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Contact InfoThe Mecklenburg County Food and Facilities Sanitation Program (F&FS) is a mandated program is administered by the local Health Department pursuant to Chapter 130A of the General Statutes of North Carolina. F&FS issues permits to more than 4,400 food service facilities operating in Mecklenburg County and conducts more than 13,000 facility inspections per year.
F&FS provides plan review, permitting and evaluation of restaurants, temporary food services, meat markets, hotels, hospitals, nursing homes, child care centers and schools and investigates child lead poisoning cases.
Telephone: 980-314-1620
F&FS also reviews facility plans, investigates requests of unsanitary conditions and poor food handling practices, and provides educational information to workers to help prevent foodborne illnesses.
F&FS is responsible for enforcing state statutes and local ordinances governing a number of different types of facilities: