Carts of Canada Links
Food Safety and Health Related Site Links
Many of these Health Department sites deal with much more than just information related to Mobile Food Vending and Hot Dog
Carts. To effectively find the information you need, use the Search Box using terms related to the Hot Dog Vending Industry such
as: hot dog carts, food safety, food inspection, mobile food vending, concession stands, itinerant food vending, restaurant, food
premises, mobile prepration premises, food licensing, food preparation, food handling, food training, food business, etc.
Federal Health Departments
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency
In both English and French
Health Canada - The Federal Health Department
In both English and French
Search the Index for Food and Food Safety Tips.
Provincial Health Departments
Alberta Regional Health Authorities
British Columbia Ministry of Health
Manitoba Public Health - Food Protection
Newfoundland and Labrador Government - Health Services
Search Food Safety
New Brunswick Health
Check the A-Z Site Index for Food Safety
Nova Scotia Agriculture Department - Food Safety
Click on Food Handling or Food Protection and Enforcement
Ontario Ministry of Health
Click on your local health departtment from the list shown.
Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
In most regions of Quebec, food service and restaurant inspection is carried out by the Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation - Direction de l'appui à l'inspection des aliments.
Sakatchewan Regional Health Authorities
Click on your region for local contacts or search for Food Safety
Municipal Health Departments
Calgary Health Department
Edmonton Health Department
Fredericton Health Department
Kingston - KFL&A Hhealth Department
Search Hot Dog Carts
Moncton Health Department
Montreal Food Health Department
Niagara Regional Health Department - Section on Hot Dog carts
Ottawa Health Department
Regina Qu'Appelle Health Department
Search Food Safety and Food Vending
Saskatoon Regional Health Department site for Hot Dog Carts
Toronto Public Health
Search Hot Dog Carts
Toronto Dine Safe Site
Info on contacts and food handler training.
Vancouver Coastal Health
Victoria and Vancouver Island Health Authority
Search Food Vending
Winnipeg Community Services
Other Food Related Sites
The National Hot Dog and Sausage Coucil
A site sponsored by hot dog and sausage producers to promote the tube steak. Excellent information on history, statistics, and
recipes.
Wikipedia Site explaining the Hot Dog Cart Industry
Montreal Food
A site about food in Montreal - search hot dog carts.
Business Related Sites
Econolease Financial Services
Our recommended financial assistance provider.
You are about to discover how you can start your very own business, have fun, make money, and work less.
Does that sound like something you would like to do? But is it just a pipe dream? Read on.
The food service industry is growing. People always have to eat. The future trend is towards take out and take away food. The up and coming generation does less and less home cooking and buys more and more prepared foods from vendors.
You can ride this trend to business success with a Food Vending Cart from Carts of Canada.
Carts of Canada manufactures high quality mobile food vending carts. But even more, we help you get started in your new business by cutting through the red tape and showing you how to make your new business a success.
So why isn't everyone starting a hot dog cart business?
Here's why:
- They don't know where to begin.
- They don't know how to start a business.
- They get stopped by the health code regulations red tape.
- They know nothing about the food industry.
- They are afraid of trying something new.
We help you overcome these obstacles and show you how to get started in your new food vending business. Read on.
Where do you begin?
First you need to find a location where you could set up a vending cart.
A perfect location had lots of people traffic, is highly visible, costs very little to rent, and has no other competition.
That may seem like a tall order but take a look around your area. Common locations for food carts are in or near:
- parking lots for large stores, malls, or plazas.
- industrial parks or factory complexes.
- downtown street or parking lot.
- large office buildings or business complex.
- large school, college or university.
- busy park, zoo, beach, or other recreational area.
- transportation hub such as a bus, subway or train station.
Once you have scouted out a few good locations, you need to check the availabilty. Check with the municipality for by-laws concerning locating on public property. Check with business owners to see if you can locate on their property. Many will be happy to have a quality food service preovider near by to feed their employees or draw customers.
How do you start a new food business?
You must register your new business with the government. The government helps you with this and has a special web site CanadaOne to guide you through this process step by step. It involves deciding what kind of business you will be and how you will send them their taxes. It also includes choosing a business name and being assigned an official busines number (BN) with the government.
Once you have registered with the Federal (GST) and Provincial (PST) governments then you must get a license from the local municipal government. The city government may also require you to obtain a location permit if you are going to set up your cart on public property such as a street or park.
How do you get Health Department approval?
First you must check and see what the local Health Department requires of food service personel. You can check with them using the links we have provided below.
Your regional health department may require you to take a training course in safe food handling. They may also determine what foods you may or may not serve from a mobile food facility such as a hot dog cart. They will also specify what equipment you are required to have on your cart to make it legal. This will also help you to select the right model of cart from our catalogue. Finally, they may want to physically inspect your cart to see that it conforms to their pecifications.
What if you have no experience in the food industry?
We have over 20 years of experience and we are eager to share it with you. Our customers have access to an on-line business guide and a hot dog cart operations manual that show them how to run a food vending business. Even if you don't cook at home, these guides will show you how to safely prepare food and run your business sucessfully. And all that help is free of charge.
So if you are not afraid of starting something new, call us and let's discuss your new hot dog cart business.
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