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Alabama Local Department of Health and Agriculture Contact Information

Alabama 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.

Alabama Health Department

• The state of Alabama is divided into 8 Public Health Districts. Each Public Health District Office is overseen by an District Health Officer or District Administrator. District Offices are responsible for developing public health services and programs specific to the needs of each area.

  Address and Telephone Roster of Alabama Public Health Districts and County Health Departments - includes addresses, phone numbers and contact names for all Alabama county health departments.

  Public Health Districts Map - includes contact information for the 18 District Health Officers and District Administrators and a color-coded map of the state with counties and public health districts.

  • EAST CENTRAL DISTRICT Richard Burleson, District Administrator Tim Hatch, Assistant District Administrator 3060 Mobile Highway Montgomery, AL 36108 (334) 293-6400 • (334) 727-1800
  • JEFFERSON COUNTY Mark E. Wilson, M.D., County Health Officer David Hicks, D.O., M.P.H., Deputy Health Officer 1400 Sixth Ave. S. Birmingham, AL 35233 (205) 933-9110
  • MOBILE COUNTY Bernard H. Eichold, II, M.D. County Health Officer 251 N. Bayou St. Mobile, AL 36603 (251) 690-8827
  • NORTHEASTERN DISTRICT Karen Landers, M.D., District Medical Officer Mary Gomillion, District Administrator Mark Johnson, Assistant District Administrator 709 E. Broad St. Gadsden, AL 35903 (256) 547-6311 NORTHERN DISTRICT Karen Landers, M.D., District Medical Officer 1000 S. Jackson Hwy. Sheffield, AL 35660 (256) 383-1231 Judy Smith, District Administrator Michael Glenn, Assistant District Administrator 3821 Highway 31 S. Decatur, AL 35603 (256) 340-2113
  • SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT Corey Kirkland, District Administrator 1781 E. Cottonwood Rd. Dothan, AL 36301 (334) 792-9070 Kyle Odom, Assistant District Administrator 2841 Neal Metcalf Rd. Enterprise, AL 36330 (334) 347-9574
  • SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT Chad Kent, District Administrator Suzanne Terrell, Assistant District Administrator 1115 Azalea Place Brewton, AL 36426 (251) 947-1645 303 Industrial Drive Linden, AL 36748 (334) 295-1000 WEST
  • CENTRAL DISTRICT Stacey Adams, District Administrator 2350 Hargrove Rd., E. Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 (205) 554-4500

Alabama local department of health contacts

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

• Autauga (Facebook)
• Baldwin (Facebook)
• Barbour (Facebook)
• Bibb (Facebook)
• Blount (Facebook)
• Bullock (Facebook)
• Butler (Facebook)
• Calhoun (Facebook)
• Chambers (Facebook)
• Cherokee (Facebook)
• Chilton (Facebook)
• Choctaw (Facebook)
• Clarke (Facebook)
• Clay (Facebook)
• Cleburne (Facebook)
• Coffee (Facebook)
• Colbert (Facebook)
• Conecuh (Facebook)
• Coosa
• Covington (Facebook)
• Crenshaw (Facebook)
• Cullman (Facebook)
• Dale (Facebook)
• Dallas (Facebook)
• DeKalb (Facebook)
• Elmore (Facebook)
• Escambia (Facebook)
• Etowah (Facebook)
• Fayette (Facebook)
• Franklin (Facebook)
• Geneva (Facebook)
• Greene (Facebook)
• Hale (Facebook)
• Henry (Facebook)
• Houston (Facebook)
• Jackson (Facebook)
• Jefferson (Facebook)
• Lamar (Facebook)
• Lauderdale (Facebook)
• Lawrence (Facebook)
• Lee (Facebook)
• Limestone (Facebook)
• Lowndes (Facebook)
• Macon (Facebook)
• Madison (Facebook)
• Marengo (Facebook)
• Marion (Facebook)
• Marshall (Facebook)
• Mobile (Facebook)
• Monroe (Facebook)
• Montgomery (Facebook)
• Morgan (Facebook)
• Perry (Facebook)
• Pickens (Facebook)
• Pike (Facebook)
• Randolph (Facebook)
• Russell (Facebook)
• Shelby (Facebook)
• St. Clair (Facebook)
• Sumter (Facebook)
• Talladega (Facebook)
• Tallapoosa (Facebook)
• Tuscaloosa (Facebook)
• Walker (Facebook)
• Washington (Facebook)
• Wilcox (Facebook)
• Winston (Facebook)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website

FDA Labeling and Nutrition

Nutrition Facts Label, Label Claims, Menu and Vending Machine Labeling, Gluten-Free Labeling

FDA Ingredients and Packaging

Food & Color Additives, GRAS, Food Allergens, Food Contact Substances, New Plant Varieties

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.