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Aims to assure safe food in restaurants, clean and safe drinking water, safe bathing beaches, swimming pools and children's camps, and clean air and water.

DBCH conducts inspections, monitors, and approves permits for public facilities including children's camps, food service facilities, swimming pools, sewage collection/ disposal and treatment. Investigates food borne illnesses, sewage failures, animal infestations, and animal bites. Provides technical assistance for chemical spills or other hazardous waste. Also does compliance checks on tobacco retails to enforce state and local clean air regulations.

Aims to assure safe food in restaurants, clean and safe drinking water, safe bathing beaches, swimming pools and children's camps, and clean air and water.

* Conducts inspections of food manufacturers, grocery stores, warehouses, bottling plants.

* Evaluates and inspects food labeling and advertising.

* Seizes unfit or adulterated food.

* Licenses food operators.

* Samples food products for analysis.

* Investigates consumer complaints.

Investigates consumer complaints related to pharmaceutical, medical device, cosmetic, food, and radiological product manufacture and distribution.

* Conducts inspections of restaurants and other food service providers.

* Issues permits for food service providers.

* Investigates consumer complaints.

* Conducts inspections of food manufacturers, grocery stores, warehouses, and bottling plants. * Evaluates and inspects food labeling and advertising. * Seizes unfit or adulterated food. * Licenses food operators. * Samples food products for analysis. * Investigates consumer complaints.

Conducts investigations of public health nuisance complaints and submits written reports to Health and Code Enforcement Officers. Provides technical assistance to county residents in regard to their private water supply and sewage disposal systems. Collects water samples and conducts sewage system evaluations, for a fee, upon request.

Provides public health services in the areas of food protection, residential sanitation (including hotels and motels), and temporary facilities including schools, day care facilities, public swimming pools, campgrounds, and tanning facilities.

MUST HAVE REFERRAL FROM HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY TO ACCESS FOOD PANTRY. Dial 2-1-1 or 1-800-901-2180 DURING BUSINESS HOURS 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM MON-FRI FOR REFERRAL.Provides emergency food service through food pantries located throughout Broome County. Boxed/canned food given at food pantries to provide 3 nutritious meals per day for 5 days, and fresh produce when available. FORMULA available at CHOW warehouse by appointment with approved referral by WIC.Food and/or Formula Referral requires client info: names, date of births, address for all in the household. Usage for food pantry under normal circumstances 12x/yr. Referrals accepted at 2-wk intervals.

Assists individuals with filing complaints and investigates problems regarding food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, tobacco, and biologic-based items. If any of these item are purchased and cause harm, have adverse effects which have not be fore-warned, or other problems occur due to seller or manufacturer error or neglect.

Aims to assure safe food in restaurants, clean and safe drinking water, safe bathing beaches, swimming pools and children's camps, and clean air and water.

Aims to assure safe food in restaurants, clean and safe drinking water, safe bathing beaches, swimming pools and children's camps, and clean air and water.

Aims to assure safe food in restaurants, clean and safe drinking water, safe bathing beaches, swimming pools and children's camps, and clean air and water.

Inspects food service establishments, investigates foodborne disease outbreaks, responds to complaints, and provides training for food industry personnel. Under this jurisdiction, the Nassau County Department of Health permits over 5,700 food serving establishments in Nassau County, including restaurants, delis, mobile food trucks, schools, senior feeding units, and food vending units. It also reviews plans for new and renovated food-service establishments. Call for detailed information.

Responsible for implementing programs and providing information to help individuals live healthier lives by minimizing environmental health threats. Some efforts are targeted to the population at large, such as monitoring of public and private drinking water supplies, food safety in restaurants, fire safety in hotels, and permitting of mass gatherings. Other programs target specific needs such as interventions to prevent illness from rabies, lead poisoning, failing septic systems, and sale of tobacco products to minors.

Provides information about USDA programs, such as SNAP, WIC, School Lunch programs, information on proper food safety, sanitation issues, food handling and prep for infants and toddlers, and emergency food assistance, including if individuals have complaints regarding the programs and improper procedures, etc.

DBCH conducts inspections, monitors, and approves permits for public facilities including children's camps, food service facilities, swimming pools, sewage collection/ disposal and treatment. Investigates food borne illnesses, sewage failures, animal infestations, and animal bites. Provides technical assistance for chemical spills or other hazardous waste. Also does compliance checks on tobacco retails to enforce state and local clean air regulations.

Environmental Health works to ensure the safety of the public in a wide range of areas, such as rabies control, safe drinking water, sanitary food and restaurant conditions, etc.

Aims to assure safe food in restaurants, clean and safe drinking water, safe bathing beaches, swimming pools and children's camps, and clean air and water.

The Rockland County Department of Health (RCDOH) is responsible for inspecting and permitting over 1000 various food service establishments (FSE)s, including restaurants, cafeterias, food trucks, and food stands. Staff also investigate complaints from the public regarding cleanliness or suspected illness after visiting a facility.

Aims to assure safe food in restaurants, clean and safe drinking water, safe bathing beaches, swimming pools and children's camps, and clean air and water.

Responds to complaints by inspections of food service operations, hotels/motels, children's camps, mobile home parks, migrant labor camps, land developments, swimming pools, beaches, etc. Provides surveillance of community water systems and investigates spills which could contaminate water supplies. Also responds to reports of disease and lead contamination. Investigates complaints regarding indoor air and responds to public health related housing complaints, including reports of standing water, dead animals, etc.