A. Every owner or operator of vending vehicles shall have a service room or other sanitary location approved by the County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health for the preparation of food sold from vending vehicles. Only food prepared in the service room or other approved location shall be sold from a vending vehicle. Service rooms or other approved locations shall comply with regulations for food handling establishments.

B. No hot prepared food, except coffee, tea or packaged cocoa, shall be served from a vending vehicle unless the equipment used to prepare such food is approved by the Director of Public Health.

C. Except as provided in subsection (D) of this section, no perishable food shall be sold from a vending vehicle more than 24 hours after preparation.

D. If the County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health certifies that an owner or operator of vending vehicles continuously maintains all perishable food intended for sale from a vending vehicle at a temperature of not more than 50 degrees Fahrenheit from the time of preparation until service to the consumer, such food may be sold for a period not exceeding 72 hours after preparation.

E. All perishable food shall show the date of preparation.

F. Vending vehicles shall dispense only single-service disposable cups, plates, forks and spoons. (Ord. 3432 § 3, 2018; Ord. 954 § 2; Ord. 855 § 2; prior code § 15.67).