Emergency Preparedness and Response
Emergency Operations for Food Establishments
Disaster Recovery Resources
- Private Well Water Safety Measures and Disinfection (PDF)
- Septic System Flooding Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Septic System Recovery (PDF)
- Disaster Preparation and Recovery
Emergency Preparedness and Recovery Guidance Manual
This manual has been developed for use by authorized registered environmental health specialists working in North Carolina. It is intended to give guidance to specialists working after disasters during periods of recovery, most likely in conjunction with a declared state of emergency.
Food Product Recalls
Guidance for Environmental Health Inspections to Control and Prevent COVID-19
Below are archived communications and guidance to local health departments about conducting inspections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated 8/11/2020
Tab/Accordion Items
- 08/15/2022: Termination of COVID-19 State of Emergency Memo (PDF)
- 06/09/2020: Executive Order 130 Transitional Food Establishment Permit Memo (PDF)
- 05/27/2020 Memo: Point Deduction Guidance for Expired CFPM and COVID-19 (PDF)
- 04/16/2020 Memo: Executive Order 119 and Inspection Frequency Waiver Guidance (PDF)
- 03/30/2020 Memo: Executive Order 120 Closing Swimming Pools and Tattoo Parlors (PDF)
- 03/30/2020 Memo: Executive Order 119 and Emergency Childcare Guidance (PDF)
- 03/26/2020 Memo: Guidance for Restaurants Selling Raw Meat and Meal Kits (PDF)
- 03/20/2020 Memo: Cleaning and Disinfecting Solutions and Procedures to Control COVID-19 in Schools, Child Care Centers, and Other Community, Non-Healthcare Facilities (PDF)
- 03/18/2020 Memo: Executive Order 118 Limiting Operations of Restaurants and Bars (PDF)
- 03/16/2020 Memo: Executive Order 116 Guidance for Right of Entry and Aid to County Funding (PDF)
- 03/13/2020 Guidance Memo to Registered Environmental Health Specialists, Supervisors, and Directors (PDF)
- Flow Chart for Dealing with COVID-19 in Employees (PDF)
- Updated Guidance for Environmental Health Specialists During Field Visits (PDF)
- Food Safety Guidance for School Meal Delivery (PDF)
- Food Safety Information (PDF)
- Guidance for Field Staff during COVID-19 Outbreak (PDF)
- How to Safely Prepare Boxed Meals (PDF)
- Is Coronavirus a Concern with Takeout?
- Is COVID-19 a Food Safety Issue?
- Restaurant Takeout Guidance - Color (PDF); Black and White (PDF)
- Time as a Public Health Control Policy and Log (PDF)
- Water Transmission and COVID-19 (CDC)