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 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?

In Calaveras County, fire code authority rests with CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit and local fire departments. Enforcement covers the 2025 California Fire Code and NFPA 96 (2021 edition) for commercial kitchen exhaust. Hood cleaning default frequency: quarterly.

What fire code edition applies in Calaveras County?

The 2025 California Fire Code is the adopted edition. NFPA 96 (2021) governs commercial kitchen exhaust systems. Ask CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit and local fire departments whether Calaveras County has adopted local amendments to the 2025 California Fire Code.

Where can I verify Calaveras County inspection records?

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

California Health Department

Calaveras County commercial kitchen compliance

Calaveras County Environmental Health Department 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 applies the statutory framework of the California Retail Food Code. The health department oversees approximately 300 permitted food facilities. The county seat is San Andreas. CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit for the entire county. Very small commercial kitchen market. No major city authorities having jurisdiction — primarily unincorporated.

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, California 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. Inspections produce narrative CalCode reports listing violations only; reports are available on request from the environmental health department. Authority: California Retail Food Code. Senate Bill 1383 Edible Food Recovery inspection apparatus: 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 Title 14, California Code of Regulations, §§18991.3-18991.5, and an explicit compliance follow-up directive. Source for environmental health department address, phone, fax, and form structure: both forms on www2.calrecycle.ca.gov.

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

Primary source

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 Environmental Health Department with CalRecycle. These sources cover the address, phone, fax, and Senate Bill 1383 inspection apparatus.

Last verified by JIE: May 21, 2026

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

Health department detail

What makes Calaveras County distinct

Senate Bill 1383 inspection apparatus: two inspection forms filed with CalRecycle: Two distinct inspection forms (Commercial Edible Food Generator and Edible Food Recovery Service/Organization) with YES/NO compliance category structure, explicit recordkeeping requirements per Title 14, California Code of Regulations, §§18991.3-18991.5, and compliance follow-up directives. Calaveras published these forms publicly via CalRecycle.
Environmental Health Department physical headquarters at county seat (San Andreas): 891 Mountain Ranch Road, Building E, San Andreas, California 95249. Consolidated environmental health department headquarters at the county seat.
No public-facing retail food inspection portal: Retail food inspection reports are available on request from the environmental health department. Consistent with other small California health departments in the same classification family (Alpine, Amador, Berkeley, El Dorado, Mendocino, Vernon).

Standard 02

Fire Safety

Authority having jurisdiction

In Calaveras County, fire code authority rests with CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit and local fire departments.

Phone: (209) 754-6600
Website: calaveras.ca.gov/fire
Fire code edition: 2025 California Fire Code
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 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

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 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?: In Calaveras County, fire code authority rests with CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit and local fire departments. Enforcement covers the 2025 California Fire Code and NFPA 96 (2021 edition) for commercial kitchen exhaust. Hood cleaning default frequency: quarterly.
What fire code edition applies in Calaveras County?: The 2025 California Fire Code is the adopted edition. NFPA 96 (2021) governs commercial kitchen exhaust systems. Ask CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit and local fire departments whether Calaveras County has adopted local amendments to the 2025 California Fire Code.
Where can I verify Calaveras County inspection records?: Primary source: https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/Docs/Web/126606. EvidLY ScoreTable mirrors the latest health-department-published results at https://www.getevidly.com/scoretable/california/calaveras.

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Calaveras County inspection data — direct from the agency.

Real inspection results for Calaveras County, mirrored from the health department's own published portals. No aggregation, no conversion.

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