2025 Harvest Days Festival Food Truck Application

During Utah’s 2022 Legislative Session, lawmakers changed the state’s food truck law to eliminate the requirement for truck operators to obtain secondary permits from local health districts where they only occasionally did business. A food truck in Utah now only needs one health permit—from the health district where they conduct most of their business—that must be displayed on each food truck. This single permit is valid throughout the state.

Misconceptions within the food truck industry regarding this change have caused challenges for the Salt Lake County Health Department. So, they've asked event operators to ensure that Food Truck vendors understand the following:

1. Food trucks must have a current permit from a local health department in Utah to operate at an event, regardless of where in the state the event is located.
2. Local health departments may inspect any truck operating at an event in their jurisdiction, regardless of which local health department issued the truck’s Utah permit. 
3. Salt Lake County Critical Requirements for food trucks in Utah will be enforced (see below).

Salt Lake County Health Department
Critical Requirements for Food Trucks in Utah

**Immediate closure if out of compliance. 
  *Critical violation that may lead to closure.

**A valid permit issued by a local health department in Utah.
    The permit must be posted in the truck.

*Health Department staff must be allowed to conduct inspections.

**There must be sufficient water in the freshwater tank.

**Wastewater tank must have capacity to contain all wastewater.
      Must not be full or overflowing.
      Must not be leaking

**Hand sink must be operational.
      Hand sink must be equipped with soap and paper towels.

*Hot TCS (perishable) foods must be held at or above 135°F.

*Cold TCS (perishable) foods must be held at or below 41°F.

*There must be equipment on the truck to maintain hot foods hot and cold foods cold.
      Example: Warmers, coolers, etc.

*No bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food. Use gloves or utensils.

Workers must have current food manager certificate or food handler permit.

Note: This is a summary of critical items. Food trucks must adhere to all requirements in Utah Rule R392-102: Food Truck Sanitation.

The Midvale Harvest Days Festival Committee retains the right to select vendors and locations for the celebration at its sole discretion. We are very limited on space so we will be looking for diverse vendors and will be limiting specific vendors based on duplicate goods for sale. For that reason, applications will be approved by the Harvest Days Festival Committee based on products, services, and receipt of the application. The format and layout may be different than it has been in the past.

To operate a space at the Midvale Harvest Days celebration, the undersigned (herein called the ‘Vendor’), agrees to the following terms/conditions:

1. Maintain: The Vendor shall maintain a booth at the Midvale City Harvest Days celebration and continually keep the booth clean and neat. The City retains the right to permit other persons selling the same or similar items at the celebration in its sole discretion. Vendors shall take care not to damage the property or equipment of the City or other booth operators.
2. Obey Laws: Vendor agrees to obey all laws, ordinances, regulations, policies and procedures of the United States, the State of Utah, Salt Lake County, and Midvale City applicable to operation of its booth at the celebration, and shall obtain all necessary permits before selling any food or beverage items.
3. Independent Contractor: Vendor is an independent contractor and not an employee or agent of the City.
4. Safety: Vendor shall exercise due care such that all areas and practices, equipment, areas, or any injuries to persons or property of which Vendor is aware.
5. Delay, Accident, Acts of God: The Vendor shall not hold the City responsible for damages caused by acts of God, accident, or other events beyond its control.
6. Other: Vendor shall not assign or subcontract any part of its duties under this Vendor. This document contains the obligations of the City regardless of prior written or oral representations. The City shall have the right to inspect the interior or exterior of Vendor’s booth at all times. The City may terminate this License at any time if Vendor violates any of the provisions hereof, or in the interest of safety or property, and Vendor shall immediately terminate its use of the booth upon written or oral notice from the City’s representatives of such termination in a prompt, safe and orderly manner.