A food booth – also called a food kiosk, food stand, or temporary food service facility – is generally a temporary structure used to prepare and sell food to the general public, usually where large groups of people are situated outdoors in a park, at a parade, near a stadium, or otherwise. Sometimes the term also refers to the business operations and vendors that operate from such booths.[1][2]
Food booth vendors cooking sausages at University District Street Fair, University District, Seattle, Washington
There is evidence to suggest that certain foods have either originated from, or gained in popularity through food booths.[3] For example, the popularity of the ice cream cone in North America is attributed to the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.[4] According to legend, an ice cream seller had run out of clean dishes, and could not sell any more ice cream. Next door to the ice cream booth was the waffle booth, unsuccessful due to intense heat. The waffle maker offered to make cones by rolling up his waffles and the new product sold well, and was subsequently copied by other vendors.[4]
A common practice is for modern food booths to operate as concession stands at various kinds of special events. These may be operated by small independent vendors, catering companies, or by established restaurants offering a subset of items featured from a more comprehensive menu. Alternatively, some food booths may be operated by local nonprofit organizations as a means of fundraising. In some situations, nonprofit orgs may face slightly lower processing fees, or less stringent regulations and contractual requirements, making such operations relatively more advantageous.[5][6]
Regulationsedit
Depending on the jurisdiction, and local customs, operators of such booths ordinarily require a temporary food sales permit and government-issued licenses.[7] Typically operators also must demonstrate compliance with various regulations for sanitation, public health and food safety.[8][9] Such regulations include, for example:
structural requirements for the construction and placement of booths[10]
requirements or limitations regarding the hours and number of days of continuous operation[11]
restrictions on the handling and preparation of ingredients[12]
restrictions on the storage, transport and placement of ingredients[12]
rules regarding availability and proximity of waste disposal facilities and toilets[13]
rules governing conduct and cleanliness of operators
rules governing animals and the use of pest control measures
provisions imposing additional requirements if deemed necessary by an authorized on-site health inspector[14]
On-site inspectionedit
To oversee compliance with applicable regulations, many municipalities hire and deploy health inspectors, or provide general guidelines for inspection, in order to ensure food booths do not present an unreasonable risk of harm to customers.[15] Hired inspectors are usually permitted to make unscheduled inspections of facilities with little or no advance notice to the proprietors. The rules regarding the frequency, scope and extent of routine on-site inspections vary depending on the jurisdiction. Also, some jurisdictions may establish priorities based on the type of food served, the type of organization involved, and other ancillary factors, such as any prior history of customer complaints.[16]
^See e.g., Chapter 5.38 Leavenworth Municipal Code
^See e.g., Environmental Health Services: Temporary Food Facility Application Santa Barbara County, California [1]
^(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
^See e.g., California Health and Safety Code (CHSC); California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law [CURFFL], an excerpt from the California Health and Safety Code: Sanitation requirements for temporary food facilities §§113700-114475 et. seq. [2][permanent dead link].
^See e.g., California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH) 10 Questions and Answers Regarding Health Department Regulation Of Temporary Food Facilities[3] 2007-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
^(E.g., San Francisco Department of Public Health: Food Safety Program[4] 2007-04-30 at the Wayback Machine.)
^(E.g., License Application For Retail/Food Booth at the Skidmore Saturday & Sunday Market [5] 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine).
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A food booth also called a food kiosk food stand or temporary food service facility is generally a temporary structure used to prepare and sell food to the general public usually where large groups of people are situated outdoors in a park at a parade near a stadium or otherwise Sometimes the term also refers to the business operations and vendors that operate from such booths 1 2 Food booth vendors cooking sausages at University District Street Fair University District Seattle Washington Contents 1 Background 2 Operations 3 Regulations 3 1 On site inspection 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksBackground editThere is evidence to suggest that certain foods have either originated from or gained in popularity through food booths 3 For example the popularity of the ice cream cone in North America is attributed to the St Louis World s Fair in 1904 4 According to legend an ice cream seller had run out of clean dishes and could not sell any more ice cream Next door to the ice cream booth was the waffle booth unsuccessful due to intense heat The waffle maker offered to make cones by rolling up his waffles and the new product sold well and was subsequently copied by other vendors 4 Operations edit nbsp Kaleenka Piroshky food booth at Northwest Folklife Festival Seattle Center nbsp Food booth at Zandvoort beach the NetherlandsA common practice is for modern food booths to operate as concession stands at various kinds of special events These may be operated by small independent vendors catering companies or by established restaurants offering a subset of items featured from a more comprehensive menu Alternatively some food booths may be operated by local nonprofit organizations as a means of fundraising In some situations nonprofit orgs may face slightly lower processing fees or less stringent regulations and contractual requirements making such operations relatively more advantageous 5 6 Regulations editDepending on the jurisdiction and local customs operators of such booths ordinarily require a temporary food sales permit and government issued licenses 7 Typically operators also must demonstrate compliance with various regulations for sanitation public health and food safety 8 9 Such regulations include for example structural requirements for the construction and placement of booths 10 requirements or limitations regarding the hours and number of days of continuous operation 11 restrictions on the handling and preparation of ingredients 12 restrictions on the storage transport and placement of ingredients 12 rules regarding availability and proximity of waste disposal facilities and toilets 13 rules governing conduct and cleanliness of operators rules governing animals and the use of pest control measures provisions imposing additional requirements if deemed necessary by an authorized on site health inspector 14 On site inspection edit To oversee compliance with applicable regulations many municipalities hire and deploy health inspectors or provide general guidelines for inspection in order to ensure food booths do not present an unreasonable risk of harm to customers 15 Hired inspectors are usually permitted to make unscheduled inspections of facilities with little or no advance notice to the proprietors The rules regarding the frequency scope and extent of routine on site inspections vary depending on the jurisdiction Also some jurisdictions may establish priorities based on the type of food served the type of organization involved and other ancillary factors such as any prior history of customer complaints 16 See also editFast food Food cart Food truck List of food trucks Funfair Kiosk Local food Street food Taco stand Take out Ice cream van Milk float Yatai retail References edit Pariser Harry 2004 Explore the Virgin Islands Harry S Pariser ISBN 1 893643 54 9 Kaplan Anne 1986 The Minnesota Ethnic Food Book Minnesota Historical Society Press ISBN 0 87351 198 0 Comfits Retrieved 2007 07 22 A confectionery booth is depicted in an etching by Christoph Weigel 1654 1725 From One Hundred Fools c 1700 a b historic food ice cream cone Retrieved 2007 07 22 See e g Chapter 5 38 Leavenworth Municipal Code See e g Environmental Health Services Temporary Food Facility Application Santa Barbara County California 1 See e g City of San Fernando Special Event Permit Application PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2007 10 27 Retrieved 2007 07 05 See e g California Health and Safety Code CHSC California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law CURFFL an excerpt from the California Health and Safety Code Sanitation requirements for temporary food facilities 113700 114475 et seq 2 permanent dead link See e g California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health CCDEH 10 Questions and Answers Regarding Health Department Regulation Of Temporary Food Facilities 3 Archived 2007 07 09 at the Wayback Machine E g San Francisco Department of Public Health Food Safety Program 4 Archived 2007 04 30 at the Wayback Machine E g License Application For Retail Food Booth at the Skidmore Saturday amp Sunday Market 5 Archived 2007 09 29 at the Wayback Machine a b E g CURFFL 114317 et seq E g CURFFL 114321 et seq E g CURFFL 114328 See e g Nevada State Health Division Bureau Of Health Protection Services Temporary Food Booth Self Inspection Sheet 6 permanent dead link Carroll County Health Department Community Hygiene Food Service Facilities Archived from the original on 2007 07 07 Retrieved 2007 07 05 Carroll County MarylandExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Food booths Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Food booth amp oldid 1191702091, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
