A food truck in Kanawha County needs a food establishment permit from the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department plus a business or mobile-vendor license from each city it works. Vehicle inspection and an approved commissary are required.
West Virginia regulates mobile food units as food establishments under the state retail food rule, Legislative Rule 64 CSR 17, enforced locally by the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, which serves the whole county. A vendor must pass a vehicle and equipment inspection, work from an approved commissary for prep and wastewater, keep a certified food-protection manager, and carry handwashing and fire-suppression equipment. On top of the health permit, each municipality issues its own business or mobile-vendor license and may require zoning clearance; Charleston, a Home Rule city, runs its own vendor licensing. The county issues no separate food-truck permit for unincorporated stops beyond the health approval.
Operating without a Kanawha-Charleston Health Department permit or a required city vendor license exposes the operator to health-code penalties, an order to stop selling, and embargo of unsafe food.
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