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Environmental Health

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Contact: Carrie Buckley, Environmental Health Administrator

Phone: 203-630-4226, cbuckley@meridenct.gov

Our Environmental Health staff conducts routine and complaint-based inspections of and respond to/conduct:

  • Barbershop, Hairdressing and Cosmetology Shop Inspections 
  • Childhood Lead Poisoning
  • Day Care Inspections
  • Food Service Establishments (including temporary events)
  • Nuisance Properties
  • Proactive Sweeps
  • Septic Systems/Private Wells 
  • Swimming Pools (Public)

CITY CODE UPDATES - EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026

On June 15, 2026, Meriden City Council approved updates to various city codes, and the Environmental Health fee schedule. Changes go into effect July 1, 2026. Please click here for the letter that was emailed to licensed establishments on June 23, 2026, and below for the new codes.

 

ROUTINE FOOD SERVICE INSPECTION POSTING
(New November 2, 2026) - Routine food service inspections conducted by the Meriden Department of Health and Human Services will be posted monthly to this website. Click on the month below to view the inspections.
 
FDA FOOD CODE REGULATIONS
1. Meriden City Code, Chapter 112 (Food and Food Service Establishments)
2. On February 17, 2023, the Department of Public Health Food Protection Program transitioned to the 2022 FDA Code. A supplement was released in November 2024. Some of the major changes are:

  • Class II, III, & IV food establishments will be required to have PIC (Person in Charge) that is a trained Certified Food Protection Manager on site at all times.

  • Qualified Food Operators (QFOs) will become known as the Certified Food Protection Managers. See below under "Resources" for a list of approved testing organizations.

  • Violations will no longer be debit as points. Inspection forms will be marked as one of the following IN or Out of compliance. N/A (not applicable) or N/O (not observed).

  • Failures are no longer based on a score below an 80 or at least one 4 point item but instead a debit for a Priority Item. Failures will now be referred to as requires reinspection. The following are correction timeframes based on FDA code.

    • Priority violations need to be corrected with 72 hours.

    • Priority foundation violations need to be corrected within 10 days.

    • Core violations need to be corrected within 90 days. 

RESOURCES:

 

FOOD ALLERGEN POSTER - P.A. 23-115

All Class 2, 3, and 4 food services establishments are required to post the CT DPH food allergen poster. The poster includes information on:

  • The most common allergy-causing foods
  • The actions a server should take when a customer notifies the server that the customer has a food allergy
  • The ways in which kitchen staff and servers can prevent cross contact of foods
  • The need to contact the 911 emergency telecommunications number if a customer has an allergic reaction while on the premises of such food establishment

Posters - in 8 languages - can be downloaded here.

 

SODIUM CHLORIDE RUNOFF DAMAGE REPORT FORM

Pursuant to PA 23.31, Sec. 19, this electronic reporting form is for the owner of any home or well that is damaged as direct result of sodium chloride run-off to register the damage with the local health department. Annually, the local health department will submit any report received for the previous year to the Office of Policy and Management, who may identify any available state or federal financial resources to assist such owners with the costs of remediation, mitigation, or repair of such homes or wells.

Click here for the form (Survey Monkey): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MeridenSodium2026

 

COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS

As of October 1, 2018, Connecticut Public Act 18-141 Allows cottage food operations. A cottage food operation is one in which the production of specific non-potentially hazardous foods in residential kitchens is allowed provided certain regulations and laws are met.

Please be aware that cottage food operations are regulated and licensed by the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) and not local health departments or health districts. Please contact DCP directly if you have any questions.

Click here for the DCP website on cottage food.