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The Chatham County Public Health Department's Environmental Health Division permits and inspects establishments that prepare food or provide lodging for pay. These include restaurants, food stands, meat markets, delis, mobile food units, school cafeterias, elderly nutrition sites, temporary food stands, motels, bed and breakfast inns and institutions such as nursing homes. The establishments are inspected for safe food handling practices, infection control procedures and cleanliness.

New - Online Application and Payment Portal for Environmental Health 

Home-based Food Businesses are not regulated by Environmental Health, but are regulated by other agencies.

For more information, check out The Business of Food Safety Webinar hosted by NCDA (video file). 

Food and Lodging Program staff:

Lisa Morgan
Food & Lodging Program Supervisor
919-545-8309
lisa.morgan@chathamcountync.gov

Barry Oldham
Childcare, Schools, and Institutions Program Specialist 
(919) 545-8479
barry.oldham@chathamcountync.gov

Kristin Lee Allen
Environmental Health Specialist
(919) 545-8377
kristin.lee@chathamcountync.gov

Angela Hughes
Environmental Health Specialist
(919) 545-8336
angela.hughes@chathamcountync.gov

Shvaughn Ross, R.E.H.S.I.
Environmental Health Specialist Intern
(919) 545-8442
shvaughn.ross@chathamcountync.gov

Roxana Lopez, R.E.H.S.I.
Environmental Health Specialist Intern
(919)545-8390
roxana.lopez@chathamcountync.gov

The Food and Lodging staff office hours are Monday-Friday from 8:00-9:00am. 

The Environmental Health Division can be reached from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at (919) 542-8208.

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