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What is the Office of Food Protection?

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What is the Office of Food Protection?
The Office of Food Protection (215) 685-7495 works to ensure that Philadelphia has a safe and healthy food supply, and to reduce the incidence of food-borne diseases.

You Should Know:
They conduct regular inspections of food establishments, regulate food handling practices, and provide food handlers with education about the causes and prevention of food-borne diseases.

Contact the Office of Food Protection for the following:
  • Starting a food business or buying an existing food business
  • Making renovations or operation changes to your food business
  • Becoming a mobile food vendor
  • Requesting an inspection
  • Selling food at a Special Event
  • Need a Food Safety Certificate?
  • Making a complaint about a food business
  • Gotten sick from a food business
Further Information:
For complete information on the Office of Food Protection, a part of Environmental Health Services in the Department of Public Health, visit https://www.phila.gov/services/mental-physical-health/report-a-health-or-safety-concern/report-a-food-illness-or-food-safety-concern/.
We also have customer service hours 9 am – 4 pm Monday – Friday at:
Office of Food Protection
7801 Essington Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19153

For Special Vending District communications, please follow the instructions listed on the instruction sheet. For further information, call (215) 686-2414.

For a complaint about rats in a residential home or on the street, please use Who do I call about rats in my neighborhood or home?
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