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Food Protection Program


The goal of the Food Protection program is to ensure food safety in regulated establishments including restaurants, food stands, meat markets, school cafeterias, mobile food units, pushcarts, elderly nutrition sites, temporary food establishments, and limited food service establishments.

During food establishment inspections and educational visits, there is much more emphasis placed on what causes a food borne illness by looking at high risk factors. These risk factors are:

  • Poor personal hygiene/employee health


  • Food from unsafe sources


  • Contaminated equipment/cross contamination


  • Inadequate cooking temperatures


  • Improper hot and cold holding temperatures, improper reheating, improper cooling



  • Food Protection Information:

    Restaurant Ratings

    USDA Food Safety Information Center

    NC Dairy Food Protection Branch

    Rules Governing the Sanitation of Food Service Establishments

    Plan Review Application for Food Service Establishments

    Food Security Guidance

    Environmental Health Home



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