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Santa Clara County, California

The Score Behind Every Table.

Data verified: April 2026

CaliforniaColor PlacardCalCode

Santa Clara County — Fire Safety & Food Safety

Food Safety: Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health

Fire Safety: Santa Clara County Fire Department

Silicon Valley's food safety authority — covering tech campus cafeterias and a massive diverse restaurant scene across 9,500+ facilities.

The Score Behind Every Table.

Food Safety

Evaluation

Color Placard

Public Posting

No mandate

Inspection Frequency

Risk-based

Facilities

9,500+

Fire Safety

Fire Code

CFC

Cleaning Standard

NFPA 96

Cleaning Frequency

Per NFPA 96 Table 12.4

Authority

Santa Clara County Fire Department

Color Placards

Santa Clara County follows the California Retail Food Code (CalCode) with a pass/fail inspection framework. Violations are categorized by severity but no letter grades or numeric scores are publicly posted. Inspection results are available through the county's online searchable database.

Green

Pass — facility meets food safety standards

Yellow

Conditional Pass — corrections required

Red

Closed — imminent health hazard

Fire Safety

Fire Authority

Santa Clara County Fire Department

San Jose Fire: (408) 535-7600. Sunnyvale DPS (combined police/fire): (408) 730-7100. Santa Clara County Fire serves unincorporated + contract cities. San Jose Fire, Santa Clara City Fire, Sunnyvale DPS, and other city fire depts serve incorporated cities.

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.