HB347 Summary

• Establishes regulatory authority for the Mobile County Health Department to oversee intermittent food service establishments operating at temporary exempt events designated by the county, limited to entities that do not regularly prepare or serve food in their normal business.

• Requires online applications to be submitted at least five business days before an event, with applicants providing the event location, vendor names, and descriptions of foods to be sold.

• Limits each intermittent food service establishment to no more than four exemptions per calendar year at a single recurring location, and prohibits the sale of low-acid home-canned foods.

• Exempts tax-exempt churches conducting intermittent food sales for fundraisers on church premises and allows food establishments to boil whole crawfish outside their premises without full regulation.

• Takes effect immediately upon passage and the Governor's approval.