Examples of Temporary Events

• community events
• street fairs and festivals
• musical and artistic presentations
• adjunct food vendors at farmers market
• sports events
• annual national days and ethnic celebrations
• trade shows and/or product introductions at which food is sold or given away to the public.

it does not include:

• private parties
• block parties
• weddings

Definitions:

Booth - each booth is based on a 10’x10’ area. Hence a 20’x10’ booth equals two booths.

Cart - one cart equals one booth.

Food - any raw or processed substance, ice, beverage, including water, or ingredient to be used as food, drink, confection, or condiment for human consumption.

High Hazard Booth - An operation that handles, sells or distributes potentially hazardous foods or foods in a method that has a potential high hazard of contamination. (e.g. meat, dairy, seafood, cooked starches, etc.) or (e.g. cooking, slicing, mixing, etc.)

Low hazard foods booth - An operation that handles, sells or distributes only non-potentially hazardous foods in a method that does not create a high hazard of contamination. (e.g. packaged candy bars, packaged cookies, canned sodas, etc.)

Sponsor - person or organization coordinating applications and controlling the event.

Vendor - person or organization distributing food.