D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 24, § 513
513.1 All preparation, storage, handling, transportation, and storage of food vended under the provisions of this chapter shall be in compliance with An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246; D.C. Official Code § 48-101 et seq.), and the regulations issued pursuant to that act.".
513.2 No person licensed to vend any food that may be potentially hazardous (perishable) shall operate a vending vehicle unless it is equipped with a refrigerant or facilities sufficient to maintain food at a temperature of forty-five degrees Fahrenheit (45° F.) or less or under appropriate heat treatment at a temperature of one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (140° F.) or more.
513.3 No fish, poultry, or animals shall be cleaned or have their entrails removed in a food vending vehicle or on or at a stand; nor shall fish poultry, or animals be cut, processed, or otherwise prepared in a food vending operation.
513.4 Each vendor shall submit to the Mayor the address of the supplier of all prepared foods that he or she vends.
513.5 No food vending equipment shall be used for purposes other than those authorized by the Mayor, unless the Mayor has first approved another use in writing.
513.6 All vending vehicles that serve ready-to-eat or commercially prepackaged foods shall be inspected and approved by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs as being of a design which is approved by or is equivalent to a design approved by the National Sanitation Foundation and in compliance with DCMR, Title 23.
SOURCE: Section 2 of the Vendors Regulation Amendments Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2-82, 24 DCR 9293 (May 5, 1978); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 3249 (May 6, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 4512 (May 21, 1999); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 1945 (March 8, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2013).