Issued by Your county health department, under the Alabama Department of Public Health food rules (Chapter 420-3-22), at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.
Submit plans to the county health department before building out or converting a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit and its score. Restaurants, bars, coffee shops, bakeries and ice cream shops are all food establishments under the rules; Jefferson County, which runs its own health department, charges its own plan review and permit fees and requires food handler training as well.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 4 of 6: Get the permits for your kind of business
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Your county health department, under the Alabama Department of Public Health food rules (Chapter 420-3-22).
Sources and dates
Alabama Department of Public Health Food Establishment Sanitation rules (420-3-22); county health department food permit and environmental fee pages (Baldwin, Etowah, Jefferson). Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
Yes. Submit plans to the county health department before building out or converting a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit and its score.
Yes. Submit plans to the county health department before building out or converting a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit and its score.
Yes. Submit plans to the county health department before building out or converting a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit and its score.
Yes. Submit plans to the county health department before building out or converting a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit and its score.
Yes. Submit plans to the county health department before building out or converting a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit and its score.
Yes. Submit plans to the county health department before building out or converting a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit and its score.
Yes. Submit plans to the county health department before building out or converting a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit and its score.
Yes. Submit plans to the county health department before building out or converting a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit and its score.
Yes. Submit plans to the county health department before building out or converting a space, pass the opening inspection, then post the permit and its score.
No. In Alabama it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Alabama it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Alabama it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Alabama it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Alabama it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Alabama it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Alabama it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Alabama it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Alabama it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Alabama it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
No. In Alabama it is listed for coffee shops, bakeries, restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars and 3 more.
Your county health department, under the Alabama Department of Public Health food rules (Chapter 420-3-22).
Step 4 of 6, get the permits for your kind of business. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax and approve the space.
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