Food trucks have proliferated into the United States Cities and those of other countries around the world. Recently I was in Egypt, and I couldn’t resist tasting the delicacies that were displayed from the many food trucks around. The package was indeed tasty, but the excitement did not last for long. I had terrible stomach pains that had to be attended to at the nearby hospital. I was admitted for five days in the hospital as the stomach issue was checked. This experience made me do a background check the many food trucks that operate here in the USA. I encountered a lot of information that cannot easily be discerned by looking at the parked or moving food trucks that I felt I should share with the consumers of their products. The people who
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A city may have specific rules that govern the business, but they may not be implemented because of conflicting parties. For instance, the clash between state laws and the local regulations has made it hard to control the activities of food trucks in Los Angeles (Huey 4). The city tried to enforce strict rules on the food truck vendors, but the move was overturned by the state court. The ruling held that the state regulated the catering trucks business.
Another problem with implementation comes in difficulty in locating the food trucks for inspection. The transient nature of the food trucks makes it difficult to track them unlike the brick and mortar food restaurants (Vanschaik and Tuttle 37). In California, for example, the California Retail Food Code stipulates that the food trucks are inspected once in a year to ascertain that they meet the human safety and health standards. However, the vehicles are usually inspected after work when there is not food to test for standards. In other cities like Los Angeles, the vendors are given permits to ascertain that they have met the required standards. However, the bureaucracy entailed makes many people operate without the permits. Huey reviews a study by Los Angeles County Health Depart that estimated that 11,000 vendors operate without a license daily …show more content…
The rise of the food trucks is associated with aggression towards making a living by a small section of the population. Before the recession of 2008-2009, the food trucks were normally brick and mortar construction sites (Rishi 3). However, the business spread to other parts of the city after the construction industry collapsed under the recession. It follows, therefore, that the food trucks came to occupy slots that were already filled by other businesses.
Due to faults in the food truck regulation and implementation, the brick and mortar restaurants feel overburdened when compared to their competitors. As such the food trucks ought to be subjected to many rules as the fixed food restaurants (Huey 5). Some may argue that the mobile food vendors give taxes in municipal sale taxes, gas, and truck and equipment. However, these vehicles still make use if both private and public space where they conveniently shift their positions to tap customers who might be interested in visiting the fixed stalls. Regulations to have boundaries about the areas where food trucks can operate have not yet taken root in many cities (Huey
A city may have specific rules that govern the business, but they may not be implemented because of conflicting parties. For instance, the clash between state laws and the local regulations has made it hard to control the activities of food trucks in Los Angeles (Huey 4). The city tried to enforce strict rules on the food truck vendors, but the move was overturned by the state court. The ruling held that the state regulated the catering trucks business.
Another problem with implementation comes in difficulty in locating the food trucks for inspection. The transient nature of the food trucks makes it difficult to track them unlike the brick and mortar food restaurants (Vanschaik and Tuttle 37). In California, for example, the California Retail Food Code stipulates that the food trucks are inspected once in a year to ascertain that they meet the human safety and health standards. However, the vehicles are usually inspected after work when there is not food to test for standards. In other cities like Los Angeles, the vendors are given permits to ascertain that they have met the required standards. However, the bureaucracy entailed makes many people operate without the permits. Huey reviews a study by Los Angeles County Health Depart that estimated that 11,000 vendors operate without a license daily …show more content…
The rise of the food trucks is associated with aggression towards making a living by a small section of the population. Before the recession of 2008-2009, the food trucks were normally brick and mortar construction sites (Rishi 3). However, the business spread to other parts of the city after the construction industry collapsed under the recession. It follows, therefore, that the food trucks came to occupy slots that were already filled by other businesses.
Due to faults in the food truck regulation and implementation, the brick and mortar restaurants feel overburdened when compared to their competitors. As such the food trucks ought to be subjected to many rules as the fixed food restaurants (Huey 5). Some may argue that the mobile food vendors give taxes in municipal sale taxes, gas, and truck and equipment. However, these vehicles still make use if both private and public space where they conveniently shift their positions to tap customers who might be interested in visiting the fixed stalls. Regulations to have boundaries about the areas where food trucks can operate have not yet taken root in many cities (Huey