Division of Environmental Health

CONTACT INFORMATION: Our Environmental Health Services office at 10777 Main Street in Fairfax is open during regular business hours 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday. Clinic services are not offered at this location.
703-246-2201 TTY 711
10777 Main Street, Suite 100
Fairfax, VA 22030
Pieter A. Sheehan, REHS
Director, Division of Environmental Health

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Food Safety

Food handling safety risks are more common than most people think. Each year, roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die from foodborne diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Learn what you can do as a consumer or food operator to keep food safe and lower the chance of food-related illnesses.

NEW! Planning and Land Use System - PLUS

Use the Planning and Land Use System (PLUS) to apply for permits, track the status of your application, update information, upload documents, pay fees, and search property information.

If you have any questions, please call us at 703-246-2201.

Training materials and videos are available to help you get started. 

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Keep Food Safe at Home

Learn how to prevent foodborne illness.


Food Establishment Owners and Operators

Protect your customers from foodborne illness.


Keeping Food Safe With Health Inspections

Environmental Health Specialist Ebonie Miller discusses health inspections for food trucks and temporary food vendors operating in Fairfax County and what you should look for when eating at these establishments.

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Food Establishment Inspection Reports

Food Inspection Reports

Find inspection reports for restaurants, fast food operations, delis, cafeterias and other types of food establishments.

Food Safety Awards and Programs

See criteria for food safety excellence awards and the restaurants or operators who have received awards.

PLUS Webinar Wednesdays

We recently gave PLUS Webinar Wednesday presentations. Watch the recordings.

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Learn more about PLUS Webinar Wednesdays.

Food Safety Recalls

A food recall occurs when a food producer takes a product off the market because there is reason to believe that it may cause consumers to become ill.  

Real-time notices of recalls and public health alerts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are listed here. Scroll through the items listed in the widget and click on the recall or alert for more information.

Recalls are very specific, meaning all information must match for a product to be considered part of a recall. If a product doesn't match all the information in the recall completely, then it is not considered part of the recall and is safe to use.

If the product details in the recall notice match the details on the food product you have at home, do not open or consume the product.

Learn more about recalls and outbreaks.

Food Safety Recalls

 

Lactaid Milk Recall Due to Almond Contamination

There has been a recall on five types of 96oz. containers of Lactaid milk due to almond contamination. The affected containers of milk were shipped to retailers in a list of states that includes Virginia. 

The recall applies to a limited number of 96oz. plastic containers of refrigerated Lactaid Milk with the code 51-4109 P2 and "best by” dates ranging from 22-NOV-2024 through 05-DEC-2024. View full product list.

Consumers who purchased the product may return it to the retail location where the purchase was made for a full refund or exchange or call Hood Consumer Affairs at 800-242-2423. 

See additional information.

Listeria Outbreak Linked to Deli Meats

Boar's Head Provisions Co. Expands Recall for Ready-To-Eat Meat and Poultry Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination. This expansion includes 71 products produced between May 10, 2024, and July 29, 2024, under the Boar’s Head and Old Country brand names. These items include meat intended for slicing at retail delis as well as some packaged meat and poultry products sold at retail locations. These products have “sell by” dates ranging from 29-JUL-2024 through 17-OCT-24. View full product list. View labels.

The CDC Food Safety Alert, Listeria Outbreak Linked to Meats Sliced at Delis, will continue to be updated with the latest investigation details.

See more information from the Virginia Department of Health.

See our update: Multistate Listeria Outbreak Linked to Meats Sliced at Delis.

FDA Alerts

Past Alerts

 

Learn more about Alerts, Advisories & Safety Information. 

Complaints

General Complaints

Complaints may be reported to the Health Department through the County’s Planning and Land Use System (PLUS). Watch a quick video tutorial to learn more.

  • Visit PLUS
  • Click on the “Enforcement” tab
  • Click on “Submit a Complaint” to begin the process

Foodborne Illness Complaints

To report a suspected foodborne illness complaint, you must be logged into the PLUS system. Watch a quick video tutorial to learn more.

  • Go to Environmental Health Tab → Select Create an Application
  • Find Foodborne Illness Complaint→ Expand the list → Select FBI Complaint
  • Complete required fields → Review and Submit
  • PLUS will generate a complaint record number in the format HFBI-YEAR-00000. Use this number to track the complaint

Alternatively, you can also submit a complaint through MyMealDetective.com. Virginia Department of Health (VDH) will review the complaint and assign it to us for further investigation. The time for the complaint to reach us may vary.


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