Regulation and inspection of food
and hospitality facilities

Department of Business and Professional Regulation:

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) regulates one million professionals and businesses across some 200 licensee categories. The department licenses one in sixteen Floridians, ranging from electricians to real estate agents, from cosmetologists to professional boxers. Other department-regulated areas include hotels, restaurants, alcohol and tobacco retailers, condominiums and mobile home parks. DBPR’s mission is to ensure that professions and businesses provide quality services for the health, safety and welfare of citizens and visitors in the great state of Florida.

BPR’s Division of Hotels and Restaurants (H & R) licenses, inspects and regulates public lodging and food service establishments in Florida. The mission of the division is to protect the health and safety of the public through education in partnership with industry.

DBPR regulates and inspects:

• Restaurants
• Caterers
• Mobile food carts
• Some temporary events
• Hotels
• Apartments over 5 units

WEBSITE: http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/index.html

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services:

The mission of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DOACS)is to safeguard the public and support Florida's agricultural economy by:

• Ensuring the safety and wholesomeness of food and other consumer products through inspection and testing programs;
• Protecting consumers from unfair and deceptive business practices and providing consumer information;
• Assisting Florida's farmers and agricultural industries with the production and promotion of agricultural products; and
• Conserving and protecting the state's resources by reducing wildfires, promoting environmentally safe agricultural practices, and managing public lands.

DOACS regulates and inspects:

• Grocery stores
• Bakeries
• Food processors
• Fast food associated with gas stations

WEBSITE: http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/

Florida Department of Health – Environmental Health:

The Florida Department of Health (DOH), through the Environmental Health programs at county health departments, licenses and inspects food service operations in institutional facilities. These facilities include:

• Public and private schools
• Child care facilities
• Hospitals
• Nursing homes
• ALFs (assisted living facilities)
• Residential group homes
• Civic and fraternal organizations
• Bars and lounges that do not serve food
• Movie theaters>
• Detention facilities
• Religious facilities that offer food services to the public

Local WEBSITE: http://www.PinellasHealth.com/EnvHealth.asp