Dallas County
Dallas County Health and Human Services — Environmental Health Division
In short
Dallas County Health and Human Services — Environmental Health Division issues 6 permits we publish for Dallas County, last verified 2026-08-21. 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 Amendmentonly if it applies to you | Dallas County Health and Human Services — Environmental Health Division | $125–$375 per amendment, by establishment category | one-time | 2026-08-21 |
| Commercial On-Site Sewage Facility Inspectiononly if it applies to you | Dallas County Health and Human Services — Environmental Health Division | $310 per inspection; re-inspection $110 | one-time | 2026-08-21 |
| Food Handler Training | Dallas County Health and Human Services — Environmental Health Division | $15 per person | per person | 2026-08-21 |
| Certified Food Manager Certification | Dallas County Health and Human Services — Environmental Health Division | $100 per person | per person | 2026-08-21 |
| Temporary Food Establishment Permitonly if it applies to you | Dallas County Health and Human Services — Environmental Health Division | $52–$200 single event, or multiple events | per event | 2026-08-21 |
| Retail Food Establishment Permit | Dallas County Health and Human Services — Environmental Health Division | $258–$773 per year, by establishment category | annual | 2026-08-21 |
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 Amendment
Charged when an existing permit is amended: $125 for Category A, $250 for Category B and $375 for Category C. A change of ownership, a change of menu category or a change to the premises can each trigger it. The amendment fee tracks the permit category rather than the scale of the change. Figures were read from the county's published environmental health fee schedule; dallascounty.org refuses connections from our crawler, so this source is verified by a person rather than machine-checked.
Commercial On-Site Sewage Facility Inspection
$310 for a commercial septic inspection and $110 for a re-inspection. This matters in unincorporated Dallas County where premises are not on city sewer — a business taking a site outside the sewered area inherits an on-site sewage facility and the county inspection regime with it. Inside the City of Dallas the equivalent concern is the sanitary sewer and its trap or discharge permits instead. Figures were read from the county's published environmental health fee schedule; dallascounty.org refuses connections from our crawler, so this source is verified by a person rather than machine-checked.
Food Handler Training
$15 per person for the county food handler class. This is a per-employee cost rather than a premises permit, so it scales with headcount and recurs as staff turn over — a twelve-person kitchen is $180 to train, and again for each replacement. Figures were read from the county's published environmental health fee schedule; dallascounty.org refuses connections from our crawler, so this source is verified by a person rather than machine-checked.
Certified Food Manager Certification
$100 per person for manager certification, against $15 for a food handler. Texas requires a certified food manager for most food establishments, so this is not optional cover for the person in charge — budget at least one, and a second if you need certified coverage across shifts. Figures were read from the county's published environmental health fee schedule; dallascounty.org refuses connections from our crawler, so this source is verified by a person rather than machine-checked.
Temporary Food Establishment Permit
$52 for a single event and $200 for a multiple-event permit. Identical to the City of Dallas temporary food permit amounts, so a caterer or market trader working across both authorities pays the same either way, but needs a permit from whichever one covers the site. Figures were read from the county's published environmental health fee schedule; dallascounty.org refuses connections from our crawler, so this source is verified by a person rather than machine-checked.
Retail Food Establishment Permit
Dallas County prices retail food permits in three categories: Category A $258, Category B $515 and Category C $773. Those are the Texas DSHS standard band amounts, so a business moving between county-regulated territory and a city on the DSHS schedule pays the same. Amending a permit costs $125, $250 or $375 on the same category ladder. This applies in territory the county regulates rather than everywhere inside the county line — Dallas, Garland and the other incorporated cities run their own food programmes and charge their own fees, so check which authority covers your address before budgeting. Figures were read from the county's published environmental health fee schedule; dallascounty.org refuses connections from our crawler, so this source is verified by a person rather than machine-checked.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Dallas County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
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 Fee Schedule — Dallas County Health and Human ServicesDallas County Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-21
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