2024 Newsletter

Food Safety Manager Certification Class

We will not be offering our Food Safety Manager Certification Class in person at this time. Below is a list of Food Safety Certification Providers who offer the class and a remotely proctored exam online:

Online Proctored Classes & Exams - Click on this link, which will open a new page. Then click on See Accredited Organizations for accredited websites that offer the course and exam.

Contact List and Fee Schedule

• Contact Us
• Fee-Schedule - Effective June 23, 2024

Food Safety Guidelines

• Noro Virus Information Worksheet
• Reduced Oxygen Packaging (ROP)
• The Big 9 Allergens
• Allergen Safety: Tips for Retail Food Inspectors
• Wild Foraged Mushrooms Fact Sheet

Food Facilities - Transfer of Ownership - Three or More Events 

• How To Start A Food Facility - Packet Informational packet on how to start a food facility in Mendocino County
• Application for Permit to Operate a Food Facility / Transfer of Ownership / Three or More Event Application to open a food facility, transfer ownership of a food facility, or participate in three or more events per year
• Three or More Events - Checklist Required to be submitted with submittal of an application for three or more events
• Transfer of Ownership Requirements
• California Retail Food Code (CalCode)
• Hood Plan Check Guide

Food Facilities Not In A Fixed Location

• Mobile Food Facilities
   (See Chapter 10 of CalCode, Section 114294)
• Mobile Food Packet
• Commissary Agreement
• Catering Guidelines

Community Events/Fairs

• Community Event - Letter for the Organizer/Coordinator
• Community Event - Event Application
• Community Event - Temporary Food Vendor Application
• Community Event - Temporary Food Vendor Informational Booklet

Pools/Spas

• Application for Swimming Pool Construction in Mendocino County
• Design, Operation and Maintenance of Public Swimming Pools
• Pool and Spa Change of Ownership Form
• VGB / AB1020 Form

State Small Water System Program

• Permit Application
• Water Quality Emergency Notification Plan
• Transfer of Ownership
• Decision Tree for Classification of Water Systems

Body Art Business Permits & Information

• Safe Body Art Act (AB 300) General Information

BODY ART APPLICATIONS AND SELF CHECKLISTS:

• Body Art Facility Self-checklist
• Body Art Facility Permit to Operate Application
• Body Art Practitioner Registration Application
• Body Art Practitioner Self-checklist

• Model Plans and Programs for Bloodborne Pathogens and Hazard Communications Standards (OSHA 3186)
• OSHA Hepatitis B Fact Sheet
• OSHA Hepatitis B Vaccination Declination Form

Cottage Food Information & Registration

• Cottage Food Bill Introductory Letter from Environmental Health
• Cottage Food Operation (CFO) Registration and Permitting Form
• Cottage Food Operation (CFO) Self-Certification Checklist
• California Homemade Food Act (AB 1616 - Cottage Food) Frequently Asked Questions
• California Dept. of Public Health Food & Drug Branch informational website:Cottage Food Operations

Payments

Environmental Health accepts credit card and debit card payments online.

If you do not have a Facility # and Invoice #, please put your name or the name of your business/event in those boxes so we can match your application to your payment. 

We also accept credit/debit card payments in the office at 860 N Bush Street in Ukiah, OR 120 W Fir Street in Fort Bragg.

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