Food Establishment Information
General Sanitation Information
• Food Establishment Permit Application (English)
• Mobile Food Vendor Food Establishment Application
• Temporary Food Establishment Permit Application
• Childcare/Foster/Adoptive Permit Application
• Pool and Spa Application
•Aplicacion De Permiso Para Establecimiento Alimentario (Food Establishment)
•Vendedor Ambulante de Comida - Aplicación para Permiso de Establecimiento de Comida (Mobile Packet)
• Aplicación de Permiso para Establecimiento Alimentario Temporal (Temporary)
• Texas Food Establishment Rules (TFER OCT 2021)
• Waco Food Establishment Ordinance
• McLennan County Food Establishment Ordinance
• Cleaning Frequencies for Food Establishments
• Cold Food Storage
• Construction Guidelines for Food Establishments
• Dumpster and Outside Refuge Storage Details for Food Establishments
• Duties of the Person in Charge
• Food Safety - The Sure Method
• Eggs for Food Establishments
• Food Contact Surfaces
• HACCP
• Hygiene
• Ice is Food
• Inside the Cooler
• Labels & Dates
• Preventing Cross Contamination
• Thermometers
• El Mantenimiento de los Alimentos - El Metodo Seguro (Food Safety - The Sure Approach)
• Frecuencias de la Limpieza para los Establecimientos del Alimento (Cleaning Frequencies)
• Pautas de la Construcción para los Establecimientos del Alimento (Construction Guidlines)
• Mobile Food Establishment Application Packet
• Móviles Requisitos de Alimentos (Mobile Packet)
• Temporary Food and Beverage Permit and Compliance Requirements and Checklist
• Permiso Temporal Alimentos y Bebidas Requisitos de Cumplimiento
• Childcare Center Inspection Report
• Foster and Adoptive Homes Checklist
• Swimming Pool & Spa Ordinance
• Public Swimming Pools/Spas Standards - State of Texas
• Pool & Spa Advisory
• Pool & Spa Circulation System Air Gaps
• Pool & Spa Safety Equipment
• Pool & Spa Signage
• Pool & Spa SVRS
• Pool & Spa Water Chemistry
• Pool & Spa – Gearing Up for Winter
• Mosquitoes
• Rodents
• Mosquito Ordinance
• Rodent Ordinance
• Smoking Ordinances
• Food Handler Class - Online Option - in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Serb-Croatian, and American Sign Language.
• Food Manager Class - Online Option - English, Spanish.
• Clase de Seguridad Alimentaría Actualizado 10/11/19
The Food Manager classroom option was discontinued in November 2017 due to declining attendence.
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