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Residential Child Care Providers

The State of Utah requires that the local health department inspect your kitchen prior to obtaining or renewing a permit. Requests for inspection should be made using the Application for Food Service Inspection and mailed with the fee to:

Bureau of Food Protection
788 East Woodoak Lane
Murray, UT 84107

Download an Application for Food Service Inspection (83 KB). You can type the information into the application and then print it.

The fee for each inspection is $60.00.

The inspection will cover these categories:

Food prepared by the caregiver or brought in by the parents is provided from an approved source.
Food brought in by parents for a child’s use is labeled.
Open baby food is refrigerated, held for less than 24 hours, and if it is infant formula or breast milk that it is discarded two hours after initiating a feeding.
Refrigerator is clean, temperature is below 41 degrees Fahrenheit, and a thermometer is placed inside that measures ambient air temperature.
Probe thermometer is available that measures food temperatures.
Caregivers have a current childcare food handler card.
Food is served on clean and sanitized utensils, equipment, plates, etc.
Re-usable food containers, utensils, and prep surfaces are washed, rinsed, and sanitized with an approved sanitizer before each use.
Personal cleanliness hand washing facilities are stocked and available, hair restraints are in use, and outer clothing is clean.
Chemicals are stored away from food and food service items, and inaccessible to children.
Menus are posted for the current week.

To request an inspection the Salt Lake Valley Health Department requires that an Application for Food Service Inspection (83 KB) be submitted. Call the Bureau of Food Protection at (801) 313-6620 if you have additional questions.