Mississippi — statewide
Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Food Protection
In short
Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Food Protection issues 2 permits we publish for Mississippi — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Establishment Permit | Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Food Protection | $40–$264.50 a year, banded by the department's own risk classification | annual | 2026-09-04 |
| Certified Food Protection Manager | Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Food Protection | No fee | not stated in the state's own regulation text | 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
Food Establishment Permit
Priced by risk category rather than seating or size: $40 a year at the lowest risk level, rising to $132.25, $198 and $264.50 at the highest, with the higher tiers also inspected at least twice a year rather than once. A new establishment additionally pays a $224.25 plan review fee before it can open, and a reinspection requested outside the routine schedule costs $165.
Certified Food Protection Manager
No state fee — the certificate comes from an accredited private training provider at that provider's price. This is a genuine, unqualified requirement rather than one option among several: the permit holder or a designated person in charge must have completed an approved manager certification course, full stop, and be present during all hours of operation. The state's own food code contains no separate general food handler card requirement for line-level staff — commercial training vendors market inexpensive cards under the Mississippi name, but nothing in the state's regulation requires every employee to hold one, only the person in charge.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Mississippi — statewide
- Phone
- (601) 364-2832
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.
- Mississippi Administrative Code title 15, part 13, chapters 2 and 4 — food establishment permits and fees by risk categoryMississippi State Department of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Mississippi statewide offices
- Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services and Regulation Division
- Mississippi State Board of Contractors
- Mississippi Board of Veterinary Medicine
- Mississippi Department of Revenue
- Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission
- Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering
- Mississippi State Department of Health, Bureau of Child Care Licensure
Mississippi jurisdictions
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