Food Protection Program:-

The City of Cape Town's Environmental Health section implements a Food Quality and Safety Program that is designed to regulate, monitor, evaluate and control the quality and safety of food products supplied to the citizens of Cape Town. The aim is to reduce the health and safety risks resulting from exposure to contaminated or misbranded foods supplied by any formal and informal food retail and processing establishments located within the City of Cape Town.

The services rendered by this program extends to the following:-

1. Licencing and Certification of all food preparation facilities.
2. Conducting unannounced investigations and inspections of all food preparation facilities.
3. Food sampling programs.
4. Investigating all reported cases of food poisoning.
5. Investigating all consumer complaints & concerns related to food services and food products.
6. Environmental and Milk Control Laboratory Service.