Mobile Food Operation Demo Info & CPF Variance BCPHD

Name of Mobile Food Operation

Name of Applicant/Agent

Phone #

Format: (000) 000-0000.

Mailing address

Email Address

example@example.com

If the applicant is not the owner/agent of the CPF, a letter of authorization is required from the CPF owner/agent.

Name of CPF (if applicable)

Owner

Mailing address

Phone #

Format: (000) 000-0000.

Permitting Agency of CPF

Permit #

Signature of Owner/Authorized Agent

Date

Public health rationale must be provided as justification for the variance. You may provide the necessary rationale for your variance request by using the attached checklist. Use additional pages, pictures, and photographs for your explanations as necessary. Submit your request by hand, mail, fax, or email to:

Bell County Public Health Retail Food Division Yolanda Lara, Clerk II 4236 Lowes Dr. Temple, Texas 76502

Fax: ehfax@bellcountyhealth.org

Email: retailfood@bellcountyhealth.org

Statement of Proposed Variance for Central Prep. Facility (CPF)

To waive and requirements for a Central Prep Facility, the MFO owne/operator must demonstrate hoe the MFO meets the following requirements:

Sufficient space is required for food storage , preparation, cooking, cooling, or otherwise handling food to prevent cross contamination and other health hazards.

1. Explain how your MFO meets the above requirements (i.e. size of refrigerator, freezer, limited food portion/quanitity, shelving, storage containers, etc.)

All food, food equipment, utensils, and single service articles are required to be stored on the MFO in a manner to avoid contamination as specified in TFER.

2. Explain how and where you will store the above equipment on the MFO

The manual ware washing sink compartments are required to be large enough to immerse all equipment and utensils on the operation to be properly washed, rinsed, and sanitized.

3. What is the largest piece of equipment or utensil you are using and how will it be sanitized?

What is the capacity (size in gallons) of the three compartment sink?

Potable water is required to be obtained from an approved source. No Residentially zoned property is authorized/approved for use for filling of potable water. Property is required to be commercially zoned.

4. Please specify how you will meet this requirement. Provide physical address of the facility from where potable water will be obtained

Sewage and other liquid wastes shall be removed from a Mobile Food Operation at an approved waste servicing area or by a sewage transport vehicle or, if within a city that requires it, a permitted liquid waste transporter, in such a way that a public health hazard or nuisance is not created. MFO must have a permanently installed waste retention tank.

5. Please specify how you will meet this requirement. Provide physical address of the wastewater disposal facility and, if applicable, name of sewage transport vehicle or permitted liquid waste transporter

All food handling preparation is required to take place inside the Mobile Food Operation. No food preparation, food storage, dry storage, etc. is allowed at a private residence.

6. Please specify how you meet the above requirement

A Central Preparation Facility is required to be designed, constructed, and operated as a retail food service operation (i.e., walls, floors, ceiling, equipment, plumbing, etc

7. Please specify how your MFO meets these same requirements