Mobile Food Establishments FAQs

You are required to renew your permit at the end of every calendar year. Food permits can be renewed in person at our office location at 2171 Yarrington Rd., Kyle, Texas.

You are required to get two (2) inspections per year. You are required to bring the mobile food unit to our office location for your renewal in December/January and have the option to choose us to visit you at your site of operation for the second inspection (there is a $50 trip charge). For the inspection at our office you must bring a generator.

You need to have the commissary page of your application completed by the health authority in charge of inspecting your commissary; this is normally the health department of the city or county where your commissary is located.

Yes; however, you cannot offer restrooms to customers unless you have a public restroom that uses a properly sized OSSF or a city sewer connection and your mobile food unit still must visit the commissary daily.

Yes; with the property owners permission. A restroom must be readily available to all food vendors who choose to operate on/occupy a property for any given amount of time. This restroom must use a properly sized on-site sewage facility or city sewer connection. *Water and wastewater requirements are not applicable to “restricted operation” mobile food units. *TFER §228.221 (a)(2) & Hays County OSSF Rules: W (1)

Yes; if the proper restroom facilities are available on the property.

 Any property must have an on-site sewage facility or access to a restroom on city sewer. If an on-site sewage facility is present it must be designed for the expected gallons per day for customers, employees, food preparation and wastewater strength. Many other factors are taken into consideration but it’s important to note that an existing on-site sewage facility might not be acceptable for your businesses use. Please call our office to verify.

No; Hays County requires in its OSSF Rules that any property that is used for residential, institutional or commercial purposes must be connected to an on-site sewage facility or a TCEQ permitted central wastewater collection system. *Hays County OSSF Rules: W (1).

The responsibility to verify that the site meets the county’s rules falls on you (as the vendor) and the property owner.

No; mobile units are required to be mobile daily. Therefore, your mobile unit must be readily movable upon request. You are required to report to your central preparation facility daily. * TFER §228.221 (a)(10)(B)