As a consumer you can help protect yourself and your family by following safe food handling practices at home and staying informed about food recalls and allergy alerts. Refer to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for more information.

Suspected food-borne illnesses, complaints of unsafe food handling practices and food recalls are investigated by Public Health Inspectors

• conducts surveillance and inspections of food premises that sell or serve food to the public to ensure regulatory standards are being met
• responds to reports of food-borne illnesses or outbreaks, unsafe food handling practices, food recalls, adulteration and consumer complaints
• liaises with special event coordinators and food vendors to ensure adherence to safe food handling practices at special events within Halton
• provides information, support, and food handler training and certification for businesses and the public on how to handle food safely
• discloses food safety inspection results by posting results at the food premises and online

Food premises such as restaurants, take outs, day care centres and institutions are inspected regularly

Website contains information regarding:

• About Food Safety
• Dinewise
• Food Safety Offences Report
• Food Safety General Public Information
• Food Safety Inspections
• Food-borne Illness
• Raw Milk

Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm

• No application required
• Call 905-825-6000 or 3-1-1 Mon-Sun 24 hours, to report information about food-borne illnesses or outbreaks, unsafe food handling practices, food recalls, adulteration and consumer complaints after-hours