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A food service establishment is any place where food is kept, handled, manufactured, packaged, stored, prepared, served or sold, regardless of whether consumption is on or off the premises and regardless of whether there is or is not a charge for the food.
Food service establishments include:

• Retail food stores and shops selling only pre-packaged foods
• Bakeries
• Butcher shops and fish shops
• Delicatessens
• Other retail food stores
• Canteens and commissaries (whether stationary or mobile)
• Restaurants, banquet halls, cafeterias, beverage rooms, dairy bars, milk bars, ice cream parlours and caterers
• Residential care facilities, nursing homes, detention centres, day care kitchens, schools, soup kitchens and shelters
• Hostels and shared facilities dwellings with shared kitchens
• Outdoor mobile food units
• Food processing plants, food packaging and warehouse facilities
• Any place where food service takes place on a temporary basis
• Producer markets where any food is being sold, other than agricultural produce grown in Manitoba sold by the individual who produced it, a member of the producer’s immediate family or the producer’s employee

Food handling establishments do not include:

• Residential dwelling units (unless food is prepared or served for sale)
• Food vending machines
• Retail stores selling only pre-packaged food that is not potentially hazardous and does not require refrigeration
• Food supply vehicles

Application Process

There are several ways to access the food handling establishment license application form:

• Use this link to access the application form on-line.
• Contact the Community By-law Enforcement Division to request an application by mail.
• Visit the Community By-law Enforcement Division and pick up the application in person.