The Environmental Health Division oversees licensing and inspections of all restaurants, school kitchens, mobile food wagons and their commissaries, catering kitchens, concession stands, and certain types of food vending machines within Barry and Eaton Counties.  With the exception of vending machines, inspections are unannounced and generally occur two times a year unless additional inspections are required due to non-compliance with the FDA Food Code or in response to complaints.   

A Food Service Establishment Inspection Report is generated at the end of an inspection.  This report details for the person in charge any observed violations and the correction schedule for them.  Critical violations are those violations that pose an increased risk for foodborne illness.  When possible, critical violations are to be corrected at the time of the inspection; otherwise they shall be corrected within 10 days of the inspection date.  Failure to do so may result in enforcement action initiated by the Environmental Health Division.  All non-critical violations are subject to correction within a maximum of 90 days from the date cited. 

Food Service Establishment Inspection Reports are public records, which are available for review under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). FOIA requests regarding a particular food service establishment may be faxed to the Environmental Health Division at (269) 818-0237 in Barry County and to (517) 541-2686 in Eaton County.