Restaurant and Food Service Inspections
 
Food Service Facility Operations
The Prince William Health District regulates food service operations in restaurants, schools, childcare and adult care facilities, institutions, hospitals, hotels, motels, bed and breakfast facilities, youth athletic association food concessions, seasonal snack bars, parks, swimming pools, and temporary food service facilities at fairs, festivals, carnivals and other special events. Most of these facilities are required to meet the Virginia Food Code requirements. The County also has local regulations for youth athletic association food concessions.
 
Food Service Facility Inspection
Food service inspections can be viewed online at the Virginia Department of Health website. The frequency of food service facility inspections is based on the menu and how food is prepared. This "risk assessment" is determined by the use of potentially hazardous foods (PHF), the preparation of raw versus frozen PHF's, storage, cooking, cooling and the re-heating of PHF's. Potentially hazardous foods include meat, poultry, seafood, cooked vegetables, raw fruit, etc.
 
Food Service Facility Plan Review
All proposed food service facilities require a formal plan review and approval by the Health Department. An application and $40 plan review fee are required for all submitted plan reviews. A separate submittal should be made directly to the Health Department to expedite the review process.
 
Register a Food Service Complaint
To file a food service complaint, call the Environmental Health Department at 703-792-6310 (option #1) between 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on regular business days and provide the complaint details.

Applications and Information Sheets 
  1. Certified Food Manager/Food Handler-Course Information: Resources for Food Service Managers
  2. Food Service Facilities Inspection Records: http://www.healthspace.ca/vdh 
  3. PWC Itinerant Vendors License Regulations: see chapter 18 of the County Code County Code
  4. Restaurant Food Permit Application:  Restaurant Application July2011
  5. Temporary Food Permit Application & Requirements with Spanish Translation:  Temporary Food Application
  6. Local grocery stores and convenience stores are regulated by the VA Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.  For more information, call 800-552-9963 or 804-786-2042.
Please Note: Applications for temporary events should be submitted to the Health Department at least 10 days prior to the event.