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Food Safety
The Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) Food Protection and Safety Program works to prevent foodborne illness outbreaks and assure that Jefferson County citizens and visitors are provided with safe food. Staff routinely inspects food service operations, such as restaurants, delicatessens, school cafeterias and retail markets to ensure compliance with Colorado Retail Food Establishment Rules and Regulations [PDF].
Consumer Information
Businesses & Food Handlers
- Applications, forms and resources
- Schedule a mobile food unit renewal inspection
- Restaurant inspection records
- Retail food establishment regulations
- CDPHE resources [external link]
- Food Safety Certification [external link]
- Schedule a food handler class
- Food handler class brochure [PDF]
- Spanish food handler class brochure [PDF]
- Food Protection Manager Certification Guidance in English (PDF) [external link], in Spanish (PDF) [external link], in Korean (PDF) [external link], in Simplified Chinese (PDF) [external link], in Traditional Chinese (PDF) [external link]
A temporary event is a single community event or celebration that operates for no more than 14 consecutive days. These events include but are not limited to town celebrations, fairs, festivals and farmer's markets.
Event coordinators who wish to have food vendors may be required to obtain an approved license.
- If your event includes temporary food vendors (typically set up under a tent and do not have a food truck or mobile cart) a Certificate of Approval is required.
- If your event has more than 2 mobile units/food trucks, a Certificate of Approval is required.
- If your event is private (wedding or gala), a Certificate of Approval is not required.
Food vendors that do not have an approved mobile unit license or who are not cottage food vendors must obtain a Temporary Food Service License to operate at temporary events.
- Temporary food vendor licenses must be issued by Jefferson County, no other county’s licenses or permits will be accepted.
- All mobile unit licenses will be accepted, EXCEPT the City and County of Denver’s.
If you're unsure about your licensing needs, please contact us at (303) 232-6301 and ask for a Temporary Food Service (TFS) team member, or email us at [email protected]
- Fight Bac! Partnership for Food Safety Education [external link]
- Food Safety from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) [external link]
- Food Safety from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [external link]
- USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service [external link]
- FoodSafety.gov [external link]
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Food Defense [external link]
- StateFoodSafety Resources [external link] @(Model.BulletStyle == CivicPlus.Entities.Modules.Layout.Enums.BulletStyle.Decimal ? "ol" : "ul")>
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Environmental Health Services
Physical Address
645 Parfet Street
Lakewood, CO 80215
Phone 303-232-6301Fax 303-271-5760
Contact Us
To file a formal CORA request, please use the
Open Records Request form.For all other general inquiries to Public Health,
see our Contact Us page.Hours
Monday - Thursday
7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
and 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.___________________