New Food Safey/Inspection Information
Hands Off – New Regulation on Food Handling  

Restaurants

Ensuring the safety of retail food establishments through inspections, trainings, plan reviews, and other contact focusing on food safety practices, employee hygiene, and facility compliance.

The actual amount of food borne illnesses each year in this country is not know but has been estimated as high as 33 million cases per year by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). A thorough restaurant inspection program is instrumental in keeping these numbers low in a given community. Inspectors perform routine inspections of food service establishments and also provide valuable training both on site and during community wide seminars that train food handlers on proper practices and procedures.

Food Establishment Plan Review Guidelines

Check list for Responsible Representative

• Food Establishment Plan Review Application must be filled out completely.
• Provide blue prints (drawn floor plans to scale) and equipment specification sheets.
• Provide proposed menu.
• Keep copy for personal records.
• Plan review application fee ($75.00) paid.
• Review and pre-opening inspection fee ($280.00) paid. If the review and inspection time is less than $280.00, based on hourly rate, the difference will be refunded. Note: An hourly rate (not included in the $280.00) will be charged to the responsible party if this Department is called out for an inspection and the facility is not ready.

Submit to City of Aspen Environmental Health Department. The application review cannot start until all of the above materials are provided.

City of Aspen Environmental Health Department
130 S. Galena Street
Aspen, CO 81611

Phone: 970-920-5039

Restaurants Plan Review Application
Temporary Food Service Application