Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a)
Each applicant for a license shall complete and submit to the department an
application form entitled "Application for New, Change of Ownership, Change in
License Class Food Service License" (FSAPP February 2024), "Application for
Annual Food Processing Plant License" (FPAPP August 2019), "Application for New
Homestead Food Operation License" (HAPP February 2024), or "Application for
Annual Mobile Food Unit License" (MFAPP August 2019), as applicable, signed and
dated by the applicant or the person who represents the applicant certifying
the following:
"I certify that all information provided in or attached to
this application is complete, accurate and up-to-date as of the date specified
below. I further certify that there are no willful misrepresentations of the
answers to questions herein, and that I have made no omissions with respect to
any of my answers to the questions presented. I understand that it is my
responsibility to immediately notify the Food Protection Section with regard to
any changes, corrections, or updates to the information provided."
(b) In addition to submitting the
completed application, in (a) above, an applicant shall also submit the
following:
(1) A check, money order, or
on-line payment by credit card at
https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/programs-services/environmental-health-and-you/food-protection
for the applicable fee submitted with the application in (1) above, in
accordance with He-P 2304.05(a) and
(c);
(2) Water system documentation, in accordance
with He-P
2304.06, except that food establishments applying to
be licensed as a farm store, home delivery services, pushcart and other mobile
units, on-site vending machines, retail food stores serving pre-packaged ice
cream, and sellers of pre-packaged frozen meat or poultry that is processed in
a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) plant shall not be required to
submit such documentation;
(3)
Wastewater system documentation, in accordance with
He-P
2304.07, except that food establishments in the
following categories shall not be required to submit such documentation:
a. Category D-3-mobile cook unit;
b. Category E-1, bed and
breakfasts;
c. Category F-1, home
delivery services of packaged frozen food;
d. Category F-2, pushcarts and other mobile
food units, including, those serving packaged food and non-TCS unwrapped foods
only;
e. Category F-3, retail food
stores with no food preparation areas;
f. Category F-5, on-site vending machines,
which serve TCS food;
g. Category
F-7, farm store;
h. Category G-3,
retail food stores serving pre-packaged ice cream;
i. Category G-4, institutions including
state, county, and municipal institutions;
j. Category G-5, schools, private schools,
and schools whose food service is operated by a caterer;
k. Category G-6, senior meal sites;
l. Category G-7, sellers of pre-packaged
frozen meat or poultry that is processed in a USDA-inspected plant;
m. Category G-8, food processing plants that
manufacturer or package non-TCS food;
n. Class H, Category H-1, non-exempt
homestead food operations; and
o.
Class O, Category O-1, municipality-run school cafeteria;
(4) A completed "Food Establishment Floor
Plan Review Application" (PRAPP February 2024) signed and dated by the
applicant, or the person who represents the applicant, if required by
He-P
2304.12(a) and if not already
submitted to the department for review, and which meets the requirements of the
Food Code, unless the applicant is exempt from this requirement as set forth in
He-P
2304.12(d);
(5) If the application is for a mobile food
unit which uses a servicing area, one of the following:
a. A copy of the food establishment license,
from the appropriate regulatory authority, of the facility being used as a
servicing area; or
b. A separate
license application for the facility to be used as a servicing area;
(6) A hazard analysis and critical
control point (HACCP) plan if required by
He-P
2304.13; and
(7) A proposed menu or list of food and
beverages to be offered.
(c) The applicant shall apply online at, by
mail, or hand deliver the fee, as required in (b)(1) above, and all documents
to:
Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau of Finance/Receipts Unit. Food Protection
Food Protection Section
129 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-4589
(d) Applicants seeking a change in license
class, a new license, or a new license due to a change of ownership, shall
contact the department's food protection section to arrange for an inspection
of the establishment no later than 30 days from the date of mailing or
delivering the fee and application.
#6722, eff 3-27-98; ss by #7893, eff 5-21-03; amd by
#9857-A, eff 2-1-11, (paras (a)(2)-(7) & (b)); amd by #9857-B, eff 2-1-11,
((a) intro and (a)(1)); amd by #10199-A, eff 10-12-12 ((a) intro and
(a)(1))
