Food Safety
Reducing the Risk of Food-Borne Illness
THD works to safeguard public health through education on safe food handling practices and the regulation of food service establishments. THD performs over 11,000 inspections of approximately 3,500 food service establishments each year to help ensure food is unadulterated, prepared and handled in sanitary conditions, and honestly presented. In addition, approximately 500 food handler classes are conducted each year to educate restaurant employees and other food handlers on food safety regulations outlined in the Food Codes in Tulsa County.