Inspects all public eating and drinking establishments, hotels/motels, schools, trailer courts, bakeries, processing plants, retail grocery outlets, health care facility food services, septic tanks, and public swimming pools. Provides guidelines for safe food handling, issues food service permits, and investigates food samples suspected of having contamination. Also operates the vector control program and investigates complaints about public health nuisances.

Regulates sanitary conditions of food establishments, public and semi-public swimming pools and spas, mobile home and RV parks, hotels and motels. Issues licenses, and inspects and investigates complaints about regulated facilities. Website provides ratings of restaurants. Conducts classes for food handler certification and pool certification. Also operates the vector control program and responds to complaints to eliminate public health nuisances.

Inspects and issues permit to restaurants, bars, school kitchens, mobile food vendors, and food vendors at special events and other venues at which food is prepared for and served to the public. Issues food handling permits. Inspects camps, public and semi-public pools, hotels, motels, and other nightly rental facilities to ensure clean and sanitary conditions exist. Investigates complaints and enforces rules to eliminate unsanitary conditions. Reviews plans for septic tank systems or other onsite sewage disposal systems, inspects septic tank systems and other onsite sewage disposal systems, and issues permits for onsite sewage disposal systems. Investigates complaints and enforces rules to eliminate environmental nuisances.

Inspects food establishments and various other establishments throughout the county. Investigates consumer complaints involving problems with water, wastewater, food establishments, and other potential health hazards. Issues permits to food service establishments, bars, temporary food services, mobile food vendors, and related businesses. Inspects and issues permits for public and semi-public pools and spas. Issues food handling permits. Performs pest control services to stop the spread of disease including mosquito-borne West Nile Virus.

Performs regulatory reviews, approves construction plans, and issues operating permits for food facilities including restaurants, caterers, vending machines, micro markets, retail grocery stores, bakeries, delis, meat markets, mobile food vendors, hospital food service, special event food booths, farmers' markets, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and public/charter school grounds. Responds to public health nuisance complaints at permitted establishments regarding sanitation issues and insect infestations.

Inspect restaurants and food vendors. Investigates complaints regarding unsanitary conditions, standing water, and sewer problems that affect public health. Provides Food Handler Training and issues certificates; separate classes in English and Spanish. Does not provide tenant/landlord assistance.