food safety and licensingPromoting and maintaining safe food practices in our community to protect your health.Our food protection program promotes and maintains food-safe measures and sanitary conditions at all licensed food establishments and events, lowering the risk and occurrence of foodborne illness. Licensed food establishments include restaurants, bars, schools, hospitals and long-term care facilities, grocery stores, delis, convenience stores, vending machines, mobile food units at festivals, and temporary food vendors. Our food protection program offers the following services:
Complaint InvestigationOur food protection program investigates illness and non-illness complaints within its jurisdiction. For more information or to report a food complaint call 419-468-1075 x1265. Plan reviewPlans must be submitted to the health department for review prior to construction and development of a new facility, or prior to the substantial renovation of an existing facility. Plans and specifications for a proposed food facility shall be legible, be drawn reasonably to scale, and shall include the following:
The health department has thirty (30) days after receiving complete plans to review and respond to the plans. The plan review fee is 50% of the applicable license fee, which will be determined by the classification of the facility, and is payable at the time plans are submitted. Once plans are approved, construction and development must be done according to approved plans unless a plan revision is filed in writing. The owner/developer of a food facility must first obtain the appropriate zoning, building, electrical and plumbing permits. For more information contact the City Building/Zoning Office at 419-468-2642. LicensingThe Galion City Board of Health licenses all food service operations and retail food establishments:
For a list of Food Service Operation and Retail Food Establishment License Fees, click here. For temporary licenses, you may complete a temporary food service operation license application. Please submit application at least ten (10) days in advance of the event. You will receive a follow-up phone call upon receipt of the application form. You may submit it any of the following ways:
InspectionsThe health department conducts inspections at all licensed food service operations and retail food establishments. Inspections and consultations with operators promote control over the five identified risk factors for foodborne illness identified in the FDA Food Code: poor personal hygiene, food from unsafe sources, inadequate cooking, improper holding temperatures, and contaminated equipment. The inspections are a service provided to protect public health. The frequency of inspections depends upon the type of food facility and the food preparation processes conducted. A typical inspection includes:
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