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Food Protection Program
Temporary food service establishments requiring "plan review only" permit

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Temporary food service establishments requiring
"plan review only" permit ($25 fee)

  • Blended drinks, blenders and utensils cleaned or changed every 2 hours.  Includes commercial mix, commercially frozen fruit and espresso drinks
  • Caramel apples, made by vendor
  • Cheesecake, with non-potentially hazardous toppings
  • Cheeses and butter, farmer processed from WSDA, USDA, or FDA facilities
  • Chocolate dipped bananas, prepared from bananas peeled and frozen in an approved facility
  • Chocolate dipped ice cream bars/fruit bars, dipped in booth, commercially prepared single service bars from a food processing plant
  • Churros, commercially prepared dough with non hazardous toppings to include canned whipped cream
  • Cookies, baked on-site from commercially prepared, frozen dough
  • Corn dogs, commercially prepared or hand dipped from commercial prepared mix
  • Demonstrations, excludes raw milk and raw oysters
  • Dippin’Dots
  • Donuts and elephant ears, from commercial mixes/dough, non-potentially hazardous fillings, toppings, condiments
  • Espresso coffee drinks, hot
  • Frappuccino, commercially prepackaged
  • Ham and bacon, fully pre-cooked commercially prepared 
  • Hot dogs, sausages and tofu dogs,  precooked, as defined by USDA
  • Ice cream, scooped
  • Iced drinks (shaved ice with condensed/evaporated milk, Italian ice with milk, snow cones, etc.) in single service or commercially made “edible” containers
  • Lemonade and juices, fresh squeezed/prepared high acid beverages (a consumer advisory is required)
  • Lettuce, commercially packaged and individually packaged single service shelf stable salad dressings
  • Meat/ fish, packaged, frozen, farmer processed or commercially caught 
  • Milk, yogurt and other commercially pasteurized, prepackaged single service dairy products
  • Nachos, made with commercially canned cheese sauce
  • Pancakes, waffles, funnel cakes, made from commercial mixes, non-potentially hazardous fillings, toppings, condiments
  • Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
  • Pepperoni and cheese pizzas, commercially made, cooked, pre-sliced
  • Pretzels, baked and prepped
  • Root beer floats
  • Strawberry (or other berry) shortcake, commercially prepared ingredients, canned whipped cream
  • Twinkies and commercially prepared nonhazardous snack cakes and candy bars, deep fried
  • Watermelon, sliced for consumption in eating contests only

Have questions? Contact a Food Plans Examiner

If you have any questions about starting your food business, contact the Plans Examiner serving the area where your establishment is located:

  • Trish Ryan, Sr. Environmental Health Specialist
    For food establishments in the City of Seattle

    Environmental Health Division
    401 - 5th Avenue, Suite 1100
    Seattle, WA 98104-2333
    Phone: 206-263-8484

  • Diane Agasid-Bondoc, Sr. Environmental Health Specialist
    For food establishments in unincorporated South King County and South King County suburban cities

    Alder Square Public Health Center
    Environmental Health Division
    1404 Central Ave. S., Suite 101
    Kent, WA 98032
    Phone: 206-205-1903

  • Mike Bratcher, Sr. Environmental Health Specialist
    For food establishments in unincorporated North and East King County, North and East suburban cities

    Northshore Public Health Center
    Environmental Health Division
    10808 NE 145th St.
    Bothell, WA 98011
    Phone: 206-296-9741

Updated: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 02:59 PM

All information is general in nature and is not intended to be used as a substitute for appropriate professional advice. For more information please call 206-296-4600 (voice) or TTY Relay: 711. Mailing address: ATTN: Communications Team, Public Health - Seattle & King County, 401 5th Ave., Suite 1300, Seattle, WA 98104 or click here to email us. Because of confidentiality concerns, questions regarding client health issues cannot be responded to by e-mail. Click here for the Notice of Privacy Practices. For more information, contact the Public Health Privacy Office at 206-205-5975.

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