Food safety

You must have a permit with the health department to open and run your retail food facility in San Francisco.

Search for a restaurant in San Francisco to view the results of its health inspections.

Tell us if you or others get sick from food in San Francisco. We'll look into next steps to keep people safe.

Find a nationally recognized training and exam you can take online from home.

Take an online food safety class to get your approved license to work with food in California.

See if you qualify for relaxed permitting requirements to become a Limited Service Charitable Feeding Operation (LSCFO).

Boost your business and community by selling healthy foods with financial help from HealthyRetailSF (applications are currently closed)

Get your certified farmers' market permit to operate and organize vendors in San Francisco.

Get your certified farmers' market permit to operate and organize vendors in San Francisco.

The health permit you need to operate depends on how your food is prepared, packaged, or sold.

Become a certified producer to sell your produce at any Certified Farmers’ Market (CFM) in California.

If you have a restaurant garden, you can use its fruits and veggies in your kitchen if they are grown safely.

Register to apply pesticides as a pest control operator, pest control advisor, or maintenance gardener in San Francisco. If you need a list of currently registered entities contact: phil.calhoun@sfdph.org

Register to become an approved vendor.

If you’re approved to sell goods at the Alemany Farmers Market, learn how to get a stall and pay for it.

If you're a vendor and you can’t go to a market day you reserved, here's what to do.

If you applied to sell at the Alemany Farmers Market and weren’t approved, you can ask us to reconsider our decision.

If you get a violation notice and don't think you deserve it, you can ask us to reconsider.

Get a tax benefit from the City if your property benefits the community through urban agriculture.

Before you get a permit for a mobile food facility, the health department must review and approve your plans.

Apply to set up your mobile food facility on private property, such as a parking lot.

Apply to set up your mobile food facility on a public right-of-way like a sidewalk or alley.

Get approval to provide food and drink services to public or private events.

Get approval to sell your food at a pop-up location if you are a licensed food facility or caterer.

Get health approval to hold a temporary public event where vendors sell or give away food or beverages.

Get a health permit to offer food or drinks at a temporary community event, like a festival or street fair.

You can sell certain low-risk foods made in your home to customers and food markets if you have this permit.

Know your mobile food facility classification and what to prepare for your check with the health department.

Food safety documents and guidelines to help you prepare for the plan review and permit process.

View issues that are considered food safety violations when the City inspects a food facility.

Food facilities must post the red, green, or yellow "placard" related to their last health inspection.

Information and guidance on preparing food with special methods such as sous vide and cook chill.

Some businesses are now required by law to prevent food waste by donating surplus edible food to non-profits, instead of discarding it.