Food Safety

What would you like to do?

Top tasks

Check food safety recalls & news alerts 

All other tasks

Apply for a permit to sell or distribute bottled water or carbonated nonalcoholic beverages in Massachusetts  Apply for a Certificate of Health and Free Sale & Export Statements  Wholesale Food Guidance - Apply for initial licensure for food processing and/or distribution at wholesale  Apply for a license to process meat and poultry  Apply for a license to transport bakery products into Massachusetts for the purpose of sale  Apply for a license to transport frozen desserts and/or ice cream mix into Massachusetts for the purpose of sale 

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What you need to know

Food Protection Program application forms  2020 Vibrio Control Plan  Foodborne illness investigations  CBD in Food Manufactured or Sold in Massachusetts  Bottled Water  Dairy 

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Contact Information

Food Protection Program

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Address

305 South St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Directions 

Phone

Call Food Protection Program at (617) 983-6712

TTY Call Food Protection Program, TTY at (617) 624-5286

Online

Email Food Protection Program at FPP.DPH@massmail.state.ma.us

Fax

(617) 983-6770

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Additional Resources for Food Safety

Open file for Federal Food Safety Information

Open file for Holiday Food Safety Tips (USDA-FSIS)

Open file for Food Protection Program regulations

Open file for Food Establishment Advisory Committee

Open PDF file, 215.56 KB, for DPH Fact Sheet: Sodium in Drinking Water (PDF 215.56 KB)

Open DOCX file, 59.54 KB, for Sodium in Drinking Water (DOCX 59.54 KB)

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