Duties and Responsibilities in Food Division
Inspection of over 500 retail food outlets in Grant County
- Restaurants and Taverns
- School cafeterias and Bakeries
- Convenience stores and supermarkets
- Mobile food units and bed and breakfasts
- Non-profit organizations (operating more than 15 days a calendar year) or upon request
- Over 20 fairs and festivals and over 135 food vendors
- Plan review for proposed remodeling and or new construction of retail food outlets
Investigate and Report
- Food-borne illnesses
- Complaints filed against food outlets or food products by consumers
- Unrefrigerated trucks carrying potentially hazardous foods that require refrigeration w/ IN State Police
- Relevant and necessary cases to the Indiana State Department of Health
Consult and Educate
- Food Safety and Sanitation at all retail food outlets
- Farmer's Market, Open Air Market, and Home Based Vendors as needed
- Provide or facilitate educational presentations to schools, organizations, and retail food establishment
- Work with IN State Excise Police reference tobacco (Do's and Don'ts) in restaurants, taverns, and private clubs
Research and Continued Learning
- Maintain State Standardization Training with the Indiana State Department of Health 2 times a year
- Webinar training, Monthly meetings with IN Environmental Health Association NE Chapter, Food Protection Meeting 4 times a year
- National Incident Management System Training and Testing with EMA
Enforce and Respond
- Pertinent laws and regulations
- Pertinent local ordinances
- Provide 24/7 (on-call) response to fires, floods, power outages, or other emergencies involving retail food outlets
Manage and Administer
- Maintain the contents of the Food Division (Web Pages) for up-to-date recalls, inspection reports, forms, and information for the public and industry in order to provide easy access and most of all be transparent
- General clerical work including the origination of warning letters, and informational paper, mailing over 500 pieces of mail to all the retail food outlets 4 times a year, and document filing
- Receive payments for Food Licenses, new and renewal, for over 500 retail food outlets, and handling late fees, and fines
For Questions, Suggestions, or Information
Dean Small
Email: foods@grantcounty.in.gov