Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)<\/a> to operate an FVV in the state of Texas. Previously, MFVs had to get licenses from local health departments for each local jurisdiction they operated in. <\/p>\nMFVs will be assigned a license type based on food preparation activities. <\/p>\n
What counts as a Mobile Food Vendor?<\/p>\n
A food vending vehicle is a self-enclosed food service establishment (including catering trucks, trailers, and roadside vendors) or pushcart that operates to store, prepare, display, serve, or sell food as a food service establishment, and is designed to be readily movable. An FVV may be self- or otherwise-propelled, or vehicle-mounted. <\/p>\n
A food vending vehicle is not a stand or a booth. <\/p>\n
Here are the types of licenses for MFVs:<\/p>\n
Type I <\/p>\n
MFVs who don\u2019t sell any time and temperature for safety (TCS) foods <\/p>\n
MFVs who are otherwise deemed a low risk of harm to the public <\/p>\n
Examples: Prepackaged ice cream vendors and prepackaged non-TCS snack vendors <\/p>\n
Type II <\/p>\n
MFVs who sell prepackaged TCS food that needs limited handling and preparation <\/p>\n
MFVs who sell TCS food that is prepared to order and served for immediate consumption <\/p>\n
MFVs whose processes include preparing, cold holding, thawing, and\/or reheating commercially processed or packaged products <\/p>\n
Examples: Coffee trucks, snow cone vendors, hot dog vendors <\/p>\n
Type III <\/p>\n
MFVs who prepare, cook, hold, and serve food from an FVV <\/p>\n
MFVs whose processes include hot holding, cold holding, thawing, cooking, cooling, or reheating <\/p>\n
Examples: Burger truck, BBQ truck, taco truck <\/p>\n
A new fee schedule has also been created according to MFV type. <\/p>\n
How to apply<\/p>\n
According to DHS, the application will become available in early June through Online Licensing Services. <\/p>\n
Until July 1, 2026, MFVs must continue to follow all regulatory requirements of their current licensing jurisdiction. <\/p>\n
After DSHS processes your application, you will be contacted to schedule a pre-licensing inspection. <\/p>\n
What should MFVs do while waiting for a pre-licensing inspection? <\/p>\n
There are two categories of applicants for the initial licensing and inspection plan starting in June. <\/p>\n
Per DHS:<\/p>\n
Category 1<\/p>\n
If you have an existing mobile food unit or mobile food vendor license from a local health department in Texas, you can keep operating if you: <\/p>\n
Provide proof of that license when you apply through DSHS <\/p>\n
Submit the application and pay the fees <\/p>\n
Print and keep the application summary on your food vending vehicle at all times <\/p>\n
Category 2 <\/p>\n
If you do not have a current license anywhere in the state of Texas, you cannot operate until the pre-licensing inspection is completed. DSHS will prioritize your application. <\/p>\n
What happens after the pre-licensing inspection is successfully completed? <\/p>\n
You will be granted a DSHS MFV license that expires one year from the date of your successfully completed pre-licensing inspection. <\/p>\n
To learn more about the fee schedule, pricing per category and application,click here<\/a>.<\/p>\nCopyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TEXAS \u2013 Several new laws across the country will be going into effect in July, but this one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[126581,49,18846,9849,126582,66310,126583,27,126584,29,2934,28],"class_list":["post-355877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-dshs-mfv-application","tag-food","tag-food-truck","tag-laws","tag-mobile-food-vendor-inspection","tag-mobile-food-vendors","tag-new-texas-laws-july-2025","tag-texas","tag-texas-food-truck-law-2025","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-law","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}