Possible Sickness from a Restaurant

Q: Who do I call if I got sick from eating at a restaurant?

A: This depends on the number of individuals that became ill. Although the Department of Health is no longer the permitting and inspecting agency of free standing restaurants, our department would conduct a HACCP investigation along with The Department of Business and Professional Regulation when these scenarios occur:

1. Always when one or more individuals were confirmed from a doctor that the illness was food related.
2. Two or more unrelated cases of foodborne illness.
3. Three or more related cases, such as members of the same family.

If one individual becomes ill, and the foodborne illness was not confirmed, then the Department of Business and Professional Regulation should be notified. Their phone number is: (850) 487-1395