Food Safety Requirements

Department of Business and Professional Regulation

Food service at these businesses is regulated by DBPR, Division of Hotels and Restaurants:

• Restaurant (full service, quick service, carry-out, etc.)
• Hotel or Motel food service (full service, self service, continental)
• Bed & Breakfast
• Country Club, Yacht Club, Marina
• Caterer, Banquet Hall
• Food Court or Food Kiosk
• Mobile Food Vendor (lunch truck, hot dog cart)
• Temporary Food Vendor (fairs, festivals etc)
• “Make your own meals” shop

Department of Health

Visit the Department of Health website for regulation if you are:

1. Civic or fraternal organizations
2. Churches that are required to maintain a Department of Health food certificate (prepare food for public non-member consumption)
3. Mobile Food Units and Caterers that are required to maintain a Department of Health food certificate
4. Detention facilities
5. School/University
6. Childcare Facilities
7. Bars/Lounges
8. Residential Facilities that are required to maintain a Department of Health food certificate, such as, but not limited to:
1. Assisted Living Facilities
2. Hospices
3. Adult Day Cares
4. Drug and alcohol treatment centers
5. Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally disabled (ICFDD)

Department of Agriculture (PDF document)

Download the Food Safety Requirements of the Department of Agriculture.