wi.gov

Manufactured Foods Specialists:

Shannon Dorn

262-939-4948 

shannon.dorn@wi.gov

Licensing Food Scientists:

608-224-4923

datcpdfslicensing@wi.gov

Licensing/Permit Staff:

608-224-4720

datcpdfsagent@wi.gov

Emergency Response/Complaints:

608-224-4714

datcpfoodcomplaintsER@wi.gov

General Food Number:

608-224-4682

Fax Number:

608-224-4710

UPCOMING EVENTS

August 29-September 1:  FDA Regional Seminar, Milwaukee http://www.weha.net/