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Environmental Health
200 SE. Third St.
Pendleton, OR  97801
541-278-6394
Fax: 541-278-5433

Please call or stop by to discuss ways to ensure food safety when.

Having a fundraiser?
Are you a food vendor?
Selling food to the public?
Catering public events?
Opening a new Restaurant?


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Food Handler Test

Food service workers are required to obtain a food handler card within 30 days of beginning work. The cost of the card is $10.00 and the card is valid for three years. Food handler cards issued in any county are valid throughout Oregon. If you have a valid food manager-training certificate, it is accepted in lieu of a food handler card. Food handler cards issued in other states are not valid in Oregon. Open book tests given in your local Health Offices: Call for information:

Pendleton-
541-278-6394

Hermiston-
541-567-3113

Milton-Freewater (Please call to make an appointment) (541) 938-5598

Heppner/Boardman
541- 676-5421

Who are we?

Environmental Health works in partnership with the food service industry and the public to reduce or eliminate the known causes of food borne illness.

Temporary Restaurant License Information

Temporary Restaurant Guidelines
www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/foodsafety/docs/temprest08.pdf

Restaurant and Bed and Breakfast


Food Service Application and Plan Review

Food Sanitation rules
www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/foodsafety/rules.shtml (English)
www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/foodsafety/docs/fc2001spanish.pdf (Spanish)

Bed & Breakfast Rules
www.sos.state.or.us/archives/rules/OARs_300/OAR_333/333_170.html

Laws Regarding Food Service Establishments
landru.leg.state.or.us/ors/624.html

Standards for Local Public Health Authorities (Division 12)
www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/foodsafety/docs/div1206.pdf

Mobile Units

Mobile Unit Plan Review Packet

Mobile Unit Operations Guide
www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/foodsafety/docs/muguide.pdf (English)
www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/foodsafety/docs/muguidespanish.pdf (Spanish)

Mobile Food Unit Rules
www.sos.state.or.us/archives/rules/OARs_300/OAR_333/333_162.html

Food Handler's Cards

You may obtain a food handlers' card, one of the following ways

1. At a Public Health Office

Pendleton Public Health
200 SE 3'd st.
Pendleton, OR 97801
Hermiston Public Health
435 E. Newport
Hermiston, OR 97838
Heppner Public Health
120 South Main
Heppner, OR 97836
Boardman Public Health
101 Boardman Ave.
Boardman, OR 97818


2.
Online at www.orfoodhandlers.com

3. Schedule your private class with an Environmental Health Specialist, if you have 10 or more people.

If you have any questions please call us (541) 278-6394

Food Handlers Booklets

English
Download the Complete Training Manual (pdf)
www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/foodsafety/docs/fhmanual06.pdf

Download Instructions:
To Save: Right click the link and Select "Save Target [Link] As..."
To View and Print file: Left click the link and Select "File -- Print" from your browser.

Spanish:
La Seguridad en los Alimentos que Ingerimos Manual de Auto-Capacitación (pdf) (639K)
www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/foodsafety/docs/espmanual.pdf

What does Environmental Health do?

  • Enforce Food Sanitation Rules
  • Perform Routine Field Inspections of:
    •  RV Parks
    •  Restaurants
    •  Pools & Spas
    •  Schools
    •  Organizational Camps
    •  Hotels & Motels
  • Training and Education
  • Administer Food Handler Certification Examinations

Why We’re Here:

The food prepared for and served to the public can be a vehicle for the transmission of a variety of communicable diseases. For many, food borne illness results only in discomfort or lost time from work. But for some, especially preschool age children, older adults and those with impaired immune systems, food borne illness is more serious and may be life threatening. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 76 million people experience food borne illness and 5,000 deaths occur in the United States each year.

Research by the CDC has consistently shown that most food borne illness outbreaks are caused by mishandling food and occur within the retail segment of the food industry (restaurants, markets, schools, churches, camps, institutions, and vending locations), where ready-to-eat food is prepared and provided to the public for consumption.

If you suspect you have food borne illness, or have questions about food safety and inspections contact us at 541-278-6394