California Jurisdiction
San Benito County commercial kitchen compliance
California's 45th-largest county by commercial kitchen population. San Benito County Health and Human Services Agency, Public and Environmental Services, Environmental Health Department is the authority. Here's the methodology, the thresholds, and the fire code overlay.
Authority chain
San Benito County → San Benito County Health and Human Services Agency, Public and Environmental Services, Environmental Health Department → California Retail Food Code
San Benito County is a smaller California jurisdiction. Inspection volume is lower than the metro counties, but the statutory framework — California Retail Food Code — is identical. Hollister Fire: (831) 636-4380. Small county with limited commercial kitchen volume.
Standard 01
Food Safety
Authority
San Benito County Health and Human Services Agency, Public and Environmental Services, Environmental Health Department
- Phone
- (831) 636-4035
- Scoring type
- None
- Grading type
- None
Methodology
San Benito County operates a CalCode-only retail food safety program through the Environmental Health Department, which sits within the Public and Environmental Services Division of the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA). Triple-layered department hierarchy. No local placard ordinance, no letter grade system, no numeric scoring overlay, no rating tier. Direct fetch of canonical EH page confirms no public-facing inspection portal -- records-request floor tier within the violations-list-only family. 8 EH oversight areas enumerated: Consumer Protection (Food Facilities), Hazardous Materials (USTs, CalARP, CERS), Land Use (Planning and Building Projects), On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems, Drinking Water (Water Systems), Body Art (Tattoos, Permanent Cosmetics, Body Piercing), Recreational Water (Commercial Swimming Pools and Spas), Vector Control. Distinctive operational apparatus: daily Mobile Truck Inspection window from 8am-9am Monday-Friday (different model from Madera's annual concentrated December event or Stanislaus's office-based MFF model). Animal control reverse delegation: "San Benito Contracts with the City of Hollister Animal Control to provide services to the unincorporated area of the County" -- county contracts OUT to city, atypical relative to most CA county Animal Services consolidations. EH Manager: Darryl Wong, REHS.
Primary source
Direct web_fetch of https://hhsa.sanbenitocountyca.gov/environmental-health-2-2/ -- complete content verification this session including triple-layered department hierarchy (EH within Public and Environmental Services within HHSA), EH Manager Darryl Wong REHS, 8 EH oversight areas verbatim, daily Mobile Truck Inspection window 8-9am M-F verbatim, animal control reverse delegation to City of Hollister verbatim quote, 21 operator-facing documents organized by 6 categories including 2 Spanish-language variants and MHKO application, contact details (351 Tres Pinos Rd C-1 Hollister CA 95023, (831) 636-4035, fax (831) 636-4037, Environmentalhealth@sanbenitocountyca.gov, M-F 8am-5pm), HHSA main building 1111 San Felipe Road Hollister, City of Hollister Animal Control phone (831) 636-4320, payment apparatus (credit cards 2.25% fee + e-checks $1.25 fee), no public-facing inspection portal documented (records-request floor tier), WordPress + Elementor CMS platform attribution.
Last verified by JIE: May 21, 2026
Published inspection data for San Benito County is mirrored on ScoreTable, direct from the agency.
Standard 02
Fire Safety
Authority having jurisdiction
Unknown - likely San Benito County Fire Department or local fire districts
- Phone
- (831) 637-5523
- Website
- sanbenitocountyca.gov
- Fire code edition
- 2025 CFC
- NFPA 96 edition
- 2024
- Hood cleaning default
- Quarterly
- Permit type
- Operational Fire Permit — annual renewal, pass/fail
Hood cleaning frequencies
Frequencies enforced by Unknown - likely San Benito County Fire Department or local fire districts per NFPA 96 (2024).
| 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 San Benito County?
- San Benito County Health and Human Services Agency, Public and Environmental Services, Environmental Health Department is the food safety authority for San Benito County. Reach them at (831) 636-4035. California Retail Food Code (CRFC) provides the statutory base; the agency conducts inspections, scores them per local methodology, and posts results to the public.
- How are inspection results communicated in San Benito County?
- San Benito County Health and Human Services Agency, Public and Environmental Services, Environmental Health Department documents inspections per none methodology. Results are available to the public through the agency's published portals.
- Who enforces fire and hood-cleaning rules in San Benito County?
- Unknown - likely San Benito County Fire Department or local fire districts is the fire authority having jurisdiction (AHJ). They enforce 2025 CFC and NFPA 96 (2024 edition) for commercial kitchen exhaust. Hood cleaning default frequency: quarterly.
- What fire code edition applies in San Benito County?
- 2025 CFC is the adopted edition. NFPA 96 (2024) governs commercial kitchen exhaust systems. Local amendments: none recorded.
- Where can I verify San Benito County inspection records?
- Primary source: https://hhsa.sanbenitocountyca.gov/environmental-health-2-2/. EvidLY ScoreTable mirrors the latest jurisdiction-published results at https://www.getevidly.com/scoretable/california/san-benito.
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