The Food Safety Program works to ensure that food and dietary supplements manufactured, processed, stored and sold in Virginia are safe, wholesome and properly labeled. This program administers the Virginia Food and Drink Law and related regulations.

The Dairy Services Program administers the Virginia Dairy Laws and related regulations designed to ensure the safety and wholesomeness of milk and dairy products.

Resources for New & Existing Food Businesses

• Commercial Animal Feed (Selling human food waste products intended for animal feed)
• Dairy Farms, Milk Haulers & Cheesemaking Operations
• Farmers' Market Vendors
• Food & Beverage Manufacturing Facilities & Warehouses
• Guidance Documents & Informational Handouts
• Hemp Product Enforcement
• Home & Commercial Kitchen-Based Businesses & Food Service Vendors
• Industrial Hemp-Derived Extract Intended for Human Consumption
• Retail Food Stores & Frozen Dessert Shops
• Virginia Department of Health (For restaurants, caterers, hospitals & schools)
• Virginia Rapid Response Team (PDF)

Food Firm Inventory & Recent Inspections

• Firm Inspections (PDF)
• Firm Inventory (PDF)
• Inspected Virginia Industrial Hemp Processors (PDF)

Consumer Food Safety

• Food Safety
• FDA: Food Recalls
• Food Recall Questions

Contact

Dairy & Foods contact information

Click here to submit a complaint concerning foodborne illness, or conditions at a food manufacturer or retail store.