Environmental Health Permits

• Food Establishment Permit Application(PDF, 67KB) (English)
• Mobile Food Vendor Food Establishment Application(PDF, 7MB)
• Temporary Food Establishment Permit Application(PDF, 747KB)
• Childcare/Foster/Adoptive Permit Application(PDF, 264KB)
• Pool & Spa Application(PDF, 250KB)
• Aplicacion De Permiso Para Establecimiento Alimentario(PDF, 75KB) (Food Establishment)
• Vendedor Ambulante de Comida - Aplicación para Permiso de Establecimiento de Comida(PDF, 658KB) (Mobile Packet)
• Aplicación de Permiso para Establecimiento Alimentario Temporal(PDF, 694KB) (Temporary)

New Required Food Service Employee Allergen Awareness Poster - Effective September 1, 2024!

• English(PDF, 390KB)
• Spanish(PDF, 466KB)

• BBQ Pit Requirements(PDF, 180KB)

Cleaning Frequencies for Food Establishments

• English(PDF, 191KB)
• Spanish(PDF, 249KB)

• Clean-Up Written Plan for Norovirus(PDF, 764KB)
• Cold Food Storage(PDF, 517KB)

Construction Guidelines for Food Establishments

• English(PDF, 276KB)
• Spanish(PDF, 99KB)

• Cooking Requirements(PDF, 168KB)
• Dumpster & Outside Refuge Storage Details for Food Establishments(PDF, 226KB)
• Duties of the Person in Charge(PDF, 160KB)
• Eggs for Food Establishments(PDF, 313KB)
• FDA Food Code 2017(PDF, 6MB)
• Food Code Supplement 2017(PDF, 501KB)
• Food Contact Surfaces(PDF, 425KB)

Food Safety - The Sure Approach

• English(PDF, 271KB)
• Spanish(PDF, 957KB)

• Food Temperature Chart(PDF, 215KB)
• Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP)(PDF, 817KB)
• Hygiene(PDF, 1MB)
• Ice is Food(PDF, 599KB)
• Inside the Cooler(PDF, 385KB)
• Labels & Dates(PDF, 545KB)
• McLennan County Food Establishment Ordinance(PDF, 363KB)
• Preventing Cross Contamination(PDF, 499KB)
• Sanitizing Table & Kitchenware by Hand(PDF, 252KB)
• Texas Food Establishment Rules (TFER OCT 2021)(PDF, 265KB)
• Thermometers(PDF, 328KB)
• Waco Food Establishment Ordinance(PDF, 613KB)

• Fats, Oils, & Grease (FOG)

We no longer offer the Food Handler or Food Manager courses in a classroom setting. You may obtain the courses online at Waco.StateFoodSafety.com

• Food Handler Class - Online Option (English, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Serb-Croatian, and American Sign Language)
• Food Manager Class - Online Option (English, Spanish)

• Temporary Food and Beverage Permit and Compliance Requirements and Checklist(PDF, 747KB)
• Permiso Temporal Alimentos y Bebidas Requisitos de Cumplimiento(PDF, 743KB)

• Mobile Food Establishment Application Packet(PDF, 7MB)
• Móviles Requisitos de Alimentos(PDF, 658KB) (Mobile Packet)

• Childcare Center Inspection Report(PDF, 77KB)
• Foster & Adoptive Homes Checklist(PDF, 220KB)

• Mosquitoes(PDF, 2MB)
• Rodents(PDF, 419KB)
• Mosquito Ordinance(PDF, 26KB)
• Rodent Ordinance(PDF, 88KB)
• Smoking Ordinances

• Swimming Pool & Spa Ordinance(PDF, 34KB)
• Public Swimming Pools/Spas Standards - State of Texas
• Pool & Spa Advisory(PDF, 1MB)
• Pool & Spa Circulation System Air Gaps(PDF, 1MB)
• Pool & Spa Safety Equipment(PDF, 2MB)
• Pool & Spa Signage(PDF, 177KB)
• Pool & Spa Safety Vacuum Release System (SVRS)(PDF, 2MB)
• Pool & Spa Water Chemistry(PDF, 2MB)
• Pool & Spa – Gearing Up for Winter(PDF, 2MB)

Street Address: 201 W. Waco Dr. - Community Services/Municipal Court Building - 2nd Floor, Suite 205

Office Hours: Monday - Friday | 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Hours for receiving payments and applications: Monday - Friday | 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Permit applications can be returned by mail, fax, email, or in person.  Please call our office (254)750-5464 to discuss the associated fee(s).

Mail to:
Waco-McLennan County Public Health District Environmental Health
225 W. Waco Dr.
Waco, TX 76707

Fax to: (254)750-5452
When faxing the application, please be sure to include a phone number. We will call for credit card information to process your payment.

Email:    envhealth@wacotx.gov