City government licenses 2.500 street vendors for Carnival.
The City Hall has licensed approximately 2.500 street vendors to work in the informal market during Salvador's Carnival. This total includes 1.175 stalls selling food from coolers in the Dodô Circuit (Barra/Ondina) and another 1.085 in the Osmar Circuit (Campo Grande); the remaining licensed vendors include standardized stalls, acarajé vendors, popcorn vendors, ice cream vendors, coconut water and ice vendors, among others.
Bahia 247 - The City Hall has licensed approximately 2.500 street vendors to work in the informal market during Salvador's Carnival. This total includes 1.175 stalls selling ice cream from coolers in the Dodô Circuit (Barra/Ondina) and another 1.085 in the Osmar Circuit (Campo Grande). The remaining licensed vendors include standardized stalls, acarajé vendors, popcorn vendors, ice cream vendors, coconut water vendors, ice cream vendors, among others.
They all underwent training provided by the Municipal Secretariat of Public Order (Semop), in partnership with the Municipal Secretariat for Social Promotion and Combating Poverty (Semps), Sebrae, and the Health Surveillance of Salvador on topics such as hygiene and food handling.
This year, registration, which ended last Friday (7), was carried out via the internet, through the Registration System developed by Semop and the Municipal Electronic Governance Company (Cogel). To guarantee the license, in addition to bringing the documents required by the City Hall such as CPF and RG, street vendors paid the Municipal Collection Document (DAM) whose value varied depending on the activity of each informal worker.
In the Campo Grande Circuit, of the 1085 licensed street vendors with coolers, 715 will work at fixed locations and another 360 will be mobile. In the Dodô Circuit, 771 are authorized to operate with fixed coolers, while 404 will sell their products while circulating throughout the area.
According to the head of Semop, Rosemma Maluf, all street vendors who will work during Carnival must follow rules such as avoiding preparing food on the street, using skewers and food packaged in glass, using only disposable materials, and adhering to hygiene regulations.
Those who violate the rules may have their equipment and merchandise seized, their authorization suspended, and food unfit for consumption discarded on the spot, in addition to receiving a fine ranging from R$97,07 to R$129,44, depending on the infraction committed.