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The Retail Food Safety & Compliance Department inspects approximately 22,000 retail food establishments statewide and issues permits to new facilities prior to opening. Retail food establishments include operations such as restaurants, grocery stores, food trucks, schools, and other institutions. Risk-based inspections are conducted at each establishment in the state annually or quarterly, based on an establishment’s food processes and their compliance history.
SCDA also regulates food safety for milk safety and wholesale manufactured food operations. The agency provides a wide variety of information and resources to help protect the public from potential food safety hazards while eating out.