What permits do you need to open a food truck in Bonneville County?

Temporary / Intermittent Food License (Eastern Idaho Public Health)

A vendor serving time- or temperature-controlled food to the public at a fair, festival or other event in Bonneville County takes out a temporary food license from Eastern Idaho Public Health. The district's fee table prices it by length of operation: $35.00 for one day, $45.00 for two or three days, and $80.00 for four or more days or multiple events. EIPH's Temporary / Intermittent Food License Application states that "Applications must be submitted for review no less than 14 days prior to the first event", that payment must accompany the application, and that applications received after the deadline are not accepted. It also asks for proof of a Certified Food Protection Manager certificate or a passed temporary food exam. The figures are those of Eastern Idaho Public Health's Environmental Health fee table, a 2026 schedule headed "Effective 05/01/26", published from the district's Fees page; that page states that the district's Board of Health, "under the authority granted by Idaho Code 39-414 (1), 39-414 (11), 39-416, and Administrative Rules IDAPA 41.02.01, sets the following fee schedules based upon the actual cost of providing the services." Contact Eastern Idaho Public Health, 1250 Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83401, (208) 522-0310.

Food Establishment License

There is no single state fee, because Idaho's food code delegates issuing and pricing food licenses to seven independent public health districts covering the whole state between them. What is genuinely uniform is the calendar: state rule fixes every food establishment license in Idaho to expire on 31 December, regardless of which district issued it, with the renewal application and fee due by 1 December for the year ahead. Two verified examples show how similar, though not identical, the districts' own numbers run: Central District Health, covering Ada, Boise, Elmore and Valley counties, charges $200 for most establishments and $250 for one with more than two licenses on a single site, plus a $100 plan review fee for a new application; Panhandle Health District, covering the five northernmost counties, charges the same $200 base and $250 multi-license figure. A mobile food unit runs $80 to $100 depending on whether its commissary is licensed, and a temporary event is $35 to $80 by duration. Confirm the specific district's own schedule rather than assuming these two examples apply everywhere.

Food Safety Exam or Certified Food Protection Manager

No fee, because Idaho runs its own food safety exam and gives it away free through the health department's own portal — a genuine alternative to paying a private accredited provider. The rule gives the person in charge three separate ways to satisfy the knowledge requirement: having no priority violations at the time of inspection, completing the state's free exam or an equivalent course, or holding a certified food protection manager credential from an accredited private programme. Only the person in charge needs to satisfy one of these three, not every employee, and the state exam certificate is valid for five years once earned.

Shared with other businesses in Bonneville County

• Food Establishment License, including mobile units (Eastern Idaho Public Health) — Eastern Idaho Public Health, Eastern Idaho Public Health food licensing fees (fee table headed "Effective 05/01/26"): Food Establishments $200.00; 2+ Licenses on 1 Premise/Common Owner $250.00; Mobiles, Intermittent $80.00; Mobile with Commissary $100.00; Additional Mobiles, each $80.00. Plan Review & Preoperational Inspection $100.00. Late Licensing Fee within 15 days late $35.00; after 15 days late $70.00. License Reinstatement Fee $18.00., annual license; the expiry and renewal dates are set by Idaho state rule (see the Idaho food establishment record). Also required for restaurants, coffee shops and retail stores; what it involves is set out on the restaurants page.