Cannery License – Registration form
CDPH FDB requires a non-refundable payment of $236. The process to receive a cannery license can take several weeks up to a few months to obtain.
Additional Links for Accredited Food Handlers Courses
Accredited California Food Handler Certificate Program via ANSI.
California Food Handler Card Guidelines
Pursuant to SB 602 enacted into law in 2010 and SB 303 in 2011, Health and Safety Code 113790 et seq., (“California Food Handler Card Law”), food handlers, as defined, will be required to obtain a food handler card after…
Health Permit Application
Santa Barbara County EHS application for commercial kitchen health permit
Temporary Food Facility Guidelines
Santa Barbara County EHS guidelines for temporary food facilities.
Shared Use Kitchen Guidelines (PDF)
The goal of EHS is to make the sharing of a food facility by multiple businesses work smoothly, while ensuring that safe food handling practices are in place to protect the public’s health.
California Department of Public Health Food and Drug Branch
Some activities are regulated by the California Department of Public Health Food and Drug Branch (CDPH FDB). CDPH FDB permits can be necessary either instead of, or along with, county-level permits, depending on the activities undertaken in any particular kitchen…
Apples to Zucchini Cooking School Adds Science as Ingredient of Success
Apples to Zucchini (A to Z) Cooking School is expanding to include more adult classes. Their scientific-based approach to cooking nutritious meals using seasonal and local ingredients has a lasting impact.
From plague to delicacy — reconsidering the purple sea urchin
Cultured Abalone, an aquaculture farm on the Gaviota Coast, was featured in the Los Angeles Times for their purple sea urchin ranching program.
Tracing Regenerative Farming to its Indigenous Roots
In her new book, Liz Carlisle shows that carbon can be stored in the soil if we adopt ancestral land management strategies, many of which are held by communities of color.