The Commercial Kitchen Standard

California Jurisdiction

Glenn County commercial kitchen compliance

California's 52nd-largest county by commercial kitchen population. Glenn County Planning and Community Development Services Agency, Environmental Health Department -- Food Safety Program is the authority. Here's the methodology, the thresholds, and the fire code overlay.

Authority chain

Glenn County → Glenn County Planning and Community Development Services Agency, Environmental Health Department -- Food Safety Program → California Retail Food Code

Glenn 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 200 permitted food facilities. The county seat is Willows. CAL FIRE GNN for unincorporated. Willows Fire Dept for city of Willows.

Standard 01

Food Safety

Authority

Glenn County Planning and Community Development Services Agency, Environmental Health Department -- Food Safety Program

Phone
(530) 934-6102
Scoring type
None
Grading type
None
Permitted facilities
~200
Office
225 N. Tehama Street, Willows, CA 95988

Methodology

Glenn County operates a CalCode-only retail food safety program through the Environmental Health Department, which sits within the Planning and Community Development Services Agency (PCDSA) -- a consolidated agency that also includes Building Inspection, Code Enforcement, Geographic Information Systems, Planning, Public Transit and Transportation, and Water Resources. No local placard ordinance, no letter grade system, no numeric scoring overlay, no rating tier. Authority verified via direct canonical site language: "California Retail Food Code (CalCode) is part of the California Health and Safety Code dealing with retail food facilities. This code sets the operating requirements for food facilities. CalCode went into effect on July 1, 2007." Notable infrastructure: Glenn publishes individual facility inspection reports as PDFs through a structured CMS resource listing (approximately 238 reports visible) -- above-floor transparency for a small county in the violations-list-only classification family. Not a queryable inspection database (no search by facility name/zip), but more accessible than typical peers (Berkeley, Del Norte, Mendocino, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Colusa). Reports browsable alphabetically by facility name. Foodborne illness reporting direct line: (530) 934-6102 during business hours 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Monday–Friday.

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

Primary source

Search snippet from https://www.countyofglenn.net/government/departments/planning-community-development-services/environmental-health/food-safety/food-facility -- captures CalCode authority statement (effective July 1, 2007), foodborne illness reporting line, cross-contamination + diligent preparation definitions, and EHD address/phone. PCDSA 7-division structure verified via parent landing search snippet. Named staff (Donald Rust PCDSA Director, John H Wells EH Specialist) verified via 2021 PCDSA interoffice memorandum on CEQANet. Direct fetch of canonical Food Facility page returned 403 to fetcher this session.

Last verified by JIE: May 21, 2026

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

Jurisdiction detail

What makes Glenn County distinct

EH Department within consolidated 7-division PCDSA
PCDSA consolidates Building Inspection, Code Enforcement, Environmental Health, GIS, Planning, Public Transit and Transportation, and Water Resources under a single agency. Broader scope than Del Norte's 6-division CDD (which lacks GIS, Public Transit, and Water Resources as separate divisions). Single director (Donald Rust) oversees all 7 divisions -- significant supervisory bandwidth distribution.
Above-floor public inspection documentation transparency
Glenn publishes individual facility inspection reports as PDFs through a structured public CMS listing -- atypical for small CalCode-only counties. Most peers in the violations-list-only family require direct EHD records request to access inspection records. Glenn's apparatus removes that friction at small-county scale.
Rice-production agricultural corridor operator mix
Glenn shares the Sacramento Valley rice corridor with Colusa -- distinctive agricultural operator mix (rice mills, ag worker food service, ag-adjacent retail) compared to coastal or metro CA counties

Standard 02

Fire Safety

Authority having jurisdiction

Multiple fire protection districts serve Glenn County (Artois-Glenn, Orland, Hamilton City, Kanawha-Glenn, Ord, Glenn-Codora Fire Protection Districts)

Phone
(530) 934-6570
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 Multiple fire protection districts serve Glenn County (Artois-Glenn, Orland, Hamilton City, Kanawha-Glenn, Ord, Glenn-Codora Fire Protection Districts) per NFPA 96 (2021).

Cooking volume / typeFrequency
Solid-fuel cookingMonthly
High-volume / 24-hour / charbroil / wokQuarterly
Moderate-volumeSemiannually
Low-volume / seasonal / place of worshipAnnually

Hood cleaning enforcement

LOW

Reference

Frequently asked

Who inspects commercial kitchens in Glenn County?
Glenn County Planning and Community Development Services Agency, Environmental Health Department -- Food Safety Program is the food safety authority for Glenn County. Reach them at (530) 934-6102. 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 Glenn County?
Glenn County Planning and Community Development Services Agency, Environmental Health Department -- Food Safety 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 Glenn County?
Multiple fire protection districts serve Glenn County (Artois-Glenn, Orland, Hamilton City, Kanawha-Glenn, Ord, Glenn-Codora Fire Protection Districts) 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 Glenn County?
2025 CFC is the adopted edition. NFPA 96 (2021) governs commercial kitchen exhaust systems. Local amendments: none recorded.
Where can I verify Glenn County inspection records?
Primary source: https://countyofglenn.net/government/departments/planning-community-development-services/environmental-health/food-safety. EvidLY ScoreTable mirrors the latest jurisdiction-published results at https://www.getevidly.com/scoretable/california/glenn.

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