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Filing a Complaint Against a Food Service Operation

To file a complaint about unsafe food handling against a restaurant, food truck, festival vendor, pop-up vendor, coffee shop, bar/lounge, caterer, or other food service operation, click here or call (404) 508-7900.

Be prepared to provide:

  • Your name, address and phone number*
  • Name of operation
  • Location/address of operation
  • Date of incident
  • Description of what you observed

 

*You will remain anonymous to the food service operation.

If you suspect that you became ill from this incident, contact us immediately at (404) 508-7900. You will need to provide:

  • Information on the suspect food
  • A description of your symptoms and when they began
  • A 3-day food consumption history

 

Click here for information on foodborne illness.

Note: We do not investigate customer service complaints (such as rude staff or slow service) or food quality complaints (such as disliking the taste or food being overcooked). Report these incidents to the manager or corporate office.

To file a complaint against a grocery store, convenience store, food processing facility, or warehouse in DeKalb County, contact:

SERVICE ALERT:
Vital Records
at the North DeKalb Health Center
will be closed on September 17, 2024.

For birth or death certificates, please visit:

Richardson Health Center
445 Winn Way, Room 191
Decatur, GA 30030
404-294-3720

SERVICE ALERT 

Due to today’s worldwide cybersecurity outage, some services have been impacted.

  • You may experience delays reaching our Call Center, which handles health center appointments.
  • WIC benefit issuance is unavailable at this time. However, eWIC cards can still be used at authorized WIC vendors.


This outage has not only affected DeKalb Public Health, but other government and business services, in Georgia, throughout the nation and internationally.

We apologize for the inconvenience and greatly appreciate your patience, as we work with our partners to fully restore systems.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Tuesday December 24 and Wednesday, December 25th, in observance of the holiday. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on November 28-29th, in observance of the State holiday.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, November 11th, in observance of the Veterans Day holiday.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, October 14th, in observance of the State holiday.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, September 2, in observance of the holiday. Have a safe and healthy Labor Day! 

SERVICE ALERT

In observance of Juneteenth, all DeKalb Public Health centers will be closed on Wednesday, June 19th. #happyjuneteenth

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Thursday, July 4th, in observance of the Federal Holiday. Have a safe and healthy Fourth of July!