The Erie County Department of Health is responsible for inspecting and licensing more than 1,600 retail food facilities throughout Erie County. This includes restaurants, grocery stores, cafeterias, mobile food vendors and vending companies.
Annual Licenses
- Annual License Application to Operate a Food Service Establishment– must be submitted and approved by the Erie County Department of Health prior to any opening, new construction, remodeling or change of ownership
- Pennsylvania Food Code – Chapter 46
- FDA 2017 Food Code – adopted as part of Chapter 46
- Fee Schedule – includes application fees and license fees
Temporary Licenses
Temporary licenses are issued to each food facility at an event (i.e., fair, festival, carnival, etc.). Fees are charged per unit per event. Please view the Application to see additional guidelines to aid in the planning of an event.
- Temporary-Food-Service-License-Application – single vendor
- Coordinators-Application-for-a-Temporary-Food-Event – multiple vendors
- Fee Schedule – License fees are charged per unit per event. Fees are dependent on the length of the event.
Food Safety Fact Sheets
- Pennsylvania Food Code Changes
- Boil Water Guidance– food safety
- Canned Foods
- Consumer Advisory for Menus
- Cooling Tips
- Date Marking Guide
- Deer Processing
- Duties of Person in Charge
- Emergency Reference Guide – laminated cards available upon request
- Essentials of Proper Sample Distribution
- Fire – food safety
- Water Damage – food safety
- Food Safety Fundamentals
- Hand Washing – stickers available upon request
- How to Calibrate a Thermometer
- How to Sanitize – manual dish-washing procedure stickers available upon request
- Log Sheets:
- Power Outage – food safety
- Responding to Vomiting or Diarrheal Events – cleanup procedures