If you are a food vendor planning on hosting or participating in a summer event, you must apply for a Temporary Food Permit. Temporary food permits must be event-related and there must be an Event Coordinator who assumes overall responsibility for the event. If you are currently licensed with the City of Portsmouth as a year round Mobile Vendor and will be vending from that mobile for an event, you do not need any additional license. Please note obtaining a Mobile permit is a different process than Temporary Events. Please call the Health Department at 610-7273 if you are interested in applying for a Mobile permit.

For further information, Event Coordinator applications (click here) and Temporary Food Permit applications (click here) or on the link below.

Due to processing time, applications received after the two week deadline may not be processed. The Health Department personnel will accept no applications or monies in the field.

Temporary Food Permit