Food Service Establishment
A food service establishment is a place where food is prepared and intended for individual portion service and includes the site at which the individual portions are provided, whether consumption occurs on or off the premises. The term excludes food processing establishments, retail food stores, private homes where food is prepared or served for family consumption, and food service operations where a distinct group mutually provides, prepares, serves and consumes the food such as a "covered-dish supper" limited to a congregation, club or fraternal organization.
Temporary Food Service Establishment
Temporary food service establishment means a place where food is prepared or handled and served to the public, with or without charge, and which operates at a fixed location in conjunction with a single event or celebration of not more than 14 consecutive days duration. Note that TFSE permits are only for non-complex foods prepared and cooked on-site.
Mobile Food Service Establishment
A mobile food service establishment is a self-contained food service operation, located in a vehicle or a movable stand, self or otherwise propelled, used to store, prepare, display or serve food intended for individual portion service.
Vending of Food & Beverages
The Public Health Law requires each vending machine that provides temperature control foods and beverage dispensers in the County to be permitted and inspected every year.
Chautauqua County Food Service Inspections
