Environmentalists are responsible for inspection of restaurants, grocery stores, vending machines, food, beverage and bakery warehouses; boarding homes, motels and hotels, mobile home and recreational vehicle parks, youth camps and schools; consumer products and private water; septic tank installation and septic tank cleaning vehicles.

The Cumberland Valley District Health Department Board of Health requires all persons working in food service establishments to have a food handler card. This includes waitresses, dishwashers, as well as the employees handling/preparing food in kitchens.

Personnel with a valid Food Manager’s Certificate such as Serve Safe are still required to have a Food Handler’s certification card from the Cumberland Valley District Health Department.

Testing

1-Day a week only at the following locations:

Bell County Health Department Clay County Health Department

310 Cherry Street 100 South Court Street

Pineville, KY 40977 Manchester, KY 40962

606-337-9595 ext. 229 606-598-2425 ext. 223

Harlan County Health Department Jackson County Health Department

102 East Clover Street US Hwy 421 South

Harlan, KY 40831 McKee, KY 40447

606-573-3219 ext. 11 606-287-8421 ext. 124

Rockcastle County Health Department

120 Richmond Street

Mt. Vernon, KY 40456

606-256-2242 ext. 129

All times and dates are made by appointment only!

Call before 9:00 for an appointment

Five dollars ($5.00) per person, for three years

Translators Welcomed!

Person – Dictionary - Electronic

Programs are offered on rabies, rodent and nuisance control; frozen food locker inspection, raw agricultural sampling; radon, confinement facilities, swimming areas and emergency disaster services. Environmental staff often work in cooperation with state and federal agencies in EPA related programs.

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