Maine — statewide
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Inspection Program
In short
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Inspection Program issues 2 permits we publish for Maine — statewide, last verified 2026-09-04. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified Food Protection Manageronly if it applies to you | Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Inspection Program | Not a state fee — priced by the private accredited provider, commonly in the range of $89 to $235 | 5 years | 2026-09-04 |
| Eating Establishment License | Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Inspection Program | $205–$300 a year, banded by seating capacity | annual | 2026-09-04 |
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
Certified Food Protection Manager
No state-set fee, because Maine runs no certification programme of its own — a valid certificate from an accredited private provider must be submitted with the eating establishment application itself, for new establishments and on a change of ownership. It must be renewed through retesting every five years, and if the certified employee leaves, the establishment has sixty days to have someone else certified before it falls out of compliance. The lowest-risk category of eating establishment is exempt from the requirement altogether.
Eating Establishment License
This license applies to anywhere food is prepared and served — restaurants, catering, takeout, mobile kitchens — as distinct in Maine law from a food establishment that merely manufactures or sells packaged food, which is licensed by a different department entirely; see that record. The fee bands by seating: $220 for a small eating place of up to twenty-nine seats, $265 from thirty to seventy-five, and $300 above that. Takeout with no seating is also $220, and a limited-menu establishment such as a bar with no kitchen is cheaper at $205. Outdoor seating only counts toward the total if there is also indoor seating and either thirty or more outdoor seats or table service outdoors. Renewing within thirty days of expiry costs a $25 late fee; beyond thirty days it rises to $125.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Maine — statewide
- Phone
- (207) 287-5671
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.
- 22 Maine Revised Statutes section 2491 — defining an eating establishment and excluding food establishments licensed elsewhereMaine Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Maine CDC form HHE-602 — eating and lodging licence application and fee tableMaine Center for Disease Control and Prevention · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Maine CDC Health Inspection Program — the certified food protection manager requirement for eating establishmentsMaine Center for Disease Control and Prevention · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Maine statewide offices
- Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions
- Maine Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division
- Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Division of Quality Assurance and Regulations
- Maine Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police, Traffic Division
- Maine Office of Child and Family Services, Children's Licensing and Investigation Services
- Maine Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Barbering and Cosmetology Licensing Program
- Maine Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Board of Veterinary Medicine
- Maine Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Electricians' Examining Board
- Maine Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Maine Fuel Board
- Maine Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Plumbers' Examining Board
- Maine Revenue Services
Maine jurisdictions
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