Aims to assure safe food in restaurants, clean and safe drinking water, safe bathing beaches, swimming pools and children's camps, and clean air and water.

DBCH conducts inspections, monitors, and approves permits for public facilities including children's camps, food service facilities, swimming pools, sewage collection/ disposal and treatment. Investigates food borne illnesses, sewage failures, animal infestations, and animal bites. Provides technical assistance for chemical spills or other hazardous waste. Also does compliance checks on tobacco retails to enforce state and local clean air regulations.

Monitors food service establishments and children's camps. Conducts routine inspections, and investigates reports of illness or injury associated with a public establishment.

Aims to assure safe food in restaurants, clean and safe drinking water, safe bathing beaches, swimming pools and children's camps, and clean air and water.

DBCH conducts inspections, monitors, and approves permits for public facilities including children's camps, food service facilities, swimming pools, sewage collection/ disposal and treatment. Investigates food borne illnesses, sewage failures, animal infestations, and animal bites. Provides technical assistance for chemical spills or other hazardous waste. Also does compliance checks on tobacco retails to enforce state and local clean air regulations.

Aims to assure safe food in restaurants, clean and safe drinking water, safe bathing beaches, swimming pools and children's camps, and clean air and water.

Operates programs that protect the public from adulterated food, unhealthy living conditions and health nuisances. The department is also responsible for enforcing the Suffolk County Sanitary Code and the Local Laws of Suffolk County. The Bureau of Public Health Protection is comprised of five units: Food Protection, General Sanitation, Radiation Control, Temporary Residences, and Training & Plan Review. The Bureau of Public Health Protection covers a wide range of services including: Food Protection (Food Permits Food Safety Training, Food Manager Course, Restaurant Inspection Database); Temporary Residences (Hotels/Motels/Cottages, Migrant Farm worker Housing, Mobile Home Park, Children Camps/Campgrounds); General Sanitation (Garbage Storage, Sewage Overflow, Animal Manure, Vermin Infestation, Inadequate Heat/Utilities); Body Art Establishments (Article 14, Certification, Course Schedule, Resource Materials); Petting Zoos (Article 17, Permits, Bites, Zoonotic Disease); Radiation Control (X-Ray Equipment, Exposure, Release of Materials, Sampling, Transportation); Enforcement (Formal Hearings, Stipulations, Fines) and Children's Camps & Campgrounds (Inspections, State Resources). Call for detailed information.

* Conducts inspections of food manufacturers, grocery stores, warehouses, bottling plants.

* Evaluates and inspects food labeling and advertising.

* Seizes unfit or adulterated food.

* Licenses food operators.

* Samples food products for analysis.

* Investigates consumer complaints.

Aims to assure safe food in restaurants, clean and safe drinking water, safe bathing beaches, swimming pools and children's camps, and clean air and water.

The Rockland County Department of Health (RCDOH) is responsible for inspecting and permitting over 1000 various food service establishments (FSE)s, including restaurants, cafeterias, food trucks, and food stands. Staff also investigate complaints from the public regarding cleanliness or suspected illness after visiting a facility.

* Conducts inspections of restaurants and other food service providers.

* Issues permits for food service providers.

* Investigates consumer complaints.

Responsible for implementing programs and providing information to help individuals live healthier lives by minimizing environmental health threats. Some efforts are targeted to the population at large, such as monitoring of public and private drinking water supplies, food safety in restaurants, fire safety in hotels, and permitting of mass gatherings. Other programs target specific needs such as interventions to prevent illness from rabies, lead poisoning, failing septic systems, and sale of tobacco products to minors.

* Conducts inspections of food manufacturers, grocery stores, warehouses, and bottling plants. * Evaluates and inspects food labeling and advertising. * Seizes unfit or adulterated food. * Licenses food operators. * Samples food products for analysis. * Investigates consumer complaints.

Responds to complaints by inspections of food service operations, hotels/motels, children's camps, mobile home parks, migrant labor camps, land developments, swimming pools, beaches, etc. Provides surveillance of community water systems and investigates spills which could contaminate water supplies. Also responds to reports of disease and lead contamination. Investigates complaints regarding indoor air and responds to public health related housing complaints, including reports of standing water, dead animals, etc.

Environmental Health works to ensure the safety of the public in a wide range of areas, such as rabies control, safe drinking water, sanitary food and restaurant conditions, etc.

Conducts investigations of public health nuisance complaints and submits written reports to Health and Code Enforcement Officers. Provides technical assistance to county residents in regard to their private water supply and sewage disposal systems. Collects water samples and conducts sewage system evaluations, for a fee, upon request.

MUST HAVE REFERRAL FROM HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY TO ACCESS FOOD PANTRY. Dial 2-1-1 or 1-800-901-2180 DURING BUSINESS HOURS 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM MON-FRI FOR REFERRAL.Provides emergency food service through food pantries located throughout Broome County. Boxed/canned food given at food pantries to provide 3 nutritious meals per day for 5 days, and fresh produce when available. FORMULA available at CHOW warehouse by appointment with approved referral by WIC.Food and/or Formula Referral requires client info: names, date of births, address for all in the household. Usage for food pantry under normal circumstances 12x/yr. Referrals accepted at 2-wk intervals.

Investigates consumer complaints related to pharmaceutical, medical device, cosmetic, food, and radiological product manufacture and distribution.

Assists individuals with filing complaints and investigates problems regarding food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, tobacco, and biologic-based items. If any of these item are purchased and cause harm, have adverse effects which have not be fore-warned, or other problems occur due to seller or manufacturer error or neglect.

Provides information about USDA programs, such as SNAP, WIC, School Lunch programs, information on proper food safety, sanitation issues, food handling and prep for infants and toddlers, and emergency food assistance, including if individuals have complaints regarding the programs and improper procedures, etc.

Inspects local restaurants, public swimming pools, children's camps, tests drinking water, investigates animal bites and vaccinates pets.

Aims to assure safe food in restaurants, clean and safe drinking water, safe bathing beaches, swimming pools and children's camps, and clean air and water.

Aims to assure safe food in restaurants, clean and safe drinking water, safe bathing beaches, swimming pools and children's camps, and clean air and water.