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Sacramento County, California

The Score Behind Every Table.

Data verified: April 2026

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Sacramento County — Fire Safety & Food Safety

Food Safety: Sacramento County Environmental Management Department

Fire Safety: Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District / Sacramento City Fire Dept

California's capital city — where state government, a booming farm-to-fork movement, and Central Valley heat converge.

The Score Behind Every Table.

Food Safety

Evaluation

Color Placard

Public Posting

No mandate

Inspection Frequency

Risk-based

Facilities

8,200+

Fire Safety

Fire Code

CFC

Cleaning Standard

NFPA 96

Cleaning Frequency

Per NFPA 96 Table 12.4

Authority

Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District / Sacramento City Fire Dept

Color Placards

Sacramento County follows the California Retail Food Code (CalCode) with a pass/fail inspection framework. Inspection results are available through a searchable online database, providing better transparency than many pass/fail jurisdictions.

Green

Pass — facility meets food safety standards

Yellow

Conditional Pass — corrections required

Red

Closed — imminent health hazard

Fire Safety

Fire Authority

Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District / Sacramento City Fire Dept

Sacramento Metro Fire: (916) 859-4300. Sacramento City Fire: (916) 808-1300. Verify which district applies by address. Sacramento Metro Fire serves most of Sacramento County including unincorporated + contract areas. City of Sacramento Fire Dept serves downtown core. Both adopt 2022 CFC with local amendments.

Hood Cleaning Standard

NFPA 96 Table 12.4 sets the interval by what the kitchen cooks: monthly for solid fuel, quarterly for high-volume cooking, semiannually for moderate volume, annually for low-volume or seasonal cooking.

Suppression Inspection

UL-300 wet chemical suppression systems required for all commercial cooking hoods. Semiannual by licensed fire protection contractor.