Food Safety for Food Establishments

The Arlington County Public Health, Environmental Health Program works with food establishments to prevent and address foodborne illnesses. Here are some helpful resources.

Food Safety

• Food Establishment Inspection Reports
• Food Safety Quick Guide(PDF, 185KB) (also in Amharic(PDF, 249KB), Bangla(PDF, 244KB), Korean(PDF, 716KB), Simplified Chinese(PDF, 756KB), Spanish(PDF, 210KB), Thai(PDF, 235KB), Turkish(PDF, 209KB), Vietnamese(PDF, 246KB))
• Employee Health Notice(PDF, 49KB) (also in Spanish(PDF, 114KB))
• Food Allergens (VDH)
• Dogs in Food Establishments
• Clean Up After Animals(PDF, 1MB)
• Food Safety During a Power Outage
• Food Safety During a Boil Water Advisory

Common Foodborne Illness Fact Sheets 

• Campylobacteriosis(PDF, 160KB) (also in Amharic(PDF, 223KB), Arabic(PDF, 293KB), Farsi(PDF, 308KB), Mongolian(PDF, 289KB), Spanish(PDF, 195KB))
• Norovirus(PDF, 144KB) (also in Amharic(PDF, 246KB), Arabic(PDF, 272KB), Farsi(PDF, 336KB), Mongolian(PDF, 376KB), Spanish(PDF, 142KB))
• Salmonellosis(PDF, 534KB) (also in Amharic(PDF, 251KB), Arabic(PDF, 276KB), Farsi(PDF, 269KB), Mongolian(PDF, 269KB), Spanish(PDF, 149KB), Tigrigna(PDF, 244KB))
• Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)(PDF, 134KB) (also in Amharic(PDF, 233KB), Arabic(PDF, 269KB), Farsi(PDF, 278KB), Mongolian(PDF, 251KB), Spanish(PDF, 152KB), Tigrigna(PDF, 232KB))
• Shigellosis(PDF, 150KB) (also in Amharic(PDF, 208KB), Arabic(PDF, 231KB), Farsi(PDF, 272KB), Mongolian(PDF, 242KB), Spanish(PDF, 163KB))