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, 182KB) (also in Amharic(PDF, 254KB), Bangla(PDF, 249KB), Korean(PDF, 511KB), Simplified Chinese(PDF, 750KB), Spanish(PDF, 215KB), Thai(PDF, 265KB), Vietnamese(PDF, 251KB))

Employee Health Notice(PDF, 85KB) (also in Spanish(PDF, 88KB))

Food Allergens(PDF, 186KB)

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, 165KB))

Norovirus(PDF, 144KB) (also in Amharic(PDF, 193KB), Arabic(PDF, 232KB), Farsi(PDF, 241KB), Mongolian(PDF, 237KB), Spanish(PDF, 142KB))

Salmonellosis(PDF, 534KB) (also in Amharic(PDF, 251KB), Arabic(PDF, 276KB), Farsi(PDF, 269KB), Mongolian(PDF, 269KB), Spanish(PDF, 140KB), Tigrigna(PDF, 244KB))

Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)(PDF, 518KB) (also in Amharic(PDF, 233KB), Arabic(PDF, 269KB), Farsi(PDF, 278KB), Mongolian(PDF, 251KB), Spanish(PDF, 122KB), Tigrigna(PDF, 232KB))

Shigellosis(PDF, 157KB) (also in Amharic(PDF, 208KB), Arabic(PDF, 231KB), Farsi(PDF, 272KB), Mongolian(PDF, 242KB), Spanish(PDF, 162KB))