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Walla Walla officials debate workaround after food vendor misses L&I inspection for county fair
Summary
County commissioners and public health officials discussed whether to allow a food vendor to operate at the Walla Walla County Fair without a current Labor & Industries inspection, considering a temporary workaround that would require cooking outside the trailer and limit use of onboard equipment.
Walla Walla County commissioners and local public health officials debated on Aug. 26, 2025, whether to allow a food vendor to operate at the county fair without a current Washington Labor & Industries (L&I) inspection, exploring a workaround that would require cooking outside the vendor’s trailer while allowing use of built-in refrigeration.
The discussion mattered because the county must follow state rules (the Revised Code of Washington and Washington Administrative Code) on mobile food-unit inspections while also trying to keep fair vendors in place. Commissioners emphasized they did not want to put county health staff in a difficult position by asking them to approve a permit that might not be legally valid.
Public health director Nancy Wenzel described the situation: the vendor had not received an L&I inspection and scheduled an inspection for Sept. 11; environmental health staff had worked with one vendor to allow cooking outside the trailer as…
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