QC · Canada
The sources, permits, training and methods to review for your cafe, restaurant or food business. Adapt the controls to your actual activities and local authority directions.
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Identify the MAPAQ permit category for food preparation, restaurant service or retail sales and receive the required permit before operating. Keep the permit, activities, premises and renewal dates; a special-event permit only covers its stated dates and conditions.
Authority explanation · Québec — MAPAQ ↗Appoint a person responsible for hygiene and food safety with the MAPAQ manager attestation. Choose and document either trained-person presence whenever relevant staff work, or certification of at least 10% of relevant staff under MAPAQ's counting method. Keep the training register on site; departed trained employees remain listed for 12 months.
Authority explanation · Québec — MAPAQ ↗Cooling uses strict total clocks: 60→21°C in under two hours and 60→4°C in under six hours. Reheat in under two hours using the accepted method. Retain the 5M review of material, method, workforce, equipment and environment.
Guidance · Québec — MAPAQ ↗Provide French customer service and required commercial information, including menus, websites and product information. Keep reviewed French wording; allowing a user to choose an English interface does not remove the business's French-language obligations.
Authority explanation · Office québécois de la langue française ↗Identify the privacy officer and review Law 25 duties, including privacy impact assessments for relevant information-system projects and disclosure outside Québec. Record the assessment of service providers, protections and retention before transferring personal information.
Authority explanation · Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec ↗This example uses ProCafe’s cooking starters for this jurisdiction. In the app, record the actual food and batch, temperature, holding time and any corrective action. Read the sources and review the method before adopting it.
Legislation · Québec — LégisQuébec ↗The business obtains its permits, recognized training and process validations. ProCafe helps document the work while the relevant authority determines the requirements.
Sources checked 2026-09-12 · Review due 2026-12-12
Interactive example · Cooking
Change the jurisdiction or food to see the matching Canadian starter limits.
Example limits met
72°C held 15s (≥ 71°C for 15s)
Beef, veal, lamb and pork; use the poultry control for mixtures containing poultry. The 15-second holding time is an operating margin where the source specifies only a final temperature. Review any alternative with the local authority.
Read the official source ↗Example data, not saved. Review the actual food, method, measurement point and authority requirements before using a starter.