Retail Foods and Environmental Health Safety - Public Health Region 9/10
Retail Foods
State law requires DSHS to permit and inspect retail food facilities in areas of Texas where no local health authority currently regulates. A primary focus is to educate the regulated industry regarding food safety. Retail food facilities consist of restaurants, convenience stores, mobile food operations, temporary events, and catering operations. For information on Starting a New Business, Texas Food Establishment Rules, Frequently Asked Questions, Permit Applications, and Certified Food Manager Program, click on the link below.
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General Sanitation Program
Purpose
The purpose of the General Sanitation Program is to protect the physical and environmental health of the citizens of Texas. We strive to provide safe food, consumer products, and workplaces, abate any health nuisances, and promote public health measures to prevent any media of disease transmission to or between humans in counties or cities without a local health department. Through our environmental health programs, we educate and inform the regulated community and the general public by licensing, performing inspections, responding to complaints, and, when necessary, through regulatory enforcement.
Activities
The various sections of the General Sanitation Program reflect the program's various inspectional activities:
- Youth Camps
- School cafeterias
- Swimming pools (complaint basis only)
- School facilities (complaint basis only)
- Public Lodging (complaint basis only)
- Public Playgrounds (complaint basis only)
- Post-disaster shelter inspections
- Vector Breeding and Rodent Harborage
- Colonia Surveys
- Field Sanitation
- Public Outreach
- Provide technical assistance to local jurisdictions and partners
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Contacts
Billy Craddock
Billy.Craddock@dshs.texas.gov
512-450-4157