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Iowa Local Department of Health and Agriculture Contact Information

Iowa 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.

Iowa Health Department

Iowa Dept of Public Health

Iowa local department of health contacts

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

County	Agency name	Address	Phone
Adair	Adair County Public Health	609 SE Kent, Greenfield, IA 50849-9454	641-743-6173
Adams	Adams County, Branch Office of Taylor County Public Health	401 6th Street, Corning, IA 50841-1613	641-322-6283
Allamakee	Veterans Memorial Hospital Community & Home Care	40 1st St. S.E., Waukon, IA 52172-2022	563-568-5660
Appanoose	Appanoose County Public Health	209 E. Jackson, Centerville, IA 52544-1805	641-437-4332
Audubon	Audubon County Public Health Nursing Service	318 Leroy, Suite 10, Audubon, IA 50025-1255	712-563-2226
Benton	Virginia Gay Hospital Home Health Agency	502 N. 9th Street, Vinton, IA 52349-2254	319-472-6360
Black Hawk	Black Hawk County Health Department	1407 Independence Ave., 5th Floor, Waterloo, IA 50703-4300	319-291-2413
Boone	Home Care Services of Boone County Hospital	105 S. Marshall, Boone, IA 50036-4899	515-432-1127 or 1-800-395-9737
Bremer	Bremer County Health Department	403 3rd St. SE, Waverly, IA 50677-3513	319-352-0082
Buchanan	Buchanan County Public Health Department	1413 1st St. W, Independence, IA 50644-2317	319-332-0860
Buena Vista	Buena Vista County Public Health & Home Care	1709 E. Richland St., P.O. Box 663, Storm Lake, IA 50588-3503	712-749-2548
Butler	Butler County Public Health	428 6th St., Box 325, Allison, IA 50602-7771	319-267-2934
Calhoun	Calhoun County Public Health	501 Court St., Rockwell City, IA 50579-1417	712-297-8323
Carroll	St. Anthony Home Health Agency & Carroll County Public Health	318 S. Maple Street, Suite 3, Carroll, IA 51401-3100	712-794-5279
Cass	Cass County Public Health	1408 E. 10th Street, Atlantic, IA 50022-1934	712-243-7552
Cedar	Cedar County Public Health	400 Cedar Street, Tipton, IA 52772-1748	563-886-2226
Cerro Gordo	CG Public Health	2570 4th Street SW, Suite 1, Mason City, IA 50401-4665	641-421-9300
Cherokee	Cherokee Regional Medical Center Public Health	300 Sioux Valley Drive, Cherokee, IA 51012-1205	712-225-2129
Chickasaw	Chickasaw County Public Health and Home Care Service	260 E. Prospect , PO Box 355, New Hampton, IA 50659-1429	641-394-4053
Clarke	Clarke County Public Health	144 W. Jefferson, Osceola, IA 50213-1286	641-342-3724
Clay	Spencer Hospital - Community Health - Clay County Public	1200 1 Ave. E., Spencer, IA 51301-4342	712-264-6380
Clayton	Clayton County Visiting Nurse Association	600 Gunder Rd. NE, Ste. 5, Elkader, IA 52043-9089	563-245-1145
Clinton	Genesis VNA and Hospice	611 N Second Street, Clinton, IA 52732-3839	563-242-7165
Crawford	Crawford County Home Health Hospice & Public Health	105 N. Main, Denison, IA 51442-1349	712-263-3303
Dallas	Dallas County Public Health Nursing Service	25747 N. Avenue , Ste C, Adel, IA 50003-4558	515-993-3750 or 515-465-2483
Davis	Davis County Public Health	509 N. Madison, Bloomfield, IA 52537-1271	641-664-3629
Decatur	Decatur County Public Health and Home Care	207 NE Idaho St., Leon, IA 50144-1646	641-446-6518
Delaware	Regional Medical Center	613 W. Main St., Manchester, IA 52057-1527	563-927-3232
Des Moines	Des Moines County Public Health	522 N. Third St., Burlington, IA 52601-5226	319-753-8290
Dickinson	Lakes Regional Healthcare - Dickinson County Public Health	2301 Hwy 71 South, Spirit Lake, IA 51360-1184	712-339-6050
Dubuque	Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association	660 Iowa Street, Dubuque, IA 52001-4836	563-556-6200
Emmet	Emmet County Public Health	508 S. 1st St., Estherville, IA 51334-2521	712-362-2490
Fayette	Gundersen Palmer Community Health	200 Jefferson St., West Union, IA 52175-1024	563-422-6267
Floyd	Floyd County Public Health - Home Health Care	1003 Gilbert St., Charles City, IA 50616-2637	641-257-6111
Franklin	Franklin County Public Health	1600 Central Ave. E., Hampton, IA 50441-1858	641-456-5830
Fremont	Southwest Iowa Home Health Services	301 Main St., PO Box 357, Sidney, IA 51652-8036	712-374-2685
Greene	Greene County Medical Center (GCMC) Public Health	1000 W. Lincoln Way, Jefferson, IA 50129-1645	515-386-3228
Grundy	Grundy County Public Health	706 H Ave., Suite 2, Grundy Center, IA 50638-1410	319-824-6312
Guthrie	Guthrie County Health Department	2002 State St., Suite 1, Guthrie Center, IA 50115-8897	641-747-3972
Hamilton	Hamilton County Public Health Services	1610 Collins Street Suite 1, Webster City, IA 50505-2610	515-832-9565
Hancock	Hancock County Health System Community Health	545 State St., Garner, IA 50438-1459	641-923-3676
Hardin	Greenbelt Home Care	2411 Edgington Ave., Eldora, IA 50627-1541	641-939-8444
Harrison	Harrison County Home & Public Health	116 N. 2nd Ave., Courthouse Annex, Logan, IA 51546-1332	712-644-2220
Henry	Henry County Department of Public Health	106 N Jackson St., #103, Mt. Pleasant, IA 52641-2047	319-385-0779
Howard	Regional Health Services of Howard County - Community	235 8th Avenue W, Cresco, IA 52136-1062	563-547-2989
Humboldt	Humboldt County Health Department	1000 N 15th St., Humboldt, IA 50548-1008	515-332-2492
Ida	Horn Memorial Hospital	701 E. 2nd St., Ida Grove, IA 51445-1666	712-364-7311
Iowa	Iowa County Health Department	185 W. Dillin St., Ste. 1, Marengo, IA 52301-8636	319-741-6422
Jackson	Genesis VNA and Hospice	700 W Grove, Maquoketa, IA 52060-2163	563-242-7165
Jasper	Jasper County Health Department	116 W. 4th St. S, Newton, IA 50208-3713	641-787-9224

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County	Agency name	Address	Phone
Jefferson	Jefferson County Public Health	200 W. Briggs, Fairfield, IA 52556-2826	641-472-5929
Johnson	Johnson County Public Health	855 S. Dubuque St., Ste. 217, Iowa City, IA 52240-4281	319-356-6040
Jones	Jones County Public Health	105 Broadway Pl., Ste. 11, Anamosa, IA 52205-1104	319-462-6945
Keokuk	Keokuk County Public Health	101 S Main, Courthouse, Sigourney, IA 52591-1419	641-622-3575
Kossuth	Community Health Services - Kossuth Regional Health	1515 S. Phillips St., Algona, IA 50511-3649	515-295-4430
Lee	Lee County Health Department	#3 John Bennett Drive, Fort Madison, IA 52627-7600	319-372-5225
Linn	Linn County Public Health	1020 6th St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401-2464	319-892-6000
Louisa	Louisa County Public Health	805 James L Hodges Ave. N., Wapello, IA 52653-1044	319-523-3981
Lucas	Lucas County Public Health	123 S. Grand Ave., Chariton, IA 50049-1829	641-774-4312
Lyon	Health Services of Lyon County	315 First Ave., Ste 208, Rock Rapids, IA 51246-1543	712-472-8200
Madison	Madison County Public Health	209 E. Madison St., Winterset, IA 50273-2403	515-462-9051
Mahaska	Mahaska Health Partnership Public Health	1229 C Avenue East, Oskaloosa, IA 52577-4246	641-673-3257
Marion	Marion County Public Health Department	2003 N. Lincoln, Knoxville, IA 50138-3505	641-828-2238
Marshall	Marshall County Public Health	Great Western Bank , 11 N 1st Ave, Marshalltown, IA 50158-2924	641-750-1929
Mills	Mills County Public Health	212 Independence Street, PO Box 209, Glenwood, IA 51534-1831	712-527-9699
Mitchell	Mitchell County Home Health Care and Public Health	415 Pleasant St., Osage, IA 50461-1935	641-832-3502
Monona	Burgess Health Center	1600 Diamond Street, Onawa, IA 51040-1548	712.423.2311
Monroe	Monroe County Public Health	1801 S. B St., Albia, IA 52531-2689	641-932-7191
Montgomery	Montgomery County Public Health	1109 Highland Ave., Red Oak, IA 51566-1715	712-623-4893
Muscatine	Trinity Muscatine Public Health	1609 Cedar St., Muscatine, IA 52761-3426	563-263-0122
Obrien	O'Brien County Public Health	155 S. Hayes, Primghar, IA 51245-7724	712-957-0105
Osceola	Osceola Community Health Services	115 Cedar Lane, Sibley, IA 51249-1013	712-754-4611
Page	Page County Public Health	210 N 17th Street, Clarinda, IA 51632-1508	712-850-1212
Palo Alto	Palo Alto Community Health Nursing Service	3201 First St., Emmetsburg, IA 50536-2516	712-852-5419
Plymouth	Floyd Valley Community Health Service	714 Lincoln St. N.E., Le Mars, IA 51031-3314	712-546-3335
Pocahontas	Pocahontas County Health Department	99 Court Square, Pocahontas, IA 50574-1629	712-335-4142
Polk	Polk County Health Department	1907 Carpenter, Des Moines, IA 50314-1310	515-286-3798
Pottawattamie	Pottawattamie County Public Health	600 South 4th Street, Council Bluffs, IA 51503-6586	712-242-1155
Poweshiek	Grinnell Regional Public Health - Home Health	210 4th Ave., Grinnell, IA 50112-1898	641-236-2385
Ringgold	Ringgold County Public Health	109 West Madison, Mount Ayr, IA 50854-1642	641-464-0691
Sac	Sac County Health Services	116 S. State St., Suite A, Sac City, IA 50583-2350	712-662-4785
Scott	Scott County Health Department	600 West 4th Street, Davenport, IA 52801-1003	563-326-8618
Shelby	Myrtue Medical Center Department of Community Health	1213 Garfield Ave., Harlan, IA 51537-2057	712-755-4422
Sioux	Sioux County Community Health Partners	211 Central Ave. S.E., Orange City, IA 51041-1739	712-737-2971
Story	Mary Greeley Home Health Services	1114 Duff Ave., Ames, IA 50010-5739	515-239-6730
Tama	Tama County Public Health & Home Care	129 W. High St., Toledo, IA 52342-1339	641-484-4788
Taylor	Taylor County Public Health Agency	405 Jefferson St., Suite 7, Bedford, IA 50833-1300	712-523-3405
Union	Greater Regional Health - Public Health	1610 W Townline Street, Creston, IA 50801-1066	641-782-3545
Van Buren	Van Buren County Public Health	404 Dodge Street, Keosauqua, IA 52565-7728	319-293-3431
Wapello	Wapello County Public Health	108 E. Main St., Ottumwa, IA 52501-2910	641-682-5434
Wapello	City of Ottumwa Health Department	105 E. 3rd St., Ottumwa, IA 52501-2904	641-683-0694
Warren	Warren County Health Services	301 N. Buxton, Suite 203, Indianola, IA 50125-1847	515-961-1074
Washington	Washington County Public Health	110 North Iowa Avenue, Suite 300, Washington, IA 52353-2037	319-653-7758
Wayne	Wayne County Public Health	100 E. South St., Corydon, IA 50060-1724	641-872-1167
Webster	Webster County Health Department	723 1st Ave. S., Fort Dodge, IA 50501-4633	515-573-4107
Winnebago	Winnebago County Public Health	216 S. 4th St., Forest City, IA 50436-1802	641-585-4763
Winneshiek	Winneshiek County Public Health Nursing Service	305 Montgomery St., Ste 3, Decorah, IA 52101-2721	563-382-4662
Woodbury	Siouxland District Health Department	1014 Nebraska St., Sioux City, IA 51105-1435	712-279-6119
Worth	Worth County Public Health	95 9th St. N., Northwood, IA 50459-1436	641-324-1741
Wright	Wright County Health Department	115 1st St. SE, Clarion, IA 50525-1401	515-532-3461

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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.