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MMinnesota Local Department of Health and Agriculture Contact Information

MMinnesota State Department of Health Contact Information

Most questions regarding food production, handling, sales and serving, including cottage food laws and regulations are handled by the state's local health department or department of agriculture, and sometimes by a city or county business registration office.

MMinnesota Health Department

Minnesota

Main Office: 651-201-5000 Phone
888-345-0823 Toll-free

MMinnesota local department of health contacts

The following counties have websites, and some have Facebook pages, that provide information regarding their department and its services:

Local health departments

County/city Local health department Community health board
Aitkin Aitkin County Health & Human Services Aitkin-Itasca-Koochiching
Anoka Anoka County Human Services Anoka
Becker Becker County Public Health Partnership4Health
Beltrami Beltrami County Public Health Beltrami
Benton Benton County Public Health Benton
Big Stone Countryside Public Health Countryside Public Health
City of Bloomington Bloomington Public Health Bloomington
Blue Earth Blue Earth County Human Services/Social Services Blue Earth
Brown Brown County Public Health Brown-Nicollet
Carlton Carlton County Public Health and Human Services Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis
Carver Carver County Public Health Carver
Cass Cass County Health, Human, and Veterans Services Cass
Chippewa Countryside Public Health Countryside Public Health
Chisago Chisago County Health and Human Services Chisago
Clay Clay County Social and Health Services Partnership4Health
Clearwater Clearwater County Public Health/Nursing Services North Country
Cook Cook County Public Health Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis
Cottonwood Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services
Crow Wing Crow Wing County Community Services Crow Wing
Dakota Dakota County Public Health Dakota
Dodge Dodge County Public Health Dodge-Steele
Douglas Horizon Public Health Horizon Public Health
City of Edina City of Edina: Public Health Edina
Faribault Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties
Fillmore Fillmore County Public Health Fillmore-Houston
Freeborn Freeborn County Public Health Freeborn
Goodhue Goodhue County Health & Human Services Goodhue
Grant Horizon Public Health Horizon Public Health
Hennepin Hennepin County Public Health Promotion Hennepin
(note: Bloomington, Edina, Minneapolis, and Richfield are independent community health boards located within Hennepin County)
Houston Houston County Public Health and Human Services Fillmore-Houston
Hubbard CHI St. Joseph's Health North Country
Isanti Isanti County Public Health Isanti
Itasca Itasca County Health & Human Services Aitkin-Itasca-Koochiching
Jackson Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services
Kanabec Kanabec County Community Health Kanabec
Kandiyohi Kandiyohi County Health & Human Services Kandiyohi-Renville
Kittson Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center Quin County
Koochiching Koochiching County Public Health & Human Services Aitkin-Itasca-Koochiching
Lac qui Parle Countryside Public Health Countryside Public Health
Lake Lake County Health & Human Services Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis
Lake of the Woods LakeWood Health Center North Country
Le Sueur Le Sueur County Public Health Le Sueur-Waseca
Lincoln SWHHS SWHHS
Lyon SWHHS SWHHS
Mahnomen Norman-Mahnomen Public Health Polk-Norman-Mahnomen
Marshall North Valley Public Health Quin County
Martin Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties
McLeod McLeod County Public Health Nursing Meeker, McLeod, Sibley Community Health Services
Meeker Meeker County Public Health Meeker, McLeod, Sibley Community Health Services
Mille Lacs Mille Lacs County Public Health Mille Lacs
City of Minneapolis City of Minneapolis Health Department Minneapolis
Morrison Morrison County Public Health / Social Services Morrison-Todd-Wadena
Mower Mower County Health & Human Services Mower
Murray SWHHS SWHHS
Nicollet Nicollet County Public Health Brown-Nicollet
Nobles Nobles County Community Health Services Nobles
Norman Norman-Mahnomen Public Health Polk-Norman-Mahnomen
Olmsted Olmsted County Public Health Services Olmsted
Otter Tail Otter Tail County Public Health Partnership4Health
Pennington Inter-County Nursing Service Quin County
Pine Pine County Public Health Pine
Pipestone SWHHS SWHHS
Polk Polk County Public Health Polk-Norman-Mahnomen Community Health Services
Pope Horizon Public Health Horizon Public Health
Red Lake Inter-County Nursing Service Quin County
Redwood SWHHS SWHHS
Renville Renville County Public Health Kandiyohi-Renville
Ramsey St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health St. Paul-Ramsey
Rice Rice County Public Health Rice
City of Richfield City of Richfield Public Health Richfield
Rock SWHHS SWHHS
Roseau LifeCare Public Health Quin County
Scott Scott County Public Health Scott
Sherburne Sherburne County Health & Human Services Sherburne
Sibley Sibley County Public Health Meeker, McLeod, Sibley Community Health Services
St. Louis St. Louis County Public Health & Human Services Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis
City of St. Paul St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health St. Paul-Ramsey
Stearns Stearns County Human Services Stearns
Steele Steele County Community Services Dodge-Steele
Stevens Horizon Public Health Horizon Public Health
Swift Countryside Public Health Countryside Public Health
Traverse Horizon Public Health Horizon Public Health
Todd Todd County Health & Human Services Morrison-Todd-Wadena
Wabasha Wabasha County Public Health Wabasha
Wadena Wadena County Public Health Morrison-Todd-Wadena
Waseca Waseca County Public Health Services Le Sueur-Waseca
Washington Washington County Public Health & Environment Washington
Watonwan Watonwan County Human Services Watonwan
Wilkin Wilkin County Public Health Partnership4Health
Winona Winona County Community Services Winona
Wright Wright County Human Services Wright
Yellow Medicine Countryside Public Health Countryside Public Health

Community health boards

See a map of Minnesota's boards: Minnesota community health boards (PDF)

Note: Bloomington, Edina, Minneapolis, and Richfield are independent community health boards located within Hennepin County.

Community health board Member counties/local health departments
Aitkin-Itasca-Koochiching Aitkin County Health & Human Services
Itasca County Health & Human Services
Koochiching County Public Health & Human Services
Anoka Anoka County Human Services
Beltrami Beltrami County Public Health
Benton Benton County Public Health
Bloomington Bloomington Public Health
Blue Earth Blue Earth County Human Services/Social Services
Brown-Nicollet Brown County Public Health
Nicollet County Public Health
Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis Carlton County Public Health & Human Services
Cook County Public Health
Lake County Health & Human Services
St. Louis County Public Health & Human Services
Carver Carver County Public Health
Cass Cass County Health, Human, & Veterans Services
Chisago Chisago County Health & Human Services
Countryside Big Stone County
Chippewa County
Lac qui Parle County
Swift County
Yellow Medicine County
Crow Wing Crow Wing County Community Services
Dakota Dakota County Public Health
Des Moines Valley Cottonwood County
Jackson County
Dodge-Steele Dodge County Public Health
Steele County Community Services
Edina City of Edina: Public Health
Faribault-Martin Faribault County
Martin County
Fillmore-Houston Fillmore County Public Health
Houston County Public Health and Human Services
Freeborn Freeborn County Public Health
Goodhue Goodhue County Health & Human Services
Hennepin Hennepin County Public Health Promotion
Horizon Douglas County
Grant County
Pope County
Stevens County
Traverse County
Isanti Isanti County Public Health
Kanabec Kanabec County Community Health
Kandiyohi-Renville Kandiyohi County Health & Human Services
Renville County Public Health
Le Sueur-Waseca Le Sueur County Public Health
Waseca County Public Health Services
Meeker-McLeod-Sibley McLeod County Public Health Nursing
Meeker County Public Health
Sibley County Public Health
Mille Lacs Mille Lacs County Public Health
Minneapolis City of Minneapolis Health Department
Morrison-Todd-Wadena Morrison County Public Health / Social Services
Todd County Health & Human Services
Wadena County Public Health
Mower Mower County Health & Human Services
Nobles Nobles County Community Health Services
North Country Clearwater County Public Health/Nursing Services
Hubbard County: CHI St. Joseph's Health
Lake of the Woods County: LakeWood Health Center
Olmsted Olmsted County Public Health Services
Partnership4Health Becker County Public Health
Clay County Social & Health Services
Otter Tail County Public Health
Wilkin County Public Health
Pine Pine County Public Health
Polk-Norman-Mahnomen
Community Health Services
Mahnomen and Norman counties:
Norman-Mahnomen Public Health
Polk County Public Health
Quin County Kittson County: Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center
Marshall County: North Valley Public Health
Pennington County: Inter-County Nursing Service
Red Lake County: Inter-County Nursing Service
Roseau County: LifeCare Public Health
Rice Rice County Public Health
Richfield City of Richfield Public Health
Scott Scott County Public Health
Sherburne Sherburne County Health & Human Services
St. Paul-Ramsey Ramsey County
City of St. Paul
Stearns Stearns County Human Services
SWHHS Lincoln County
Lyon County
Murray County
Pipestone County
Rock County
Redwood County
Wabasha Wabasha County Public Health
Washington Washington County Public Health & Environment
Watonwan Watonwan County Human Services
Winona Winona County Community Services
Wright Wright County Human Services

What is a community health board?

The community health board is the legal governing authority for local public health in Minnesota, and community health boards work with MDH to promote the public's health. Minnesota community health boards must serve at least 30,000 people. If a single county doesn't meet the population requirement, it can form a community health board with one or more neighboring counties.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website

FDA Labeling and Nutrition

Nutrition Facts Label, Label Claims, Menu and Vending Machine Labeling, Gluten-Free Labeling

FDA Ingredients and Packaging

Food & Color Additives, GRAS, Food Allergens, Food Contact Substances, New Plant Varieties

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a tool, the AskUSDA site providing information from across USDA all in one place. Just type key words or phrases into the search box. Your search will provide the top 10 results from across USDA. For the best search results, keep in mind that including "and" in the search box will exclude articles that don't include all searched words. Including "or" in the search box will include articles with any of the searched words.

If you have specific USDA questions that you cannot find answers to on the site, call (202) 720-2791 or email USDA at askusda@usda.gov.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

If you are looking for the national US Department of Health, that's the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and here is the mailing address and phone number:

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Toll Free Call Center: 1-877-696-6775
Note: Please be aware that mail sent to their Washington D.C. area offices takes an additional 3-4 days to process due to security precautions.