Restaurant Inspections
Contra Costa Health's Environmental Health Division regularly inspects all retail food facilities (businesses or organizations that sell or give away food) to ensure that they meet safety and cleanliness regulations. Inspections can occur at any time.
Environmental Health also investigates consumer complaints about restaurants and other food facilities.
Inspection Resources
Placarding Program
We use a color-coded placarding system to publicly show the results of food safety inspections and food safety practices at permanent retail food facilities. The placard is a red, yellow, green or white card that a food facility displays so that customers can easily see the inspection status.
Mobile food facilities that prepare, cook or heat food will also receive a placard at the end of an inspection.