California Health Department
Yuba County commercial kitchen compliance
Yuba County Environmental Health Division is the authority. Here's the methodology, the thresholds, and the fire code overlay.
Authority chain
Yuba County → Yuba County Environmental Health Division → California Retail Food Code
Yuba County applies the statutory framework of the California Retail Food Code. The health department oversees approximately 400 permitted food facilities. Marysville Fire: (530) 749-3900.
Standard 01
Food Safety
Authority
Yuba County Environmental Health Division
- Scoring type
- None
- Grading type
- None
- Permitted facilities
- ~400
- Office
- Yuba County Government Center, 915 8th Street, Marysville, California 95901
Methodology
Yuba County (California) enforces the California Retail Food Code (CalCode, Health & Safety Code Division 104, Part 7, Chapter 1 et seq.) — current version is the operative statutory authority. The Yuba County Environmental Health Division (within the Community Development Department) does not operate a placard, letter-grade, or numeric-scoring overlay. Yuba's published methodology explicitly cites the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention five critical risk factors framework — the same framework that drives placard determination in adjacent placard counties — but Yuba has not adopted the placard apparatus that surrounds it. Yuba is fully encircled by the Sacramento Valley placard cluster: Sutter west (placard), Butte north (placard since May 2014), Sacramento south corner (placard since January 2007 originator), Placer east (placard since February 2016), Yolo northwest via Sutter Buttes corner (placard since July 2017). Yuba is a non-placard pocket — the next-nearest non-placard county is approximately 120 miles away across the placard ring. The continued violations-list-only methodology in Yuba is best characterized as deliberate policy non-adoption rather than regional contagion lag, given Yuba's Environmental Health page language uses the same owner-facing program template as Placer but stops short of the placard ordinance. Approximately 400 retail food facilities are permitted countywide.
Inspection results published by the agency are mirrored at Yuba County on ScoreTable.
Primary source
https://www.yuba.gov/departments/community_development/environmental_health/retail_food/index.php
Last verified by JIE: May 21, 2026
Published inspection data for Yuba County is mirrored on ScoreTable, direct from the agency.
Health department detail
What makes Yuba County distinct
Standard 02
Fire Safety
Authority having jurisdiction
In Yuba County, fire code authority rests with CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit / Marysville Fire Department.
- Phone
- (530) 749-5450
- Website
- co.yuba.ca.us/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 Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit / Marysville Fire Department 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 Yuba County?
- Yuba County Environmental Health Division is the food safety authority for Yuba County. 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 Yuba County?
- Yuba County Environmental Health Division 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 Yuba County?
- In Yuba County, fire code authority rests with CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit / Marysville Fire Department. 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 Yuba County?
- The 2025 California Fire Code is the adopted edition. NFPA 96 (2021) governs commercial kitchen exhaust systems. Ask CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit / Marysville Fire Department whether Yuba County has adopted local amendments to the 2025 California Fire Code.
- Where can I verify Yuba County inspection records?
- Primary source: https://www.yuba.gov/departments/community_development/environmental_health/retail_food/index.php. EvidLY ScoreTable mirrors the latest health-department-published results at https://www.getevidly.com/scoretable/california/yuba.
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