Bedford is one of sixteen self-inspecting municipalities within the state of New Hampshire. The town has been granted licensing authority by the NH Bureau of Food Protection to license those facilities where required to be licensed by RSA 143-A. Along with the privilege of licensing comes the responsibility to perform the required inspections. The agreement with the state requires
the town to perform a minimum of 2 regular inspections per year. Inspection visits are also made in response to complaints and when rechecks are needed to verify corrections of deficiencies noted during any inspection visit to a facility. We perform plan reviews for new and remodeled food service establishments and investigate complaints in connection with safe food handling. The food service rules being enforced by Bedford are the same rules being used by the NH bureau of Food Protection that have been modified to reflect the needs of the town. The food service rules may be viewed and downloaded by following the appropriate link on this page.
