2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 137F - FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS › Section 137F.6 - License fees.

137F.6 License fees.
1. The regulatory authority shall collect the following annual license fees:
a. For a mobile food unit or pushcart, two hundred fifty dollars.
b. For a temporary food establishment per fixed location for a single event, fifty dollars.
c. For a temporary food establishment for multiple nonconcurrent events during a calendar year, one annual license fee of two hundred dollars for each establishment on a countywide basis.
d. For a vending machine, fifty dollars for the first machine and ten dollars for each additional machine.
e. For a food establishment which prepares or serves food for individual portion service intended for consumption on-the-premises, the annual license fee shall correspond to the annual gross food and beverage sales of the food establishment, as follows:
(1) Annual gross sales of less than one hundred thousand dollars, one hundred fifty dollars.
(2) Annual gross sales of at least one hundred thousand dollars but less than five hundred thousand dollars, three hundred dollars.
(3) Annual gross sales of five hundred thousand dollars or more, four hundred dollars.
f. For a food establishment which sells food or food products to consumer customers intended for preparation or consumption off-the-premises, the annual license fee shall correspond to the annual gross food and beverage sales of the food establishment, as follows:
(1) Annual gross sales of less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, one hundred fifty dollars.
(2) Annual gross sales of at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars but less than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, three hundred dollars.
(3) Annual gross sales of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars or more, four hundred dollars.
g. For a food processing plant, the annual license fee shall correspond to the annual gross food and beverage sales of the food processing plant, as follows:
(1) Annual gross sales of less than two hundred thousand dollars, one hundred fifty dollars.
(2) Annual gross sales of at least two hundred thousand dollars but less than two million dollars, three hundred dollars.
(3) Annual gross sales of two million dollars or more, five hundred dollars.
h. For a farmers market where time/temperature control for safety food is sold or distributed, one annual license fee of one hundred fifty dollars for each vendor on a countywide basis.
i. For a certificate of free sale or sanitation, thirty-five dollars for the first certificate and ten dollars for each additional identical certificate requested at the same time.
j. For a food establishment covered by both paragraphs “e” and “f”, the applicant shall pay the licensee fee based on the dominant form of business plus one hundred fifty dollars.
k. For an unattended food establishment, the annual license fee shall correspond to the annual gross food and beverage sales, as follows:
(1) Annual gross sales of less than one hundred thousand dollars, seventy-five dollars.
(2) Annual gross sales of one hundred thousand dollars or more, one hundred fifty dollars.
2. Fees collected by the department shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. Fees collected by a municipal corporation shall be retained by the municipal corporation for regulation of food establishments and food processing plants licensed under this chapter.
3. Each vending machine licensed under this chapter shall bear a readily visible identification tag or decal provided by the licensee, containing the licensee’s business address and phone number, and a company license number assigned by the regulatory authority.
98 Acts, ch 1162, §11, 30; 2002 Acts, ch 1149, §2, 3; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §128, 132; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §215; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §40; 2012 Acts, ch 1064, §2, 3; 2018 Acts, ch 1144, §13, 14, 16
Referred to in §137F.3A