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Food Recycling Resources

The Green Plan for the Food Service Industry

Green Restaurant Association

National Restaurant Association

GreenBiz

Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable

MDEQ Restaurant Industry Pollution Prevention and Waste Reduction

DEQ Michigan Business Pollution Prevention Partner Program

US EPA Waste Wise Program

Energy Star Program

US EPA - Food Scraps

America's Second Harvest

Fork It Over

Food Services - Permanent Establishments

Opening a Permanent Food Establishment

If you are building a new building or remodeling an existing establishment or structure, you can jump right in and begin the Plan Review process. If, however, you are buying an existing establishment and plan to run it "as is", we recommend a call to the health department first. We have records on all existing food establishments under our jurisdiction, and can tell you before you buy if you would be inheriting any previously identified problems. Our sanitarians can be very helpful in pointing out potential pitfalls.

Penney L. Massey, R.S.
Food Service Program Supervisor
Otsego Office: 989-732-1794
p.massey@nwhealth.org

Brad Smith
Charlevoix Office: 231-547-6523
b.smith@nwhealth.org

Gary Green
Antrim Office: 231-533-8670
g.green@nwhealth.org

Michele Delves
Emmet Office: 231-347-6014
m.delves@nwhealth.org

Plan Review Submittal

Submittals must include:

• Plan Review Packet
• Proposed Menu
• Appropriate Fee
• A Plan to Scale
• Equipment Specification sheets (make, model, dimensions)

Download Plan Review Materials:
MDA Application and Instructions

Check out these links for other useful information:

Tax Exempt Application (103kb)

Food Safety Guidelines for Restaurants (103kb)

Daily Food Safety Checklist (103kb)

Food Temperature Recording Log (103kb)

MDA Food Law, Food Code, and Food Fact Sheet website
(This is an excellent resource for all kinds of information and links to other sites.)

Food Employee Health Related Issues

Download Information:
Memo re: Employee Health (52kb)

MDA Factsheet - Food Employee Health (28kb)

Forms 1-3 (Annex 7)- Food Employee Health (80kb)

Food Code Paraphrased for Physician Reference (56kb)

1999 Food Code Exclusions and Restrictions (43kb)

Food Code 2-201 Employee Health (77kb)

Related Links

NEW! September ServSafe Class Enrollment Form

NEW! June ServSafe Class Enrollment Form

Sirloin Tips

2008 Fee Schedule
(94kb)

Information about Norovirus
(159kb)

MDA Food Safety
Training Classes

Online Food
Safety Classes

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Related Sites

Occupational Safety & Health Admin. (OSHA)

Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality (MDEQ)

Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources (MDNR)

Michigan Environmental Health Association (MEHA)

National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)

Michigan Dept. of Education (MDE)

Dept. of Consumer & Industry Services (CIS)

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