Environmental Health

Food safety affects everyone – from cooking in the home to eating at restaurants and other places. The Northwestern Health Unit works to prevent food-borne illness (getting sick from food) by:

• Educating the public on food safety at home and during an emergency.
• Providing advice to food premises operators.
• Inspecting food premises.
• Investigating food safety complaints.
• Providing safe food handler training.
• Alerting the public to food safety alerts and recalls.
• Providing proper hand washing information.
• Reviewing and approving special occasion food permits when providing from food vendors at one-time events.

Learn more ab​out:​

• Food and healthy eating
• Food-borne illness
• ​Food Premises Operators