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AVOIDING COMMON FOOD TRUCK HEALTH CODE VIOLATIONS

When you own and operate a food truck, that food truck must remain open and operating at all costs to be successful. You might be pumping out great food, have all your equipment and your physical truck operating at full capacity, and everything overall is running smoothly - but all it takes is one random health inspection to throw a wrench in your gears. Health violations can force you to close up shop for a number of days, so here are some of the common food truck health code violations that trucks get dinged for.

1. FOOD STORAGE

When food is not being prepped or cooked it must be stored securely and safely to ensure proper food safety. Improper food storage is one of the most common food truck health violations due to the ease of overlooking. To properly store food requires proper food storage containers, identification labels and dates, and ideal storage locations on both shelves as well as refrigerators and freezers. Some improper food storage violations include:

Improper Refrigeration Orders - storing refrigerated foods in the wrong order or arrangement, for example you can never store raw chicken on the shelves above other food products.

Improper Storage Labels - everything must be labeled properly with use dates, and anything that is not in the original packaging nee...