What type of permit do I need?

It depends on what food you plan to sell and how you plan to sell it.

    1. Mobile Food Facility Permit: For sidewalk food carts, food trucks, or to be a roaming vendor.
    2. Temporary Food Facility Permit: For county approved pop-up events, farmers markets, or fairs.
    3. Cottage Food Permit: For making certain foods from home.
    4. Shared Kitchen Permit: For those who want to start or expand a food business but do not want to open a permanent food facility.
    5. Permit Exempt: for any operation that is 25 square feet or less AND the food is:
      • Prepackaged,
      • Nonpotentially hazardous,
      • Properly labeled, from an approved source and
      • Whole uncut, uncooked, produce

For a full definition of potentially hazardous food, refer to Ch. 2 section 113871 of the California Retail Food Code (CalCode).