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Restaurants and Schools

Person taking temperature of food.

Environmental Health specialists work to safeguard the public’s health from food-borne illness by:

  • Licensing and inspecting restaurants, schools, grocery stores, delis, concession stands, bars, mobile food units and prepackaged food sales
  • Reviewing construction plans and inspecting new or extensively remodeled food establishments, and food establishments that are changing owners
  • Providing food-borne outbreak investigations and follow-ups on consumer complaints
  • Assisting food recalls by alerting local retailers and checking stores for recalled products
  • Maintaining the public online food services inspection database

For questions related to food safety inspections and regulations, please call  307.633.4090.

The results of all restaurant and school inspections are available to the public and can be viewed here.

 

Applications

Food Service Plan Review Worksheet (COMING SOON)
Retail Food Establishment Plan Review Worksheet (pdf)
Mobile Unit Plan Review Worksheet (pdf)

Regulations

Cheyenne-Laramie County Food Safety Rule (pdf)

Policies and Procedures

Bare Hand Contact with Ready-to-Eat Foods – Questions and Answers (pdf)
Contacto Directo de Manos con Alimentos Listos para el Consumo – Preguntas y Respuestas (pdf)
Clean-Up Procedures for a Vomit/Fecal Event (pdf)
Procedimientos de Limpieza para Vómitos/Eventos Fecales (pdf)
Employee Health Policy Guidance: Decision Tree for Managers (pdf)
Guía para la Poliza de Salud de Trabajadores: “Arbol de Decision” para los Supervisores (Spanish) (pdf)
Standard Operating Procedure for Cooling (pdf)
Procedimientos Operativos Estandarizados: Enfriamiento de Alimentos (pdf)
Standard Operating Procedure for Reheating (pdf)
Procedimientos Operativos Estandarizados: Recalentamiento de Alimentos (pdf)

Guides

Mobile Unit General Requirements (pdf)

Printable Logs

Cold Holding Temperature Log (pdf)
Cooling Temperature Log (pdf)
Food Temperature Log (pdf)

Manager Certification and Training 

Every establishment preparing PHF/TCS foods shall have a Certified Manger. Please visit the ANSI National Accreditation Board website for links to approved manager certification courses and exams.