Retail Food Sales

Retail food sales establishments include the following license types:

• Retail bakery: commercially processed and packaged baked goods; may be standalone or part of a grocery store.
• Retail food store: commercially processed and packaged time and temperature control for safety (TCS) food products or non-TCS foods processed and packaged for sale to the end consumer by the license holder; may be standalone or part of a grocery store.
• Retail meat market: federal or state-inspected meat products that are commercially processed and packaged; may be standalone or part of a grocery store.

Licensing

• SFN 7151 Low-Risk Food Establishment License Application (PDF)
• SFN 19382 Food Establishment License Application (PDF)
• Statewide Licensed Retail Food Establishments (PDF)
• Statewide Dually Licensed Meat Processors and Retail Meat Establishments (PDF)

Regulatory Code

• North Dakota Food Code: A Guide for Food Handlers - English Version (PDF)
• North Dakota Food Code: A Guide For Food Handlers - Spanish Version (PDF)
• North Dakota Food Code: North Dakota Century Code 33-33-04.1 (PDF)
  • Effective January 1, 2024.
  • Adoption of the United States Food and Drug Administration 2017 Food Code by reference.
• FDA Food Code 2017 Information
  • Complete copy of the FDA Food Code 2017 (PDF)
  • Supplement to the Food Code 2017 (PDF)
• MEMO: North Dakota Food Code Changes (PDF)
  • Effective January 1, 2024.
• Food Establishments: North Dakota Century Code 23-09 (PDF)
• Food Establishment License Fees: North Dakota Administrative Code 33-33-08 (PDF)
• North Dakota Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: North Dakota Century Code 19-02.1 (PDF)

Additional Information

• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)
• Proper Labeling for Retail Meat Sales (PDF)
• Food Employee Food Safety Training
• Food Safety Resources
• Service Animals
• Door-to-Door Meat Sales (PDF)