Food Safety

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

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

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

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.

Get a cottage food permit to sell what you make direct to customers or retail markets in California.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.