The Appalachian District’s Food Protection & Facilities Section is a component of the North Carolina Division of Environmental Health. This program is administered by the local Health Departments and mandated pursuant to Chapter 130A of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Registered Environmental Health Specialists in this program are responsible for enforcing state statutes and rules governing a number of different types of facilities:
- Restaurants
- Food Stands
- Meat Markets
- Nursing/Rest Homes
- Concession Stands
- Festivals
- School Cafeterias
- School Buildings
- Lodging Facilities
- Residential Care Homes
- Adult Day Cares
- Local Confinement (Jails)
- Bed & Breakfast Homes
- Bed & Breakfast Inns
- Hospitals
- Resident and Primitive Camps
- Mobile Food Units & Pushcarts
The purpose of the Food Protection & Facilities Section is to ensure the public of safe food and clean facilities through planning and permitting of new and existing establishments, and continuous education of employees. For more information about the Food Protection & Facilities Section, please contact the Registered Environmental Health Specialist in your county. For information about the NC Food Protection and Facilities Branch, please click here.
For a complete list of rules and regulations for the facilities listed above, please click here.