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Maricopa County steps up enforcement of unpermitted mobile food vendors after illness reports
Summary
Maricopa County Environmental Services intensified inspections and seizures of unpermitted mobile food operations after residents reported foodborne illness; county staff say the effort aims to educate vendors and protect public health.
Maricopa County Environmental Services has stepped up enforcement against unpermitted mobile food vendors after residents reported foodborne illness, county staff said during a meeting on Oct. 25, 2025. Over the last three months the agency investigated 111 complaints about unpermitted vendors, completed 55 food seizures and confiscated 7,850 pounds of unsafe meat, officials reported.
The escalation followed multiple reports to county public health officials that customers who ate at illegal…
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