Contra Costa County
Contra Costa Health, Environmental Health Division
In short
Contra Costa Health, Environmental Health Division issues 3 permits we publish for Contra Costa County, last verified 2026-10-02. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Food Facility Permit | Contra Costa Health, Environmental Health Division | $947 annual, Restaurant category RC1 (0-25 seats) — currently billed figure | annual | 2026-10-02 |
| Temporary Food Event Permitonly if it applies to you | Contra Costa Health, Environmental Health Division | $235 per event, per booth (1-2 booths) — currently billed figure; the fee scales upward with additional booths on the same fee page | per event | 2026-10-02 |
| Mobile Food Facility (MFF) / CMFO Permit | Contra Costa Health, Environmental Health Division | $266–$1,097 annual, by category under the Phased Increase 1 schedule in effect through December 31, 2026 (e.g., Mobile Food Facility Full Prep = $549) | annual | 2026-10-02 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Retail Food Facility Permit
A facility that prepares, packages or sells food to the public needs this permit from Contra Costa Health's Environmental Health Division, which regulates retail food countywide — in every incorporated city and the unincorporated area alike. The Scheduled Fees page carries a three-phase increase for each category, with its own effective-date footnotes: for a Restaurant (RC1, 0-25 seats), the figure currently billed is $947, the page's 'Phased Increase 1' amount, in effect through December 31, 2026; it rises to $1,095 ('Phased Increase 2') on January 1, 2027, and to $1,244 (the page's 'Current Fees' column, which is actually the fully phased-in target) on January 1, 2028. Other categories on the same fee page — bakeries, retail food markets, cocktail lounges, snack bars, production kitchens, catering operations and vending machines — are billed under this same three-phase structure at their own listed rates for each phase.
Temporary Food Event Permit
A vendor selling food at a fair, festival or other temporary event anywhere in the county needs a Temporary Food Event Permit from Contra Costa Health's Environmental Health Division. The currently billed per-booth fee for a 1-2 booth event is $235, drawn from the same Scheduled Fees page and phase-in structure as the Retail Food Facility and Mobile Food Facility Permits above; events with more booths are charged a higher per-event figure on that same schedule. This permit is separate from, and in addition to, any annual Retail Food Facility Permit or Mobile Food Facility Permit the vendor otherwise holds.
Mobile Food Facility (MFF) / CMFO Permit
A Mobile Food Facility (MFF) or Compact Mobile Food Operation (CMFO) — a food truck, cart or trailer — needs this permit from Contra Costa Health's Environmental Health Division before operating anywhere in the county, incorporated or unincorporated. Fees range by category on the same Scheduled Fees page as the Retail Food Facility Permit, under the same three-phase increase structure; the Full Prep category is currently billed at $549 under 'Phased Increase 1,' in effect through December 31, 2026, after which it rises under the page's Phased Increase 2 and Phased Increase 3 columns the same way the restaurant categories do.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Contra Costa County
- Phone
- (925) 608-5500
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Environmental Health Scheduled FeesContra Costa Health, Environmental Health Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
- Fees for Retail Food, Pools, Body Art & MoreContra Costa Health, Environmental Health Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
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