About the Environmental Food Specialist
 

The Environmental Food Specialist is responsible for a large number of tasks.  These include food inspections of approximately 190 retail food establishments and the follow up with those establishments that have repeat and critical violations.

The Environmental Food Specialist also issues food permits to local merchants and temporary food vendors.  Additionally, this office handles plan reviews for new and remodeled food service establishments.  Visit our Food Resources page for more information on these and other services.

Complaints against food service establishments and food borne illness complaints are handled out of this office as well, however the best defense from these concerns is education.

To that end, the Environmental Food Specialist offers safe food handling classes for operators and employees of retail food establishments.  Free public education on safe food handling is also provided so that family meals and cookouts can be safer from contamination issues.

Further, any animal bites in the county are reported to this office, and the Environmental Food Specialist ensures that all unvaccinated animals are vaccinated for rabies.

Report generation, letters for the environmental food area, and covering for the Environmental Health Specialist when that person is out, are done by this office.