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Oversee: All foods within their jurisdictions

Food Safety Role:

  • Work with FDA and other federal agencies to implement food safety standards for fish, seafood, milk, and other foods produced within state borders
  • Inspect restaurants, grocery stores, and other retail food establishments, as well as dairy farms and milk processing plants, grain mills, and food manufacturing plants within local jurisdictions
  • Embargo (stop the sale of) unsafe food products made or distributed within state borders

For More Information: City, county and state health, agriculture and environmental protection agencies, listed in the blue pages of the phone book under city, county and state government

Websites:


Overall Listing of State, County, and Territory Agencies
State Health Agencies
U.S. State and Local Government Sites

Individual State Links
State Public Health Agriculture Other
Alabama Dept. of Public Health Dept. of Agriculture and Industries Division of Food, Milk, and Lodging
Alaska Division of Public Health Division of Agriculture Environmental Sanitation & Food Safety
Arizona Public Health Services Dept. of Agriculture
Arkansas Arkansas Dept. of Health Agriculture Online
California Dept. of Health Services Dept. of Food and Agriculture Division of Environmental Health Services
California Sea Grant Extension Program
Health Warnings
Colorado Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment Dept. of Agriculture Consumer Protection Division
Colorado Coop Exten Svc Food and Nutrition Publications
Connecticut Dept. of Public Health Dept. of Agriculture
Delaware Division of Public Health Dept. of Agriculture Delaware Cooperative Extension Food and Nutrition Facts
District of Columbia Dept. of Health N/A
Florida Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants
Georgia Dept. of Public Health Dept. of Agriculture and Industries Georgia Cooperative Extension Teletips
Hawaii Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture Environmental Health Administration
Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare Dept. of Agriculture
Illinois Dept. of Public Health Dept. of Agriculture Public Health District, Division of Environmental Health
Indiana Dept. of Health Commissioner of Agriculture Indiana Coop Exten Svc: Foods and Nutrition
Health Department, Foodborne Disease Prevention
Iowa Dept. of Public Health Dept. of Agriculture Iowa Coop Exten Svc Food Safety Project
Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment Dept. of Agriculture Kansas Cooperative Extension Service
Kansas Coop Exten Food Safety Library
Kentucky Dept. of Public Health Dept. of Agriculture Dept for Public Health, Food Safety Branch
Louisiana Dept. of Health and Hospitals Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry
Maine Dept. of Health Services Dept. of Agriculture
Maryland Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene Dept. of Agriculture Maryland Sea Grant Extension Program
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health Dept. of Food and Agriculture Boston Mayor's Food Court
Michigan Dept. of Community Health Dept. of Agriculture Dept of Agriculture, Food Safety
Michigan Cooperative Extension Homepage
Minnesota Dept. of Public Health Dept. of Agriculture Minnesota Cooperative Extension Service
Mississippi Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce Coop Exten Svc Food Safety and Quality
Missouri Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture
Montana Dept. of Public Health and Human Services Dept. of Agriculture
Nebraska Dept. of Health and Human Services Dept. of Agriculture Nebraska Coop Exten Svc, Food Safety
Nevada Health Division Division of Agriculture
New Hampshire Dept. of Health and Human Services Dept. of Agriculture, Markets, and Food
New Jersey Dept. of Health and Senior Services Dept. of Agriculture Food and Milk Program
New Mexico Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture
New York Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture and Markets Cornell Food and Water Safety Program
North Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services Dept. of Agriculture Coop Exten Svc Food Safety Info Retrieval System
North Dakota Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture Coop Exten Svc Food Safety and Substitutions
Ohio Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture
Oklahoma Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture
Oregon Health Division Dept. of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture
Puerto Rico Dept. of Health
Rhode Island Dept. of Health N/A
South Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services Dept. of Agriculture
South Dakota Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture Office of Health Protection
Tennessee Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture
Texas Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture Bureau of Food and Drug Safety
Utah Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture and Food
Vermont Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Virginia Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services Food Safety Programs
Division of Food and General Environmental Health Services
Washington Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture Seattle-King County Department of Public Health
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
WA Coop Exten Consumer Food Safety Resource
West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources Dept. of Agriculture
Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Family Services Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Wisconsin Sea Grant Extension Program
Wyoming Dept. of Health Dept. of Agriculture