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Licensing and Inspection
The Public Health and Environmental Services Department licenses and inspects food service establishments. The regulations are outlined in the Anoka County Food Ordinance and the Minnesota Food Code. Grocery stores, convenience stores, bakeries, meat processing, and candy-making businesses are regulated by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
In Case of Emergency
If your food service establishment experiences an emergency, please contact Anoka County Environmental Services. Other resources to help you deal with emergencies:
- Emergency Handbook for Food Managers – Includes information regarding power outages, flood, sewage back-up, water service disruption or contamination, maintaining food safety in a disaster and cleaning up after a disaster. Includes discard / salvage guidelines. Click here for a food protection self-audit (other languages available here - scroll to "Posters: Food protection set").
- Food Safety in Emergencies
If you suspect you have become ill from food, call the department. You can also report through the Minnesota Department of Health Food Borne Illness Hotline at 1-877-FOOD-ILL (1-877-366-3455).
Food Safety Documents
- Chili or Soup Cook-Off Fact Sheet
- Cooking Temperature Log Form
- Cooling Log Form
- Cooling Time/Temperature Control for Safety Foods (TCS)
- Daily Food Service Checklist
- Date Marking Fact Sheet
- Employee Illness Log
- Employee Personal Hygiene Fact Sheet
- Food Manager Certificate Handout
- Handwashing Fact Sheet
- Hot Holding Food Temperature Log Form
- Non-continuous Cooking
- Person In Charge Fact Sheet
- Time As A Public Health Control Fact Sheet
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Environmental Services
Physical Address
2100 3rd Ave N
Suite 600
Anoka, MN 55303
Phone: 763-324-4260
Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Excluding Holidays
To submit a Complaint Form to Environmental Services, please use our online form.