Get your plan checked by the health department
Work with us before you do construction on a new or existing facility, like your restaurant or food truck.
Services
Restaurants and handling food
Get a health permit to open a restaurant, bar, or other retail food location
You must have a permit with the health department to open and run your retail food facility in San Francisco.
Get restaurant health inspection results
Search for a restaurant in San Francisco to view the results of its health inspections.
Report food poisoning or food-related illness
Tell us if you or others get sick from food in San Francisco. We'll look into next steps to keep people safe.
Become a certified food safety manager at your facility
Find a nationally recognized training and exam you can take online from home.
Get a food handler card
Take an online food safety class to get your approved license to work with food in California.
Register your charity to prepare and serve food to those in need
See if you qualify for relaxed permitting requirements to become a Limited Service Charitable Feeding Operation (LSCFO).
Become a healthy food retailer
Boost your business and community by selling healthy foods with financial help from HealthyRetailSF (applications are currently closed)
Farmers' markets and agriculture
Apply for a health permit to run a farmers' market
Get your certified farmers' market permit to operate and organize vendors in San Francisco.
Sell prepared or packaged food at a farmers' market in San Francisco
The health permit you need to operate depends on how your food is prepared, packaged, or sold.
Apply to sell produce you grow at a certified farmers’ market
Become a certified producer to sell your produce at any Certified Farmers’ Market (CFM) in California.
Register your culinary garden
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 for agricultural or structural pest control
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
Sell goods at the Alemany Farmers Market
If you're an approved vendor, learn how to sell goods at the Farmers Market.
Apply to sell goods at the Alemany Farmers Market
Register to become an approved vendor.
Reserve and pay for a stall at the Alemany Farmers Market
If you’re approved to sell goods at the Alemany Farmers Market, learn how to get a stall and pay for it.
Cancel your reservation at the Alemany Farmers Market
If you're a vendor and you can’t go to a market day you reserved, here's what to do.
Appeal an Alemany Farmers Market vendor decision
If you applied to sell at the Alemany Farmers Market and weren’t approved, you can ask us to reconsider our decision.
Appeal an Alemany Farmers Market violation
If you get a violation notice and don't think you deserve it, you can ask us to reconsider.
Apply for a tax benefit by using your property for urban agriculture
Get a tax benefit from the City if your property benefits the community through urban agriculture.
Mobile food facilities
Submit your plan to start a mobile food facility
Before you get a permit for a mobile food facility, the health department must review and approve your plans.
Operate a mobile food facility on private property
Apply to set up your mobile food facility on private property, such as a parking lot.
Operate a mobile food facility on a curbside
Apply to set up your mobile food facility on a public right-of-way like a sidewalk or alley.
Temporary community events
Organize food vendors for a special community event
Get health approval to hold a temporary public event where vendors sell or give away food or beverages.
Sell food or drinks at a special event
Get a health permit to offer food or drinks at a temporary community event, like a festival or street fair.
Report food poisoning
Tell us if you get sick from food. We'll investigate to keep others safe.