Which establishments need a food processing license type 59?
Anyone processing food, which is defined as cooking, baking, heating, drying, mixing, grinding, churning, separating, extracting, cutting, freezing or otherwise manufacturing a food or changing the physical characteristics of a food, and the packaging, canning or otherwise enclosing of such food in a container, but does not mean the sorting, cleaning or water-rinsing of food. Food that is packaged for retail sale must also be properly labeled. Labeling and recall plan links: Basic labeling information – English Basic labeling information – Spanish Allergens, spices & type size labeling information – English Allergens, spices & type size labeling information – Spanish Allergen labeling – letter to industry, 11/24/08 Recall plan information If a brewery with a restaurant or a tortilla factory with a retail store has a greater amount of processing activity than retail or food service activity, we license them as a food processor, type 59. If an establishment is primarily retail but does a
