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MMinnesota Local Department of Health and Agriculture Contact Information

MMinnesota State Department of Health Contact Information

Most questions regarding food production, handling, sales and serving, including cottage food laws and regulations are handled by the state's local health department or department of agriculture, and sometimes by a city or county business registration office.

MMinnesota Health Department

Minnesota

Main Office: 651-201-5000 Phone
888-345-0823 Toll-free

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MMinnesota Environmental Health

• Program Contact Information: Emails and phone numbers for the individual programs housed in Environmental Health.
  
• Topic Index: A-Z index of topics covered at the Environmental Health Division.

• EH Division Summary Fact Sheet (PDF) Fact sheet summarizing the basic services that the MDH Environmental Health Division provides the public.

MMinnesota local department of health contacts

The following counties have websites, and some have Facebook pages, that provide information regarding their department and its services:

Local health departments

County/city	Local health department	Community health board
Aitkin	Aitkin County Health & Human Services	Aitkin-Itasca-Koochiching
Anoka	Anoka County Human Services	Anoka
Becker	Becker County Public Health	Partnership4Health
Beltrami	Beltrami County Public Health	Beltrami
Benton	Benton County Public Health	Benton
Big Stone	Countryside Public Health	Countryside Public Health
City of Bloomington	Bloomington Public Health	Bloomington
Blue Earth	Blue Earth County Human Services/Social Services	Blue Earth
Brown	Brown County Public Health	Brown-Nicollet
Carlton	Carlton County Public Health and Human Services	Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis
Carver	Carver County Public Health	Carver
Cass	Cass County Health, Human, and Veterans Services	Cass
Chippewa	Countryside Public Health	Countryside Public Health
Chisago	Chisago County Health and Human Services	Chisago
Clay	Clay County Social and Health Services	Partnership4Health
Clearwater	Clearwater County Public Health/Nursing Services	North Country
Cook	Cook County Public Health	Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis
Cottonwood	Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services	Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services
Crow Wing	Crow Wing County Community Services	Crow Wing
Dakota	Dakota County Public Health	Dakota
Dodge	Dodge County Public Health	Dodge-Steele
Douglas	Horizon Public Health	Horizon Public Health
City of Edina	City of Edina: Public Health	Edina
Faribault	Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties	Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties
Fillmore	Fillmore County Public Health	Fillmore-Houston
Freeborn	Freeborn County Public Health	Freeborn
Goodhue	Goodhue County Health & Human Services	Goodhue
Grant	Horizon Public Health	Horizon Public Health
Hennepin	Hennepin County Public Health Promotion	Hennepin
(note: Bloomington, Edina, Minneapolis, and Richfield are independent community health boards located within Hennepin County)
Houston	Houston County Public Health and Human Services	Fillmore-Houston
Hubbard	CHI St. Joseph's Health	North Country
Isanti	Isanti County Public Health	Isanti
Itasca	Itasca County Health & Human Services	Aitkin-Itasca-Koochiching
Jackson	Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services	Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services
Kanabec	Kanabec County Community Health	Kanabec
Kandiyohi	Kandiyohi County Health & Human Services	Kandiyohi-Renville
Kittson	Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center	Quin County
Koochiching	Koochiching County Public Health & Human Services	Aitkin-Itasca-Koochiching
Lac qui Parle	Countryside Public Health	Countryside Public Health
Lake	Lake County Health & Human Services	Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis
Lake of the Woods	LakeWood Health Center	North Country
Le Sueur	Le Sueur County Public Health	Le Sueur-Waseca
Lincoln	SWHHS	SWHHS
Lyon	SWHHS	SWHHS
Mahnomen	Norman-Mahnomen Public Health	Polk-Norman-Mahnomen
Marshall	North Valley Public Health	Quin County
Martin	Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties	Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties
McLeod	McLeod County Public Health Nursing	Meeker, McLeod, Sibley Community Health Services
Meeker	Meeker County Public Health	Meeker, McLeod, Sibley Community Health Services
Mille Lacs	Mille Lacs County Public Health	Mille Lacs
City of Minneapolis	City of Minneapolis Health Department	Minneapolis
Morrison	Morrison County Public Health / Social Services	Morrison-Todd-Wadena
Mower	Mower County Health & Human Services	Mower
Murray	SWHHS	SWHHS
Nicollet	Nicollet County Public Health	Brown-Nicollet
Nobles	Nobles County Community Health Services	Nobles
Norman	Norman-Mahnomen Public Health	Polk-Norman-Mahnomen
Olmsted	Olmsted County Public Health Services	Olmsted
Otter Tail	Otter Tail County Public Health	Partnership4Health
Pennington	Inter-County Nursing Service	Quin County
Pine	Pine County Public Health	Pine
Pipestone	SWHHS	SWHHS
Polk	Polk County Public Health	Polk-Norman-Mahnomen Community Health Services
Pope	Horizon Public Health	Horizon Public Health
Red Lake	Inter-County Nursing Service	Quin County
Redwood	SWHHS	SWHHS
Renville	Renville County Public Health	Kandiyohi-Renville
Ramsey	St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health	St. Paul-Ramsey
Rice	Rice County Public Health	Rice
City of Richfield	City of Richfield Public Health	Richfield
Rock	SWHHS	SWHHS
Roseau	LifeCare Public Health	Quin County
Scott	Scott County Public Health	Scott
Sherburne	Sherburne County Health & Human Services	Sherburne
Sibley	Sibley County Public Health	Meeker, McLeod, Sibley Community Health Services
St. Louis	St. Louis County Public Health & Human Services	Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis
City of St. Paul	St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health	St. Paul-Ramsey
Stearns	Stearns County Human Services	Stearns
Steele	Steele County Community Services	Dodge-Steele
Stevens	Horizon Public Health	Horizon Public Health
Swift	Countryside Public Health	Countryside Public Health
Traverse	Horizon Public Health	Horizon Public Health
Todd	Todd County Health & Human Services	Morrison-Todd-Wadena
Wabasha	Wabasha County Public Health	Wabasha
Wadena	Wadena County Public Health	Morrison-Todd-Wadena
Waseca	Waseca County Public Health Services	Le Sueur-Waseca
Washington	Washington County Public Health & Environment	Washington
Watonwan	Watonwan County Human Services	Watonwan
Wilkin	Wilkin County Public Health	Partnership4Health
Winona	Winona County Community Services	Winona
Wright	Wright County Human Services	Wright
Yellow Medicine	Countryside Public Health	Countryside Public Health

See a map of Minnesota's boards: Minnesota community health boards (PDF)

Note: Bloomington, Edina, Minneapolis, and Richfield are independent community health boards located within Hennepin County.

Community health board	Member counties/local health departments
Aitkin-Itasca-Koochiching	Aitkin County Health & Human Services
	Itasca County Health & Human Services
	Koochiching County Public Health & Human Services
Anoka	Anoka County Human Services
Beltrami	Beltrami County Public Health
Benton	Benton County Public Health
Bloomington	Bloomington Public Health
Blue Earth	Blue Earth County Human Services/Social Services
Brown-Nicollet	Brown County Public Health
	Nicollet County Public Health
Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis	Carlton County Public Health & Human Services
	Cook County Public Health
	Lake County Health & Human Services
	St. Louis County Public Health & Human Services
Carver	Carver County Public Health
Cass	Cass County Health, Human, & Veterans Services
Chisago	Chisago County Health & Human Services
Countryside	Big Stone County
	Chippewa County
	Lac qui Parle County
	Swift County
	Yellow Medicine County
Crow Wing	Crow Wing County Community Services
Dakota	Dakota County Public Health
Des Moines Valley	Cottonwood County
	Jackson County
Dodge-Steele	Dodge County Public Health
	Steele County Community Services
Edina	City of Edina: Public Health
Faribault-Martin	Faribault County
	Martin County
Fillmore-Houston	Fillmore County Public Health
	Houston County Public Health and Human Services
Freeborn	Freeborn County Public Health
Goodhue	Goodhue County Health & Human Services
Hennepin	Hennepin County Public Health Promotion
Horizon	Douglas County
	Grant County
	Pope County
	Stevens County
	Traverse County
Isanti	Isanti County Public Health
Kanabec	Kanabec County Community Health
Kandiyohi-Renville	Kandiyohi County Health & Human Services
	Renville County Public Health
Le Sueur-Waseca	Le Sueur County Public Health
	Waseca County Public Health Services
Meeker-McLeod-Sibley	McLeod County Public Health Nursing
	Meeker County Public Health
	Sibley County Public Health
Mille Lacs	Mille Lacs County Public Health
Minneapolis	City of Minneapolis Health Department
Morrison-Todd-Wadena	Morrison County Public Health / Social Services
	Todd County Health & Human Services
	Wadena County Public Health
Mower	Mower County Health & Human Services
Nobles	Nobles County Community Health Services
North Country	Clearwater County Public Health/Nursing Services
	Hubbard County: CHI St. Joseph's Health
	Lake of the Woods County: LakeWood Health Center
Olmsted	Olmsted County Public Health Services
Partnership4Health	Becker County Public Health
	Clay County Social & Health Services
	Otter Tail County Public Health
	Wilkin County Public Health
Pine	Pine County Public Health
Polk-Norman-Mahnomen Community Health Services	Mahnomen and Norman counties: Norman-Mahnomen Public Health
	Polk County Public Health
Quin County	Kittson County: Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center
	Marshall County: North Valley Public Health
	Pennington County: Inter-County Nursing Service
	Red Lake County: Inter-County Nursing Service
	Roseau County: LifeCare Public Health
Rice	Rice County Public Health
Richfield	City of Richfield Public Health
Scott	Scott County Public Health
Sherburne	Sherburne County Health & Human Services
St. Paul-Ramsey	Ramsey County
	City of St. Paul
Stearns	Stearns County Human Services
SWHHS	Lincoln County
	Lyon County
	Murray County
	Pipestone County
	Rock County
	Redwood County
Wabasha	Wabasha County Public Health
Washington	Washington County Public Health & Environment
Watonwan	Watonwan County Human Services
Winona	Winona County Community Services
Wright	Wright County Human Services

The community health board is the legal governing authority for local public health in Minnesota, and community health boards work with MDH to promote the public's health. Minnesota community health boards must serve at least 30,000 people. If a single county doesn't meet the population requirement, it can form a community health board with one or more neighboring counties.

• See a map of Minnesota's boards: Minnesota community health boards (PDF)
• Learn more about governance in Minnesota: Minnesota's public health system
• Find your board's community health improvement plan: 2010-2014 community health improvement plans from Minnesota community health boards

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website

FDA Labeling and Nutrition

Nutrition Facts Label, Label Claims, Menu and Vending Machine Labeling, Gluten-Free Labeling

FDA Ingredients and Packaging

Food & Color Additives, GRAS, Food Allergens, Food Contact Substances, New Plant Varieties

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a tool, the AskUSDA site providing information from across USDA all in one place. Just type key words or phrases into the search box. Your search will provide the top 10 results from across USDA. For the best search results, keep in mind that including "and" in the search box will exclude articles that don't include all searched words. Including "or" in the search box will include articles with any of the searched words.

If you have specific USDA questions that you cannot find answers to on the site, call (202) 720-2791 or email USDA at [email protected].

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

If you are looking for the national US Department of Health, that's the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and here is the mailing address and phone number:

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Toll Free Call Center: 1-877-696-6775
Note: Please be aware that mail sent to their Washington D.C. area offices takes an additional 3-4 days to process due to security precautions.