Who inspects commercial kitchens in Calaveras County?

Calaveras County Environmental Health Department -- Food Program is the food safety authority for Calaveras County. Reach them at (209) 754-6399. California Retail Food Code (CRFC) provides the statutory base; the agency conducts inspections and documents findings through narrative violation reports.

How are inspection results communicated in Calaveras County?

Calaveras County Environmental Health Department -- Food Program documents inspections through narrative violation reports; no letter grade or numeric score is assigned. Results are available to the public through the agency's published portals.

Who enforces fire and hood-cleaning rules in Calaveras County?

CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit and local fire departments is the fire authority having jurisdiction (AHJ). They enforce 2025 CFC and NFPA 96 (2021 edition) for commercial kitchen exhaust. Hood cleaning default frequency: quarterly.

What fire code edition applies in Calaveras County?

2025 CFC is the adopted edition. NFPA 96 (2021) governs commercial kitchen exhaust systems. Local amendments: yes.

Where can I verify Calaveras County inspection records?

Primary source: https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/Docs/Web/126606. EvidLY ScoreTable mirrors the latest jurisdiction-published results at https://www.getevidly.com/scoretable/california/calaveras.

California Jurisdiction

Calaveras County commercial kitchen compliance

California's 49th-largest county by commercial kitchen population. Calaveras County Environmental Health Department -- Food Program is the authority. Here's the methodology, the thresholds, and the fire code overlay.

Authority chain

Calaveras County → Calaveras County Environmental Health Department -- Food Program → California Retail Food Code

Calaveras County is a smaller California jurisdiction. Inspection volume is lower than the metro counties, but the statutory framework — California Retail Food Code — is identical. The jurisdiction oversees approximately 300 permitted food facilities. The county seat is San Andreas. CAL FIRE TUU for entire county. Very small commercial kitchen market.

Standard 01

Food Safety

Authority

Calaveras County Environmental Health Department -- Food Program

Phone: (209) 754-6399
Scoring type: None
Grading type: None
Permitted facilities: ~300
Office: 891 Mountain Ranch Road, Building E, San Andreas, CA 95249

Methodology

Calaveras County operates a CalCode-only retail food safety program through the Environmental Health Department in San Andreas. No local placard ordinance, no letter grade system, no numeric scoring overlay, no rating tier, no public-facing inspection portal documented. Inspections produce narrative CalCode reports listing violations only; reports likely available via direct EHD request. Authority: California Retail Food Code. Distinctive feature: Calaveras has the most structured SB 1383 Edible Food Recovery inspection apparatus directly verified for any CA county this session -- two specific inspection forms (Commercial Edible Food Generator Inspection and Edible Food Recovery Service/Organization Inspection) are publicly filed with CalRecycle, with YES/NO compliance category structures, formal recordkeeping requirements per 14 CCR §§18991.3-18991.5, and an explicit compliance follow-up directive. Primary-source verification this session via direct fetch of both forms from www2.calrecycle.ca.gov confirmed EHD address, phone, fax, and form structure.

Inspection results published by the agency are mirrored at Calaveras County on ScoreTable.

Primary source

Direct web_fetch of CalRecycle Docs/Web/126606 (Commercial Edible Food Generator Inspection form) and Docs/Web/126609 (Edible Food Recovery Service/Organization Inspection form). Both filed by Calaveras County EHD with CalRecycle. Address, phone, fax, and SB 1383 inspection apparatus all directly verified via these primary sources. EHD canonical website URL not captured this session.

Last verified by JIE: May 21, 2026

Published inspection data for Calaveras County is mirrored on ScoreTable, direct from the agency.

Jurisdiction detail

What makes Calaveras County distinct

Most structured SB 1383 inspection apparatus directly verified for any CA county this session: Two distinct inspection forms (Commercial Edible Food Generator and Edible Food Recovery Service/Organization) with YES/NO compliance category structure, explicit recordkeeping requirements per 14 CCR §§18991.3-18991.5, and compliance follow-up directives. Most other CA counties have not published their SB 1383 inspection forms publicly via CalRecycle; Calaveras did.
EHD physical headquarters at county seat (San Andreas): 891 Mountain Ranch Road, Building E, San Andreas, CA 95249. Consolidated EHD HQ at the county seat.
No public-facing retail food inspection portal: Retail food inspection reports likely via direct EHD request only. Consistent with other small CA jurisdictions in the same classification family (Alpine, Amador, Berkeley, El Dorado, Mendocino, Vernon).

Standard 02

Fire Safety

Authority having jurisdiction

CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit and local fire departments

Phone: (209) 754-6600
Website: calaveras.ca.gov/fire
Fire code edition: 2025 CFC
NFPA 96 edition: 2021
Hood cleaning default: Quarterly
Permit type: Operational Fire Permit — annual renewal, pass/fail

Hood cleaning frequencies

Frequencies enforced by CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit and local fire departments per NFPA 96 (2021).

Cooking volume / type	Frequency
Solid-fuel cooking	Monthly
High-volume / 24-hour / charbroil / wok	Quarterly
Moderate-volume	Semiannually
Low-volume / seasonal / place of worship	Annually

Local amendments adopted

CAL FIRE contract. No major city AHJs — primarily unincorporated.

Hood cleaning enforcement

LOW

Reference

Frequently asked

Who inspects commercial kitchens in Calaveras County?: Calaveras County Environmental Health Department -- Food Program is the food safety authority for Calaveras County. Reach them at (209) 754-6399. California Retail Food Code (CRFC) provides the statutory base; the agency conducts inspections and documents findings through narrative violation reports.
How are inspection results communicated in Calaveras County?: Calaveras County Environmental Health Department -- Food Program documents inspections through narrative violation reports; no letter grade or numeric score is assigned. Results are available to the public through the agency's published portals.
Who enforces fire and hood-cleaning rules in Calaveras County?: CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit and local fire departments is the fire authority having jurisdiction (AHJ). They enforce 2025 CFC and NFPA 96 (2021 edition) for commercial kitchen exhaust. Hood cleaning default frequency: quarterly.
What fire code edition applies in Calaveras County?: 2025 CFC is the adopted edition. NFPA 96 (2021) governs commercial kitchen exhaust systems. Local amendments: yes.
Where can I verify Calaveras County inspection records?: Primary source: https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/Docs/Web/126606. EvidLY ScoreTable mirrors the latest jurisdiction-published results at https://www.getevidly.com/scoretable/california/calaveras.

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