Food Service Inspections

Food Service Establishments consist of Restaurants, Food Stands, Meat Markets, Mobile Food Units, Push Carts, Catered Elderly Nutrition Sites, School Lunchrooms, Temporary Food Establishments, Catering Kitchens and Institutional Foodservice. Food service establishments are inspected based on their menus and how the food is processed. Depending on the risk to public health, establishments are inspected 1-4 times each year. 

Current food service inspection reports can be found here: Chatham County sanitation inspections

Rules Governing Food Service Establishments

NC FOOD CODE MANUAL 2017

NC FOOD CODE 2009 MANUAL IN SPANISH

New .2600 Rules Governing the Sanitation of Food Service Establishments

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