• Pre-opening Information
• Requirements To Open A Restaurant.
• En Español
• Plan Approval Handout
• Pre-opening Checklist
• Blue Print Specifications
• Water Utility Service Agreement Form

Permits

• Health Permit Fee Schedule
• Apply for a Permit Online

Additional Requirements For:

• Mobile Requirements ( with Food Preparation)
• Mobile Requirements En Español
• Roadside Food Vendor (no Food Preparation)
• Pushcarts ( with no Food Preparation)
• Pushcarts (with Food Preparation)
• Temporary Event Guidelines
• Temporary Event Sanitation Rules

List of Approved Commissaries for Mobile Food Units

Employee Training

• Food Managers Training
• Changes of Ownership
• 2008 Manager's Food School Schedule (pdf document in English and Spanish)
• Food Handler Training
• Criteria for the Food Safety Award

Food Protection After a Disaster

• Post Disaster Food Protection
• Normas de Protección de los Alimentos Después del Desastre

Temporary Events

• Temporary Event Guidelines

• Temporary Sanitation Guidelines

• Permitting Requirements, Sanitation Guidelines and a blank copy of the required operational statement can be downloaded here

Information Food Managers Need to Know

• What to Expect If an Outbreak Traced to Your Food Establishment
• Requirements Regarding Bare Hand Contact with Ready-to-Eat Food

Food Safety

• Take Action to Prevent an Allergic Reaction
  Training
  Posters
• Emergency Handbook for Food Service Managers
• Texas Food Establishment Rules--Food Code Used by Harris County
• Rules for the Regulation of Food Establishments in Harris County, Texas (June 5, 2007)
   English Español
• Be Cool, Chill Out, Refrigerate Promptly.

• Food Protection After a Disaster
  English  Español

• Food Safety And Terrorism

• Handling Oysters

• Washing Food

• Oven Mitts, Money, & Cross Contamination

• Food Safety at Temporary Events  English Español