Health Department

Health Department Alert:

CONTACT INFORMATION: Our administration 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.

703-246-2411 TTY 711

health@fairfaxcounty.gov

10777 Main Street
Fairfax, VA 22030

Gloria Addo-Ayensu, M.D., M.P.H.
Director of Health

Department Resources

Consumer Protection Program

Protecting you from food-borne illness and other health hazards.

Eating healthy starts with preparing food safely

Contact: (703) 246-2444 TTY 711 or email

Food Establishment Inspection Reports

Food Establishment Permits

How to Help

Check out a restaurant’s inspection record before heading out to eat. If you see something unsanitary at a food establishment or other regulated facility, call (703) 246-2444 or email us.

Food safety is more than proper temperature control and food storage. It’s also about the practices and mantras restaurant staff use to keep their patrons safe. That’s why the Consumer Protection Program focuses on education, first and foremost. We strive to help food service locations be the best they can be when it comes to preventing food-borne illness outbreaks. In addition to restaurants, we’re also out there inspecting other facilities, such as tattoo establishments, swimming pools and campgrounds to protect the public’s health.

Impact

Investigating complaints

In 2018, we responded to hundreds of foodborne illness complaints across Fairfax County - including one suspected foodborne illness outbreak.

Food service inspections

We conduct 8,000 food inspections per year of 3,400 food service establishments in Fairfax County.

Improving food safety

We focus on education so restaurants can implement better food safety practices.

STAMP Program at Wegman's

It starts with training. Every new employee who comes through our doors completes computer-based training focused on food safety and allergen awareness. Every day our leadership team has discussions about food safety – this helps us keep it on the forefront of our mind, making sure everything that we do is going to be up to par. And we have food safety coordinators in the store throughout the day who keep us in check.

– Patrick Deans, Executive Chef, Wegmans Alexandria #49. The store is enrolled of the Health Department’s STAMP program. Standing for Safety Through Actively Managing Practices, STAMP is a voluntary enrollment program to promote food safety best practices.

14 Carrot Gold Award at Moe's Southwest Grill

They care. They care about food safety. They want to run a good restaurant. We have so many people supporting us today.

- Frank Maresca, Queso Now What, Inc., local operator of Moe’s Southwest Grill in Chantilly, talking about his team who was recognized with the Health Department’s 14 Carrot Gold Award for outstanding food safety practices.