Food Establishments

All food establishments within the Village of Schaumburg are licensed and inspected by the Environmental Health Division. This program also includes licensing and inspecting food trucks, farmers market days and other temporary events. Unannounced inspections are conducted on a routine basis, depending on the risk classification assigned to each food establishment.  Risk classifications are based on the State of Illinois Food Service Sanitation Code and other applicable food safety regulations.

The routine inspection schedule is as follows:

• Category I (high risk) Establishments - 3 inspections
• Category II (medium risk) Establishments - 2 inspections
• Category III (low risk) Establishments - 1 inspection

IDPH Retail Food Website

Food Service Design & Construction Manual 2024

Grease Trap Maintenance 

The Village of Schaumburg Ordinance requires all food establishments to have fats, oils, and grease cleaned and removed from the grease trap/interceptor on a routine basis by an approved State of Illinois licensed grease hauler.  All maintenance must be documented on a grease trap manifest and submitted to the Environmental Health Division for review. Grease trap manifests can now be submitted online via the Grease Trap Manifest Submission portal.  Please click on the following link to submit your grease trap manifest.

Temporary Food Service

Temporary food service operators are required to complete the Health Division's "Temporary Food Service" form prior to the event's starting date. Please note that event coordinators may also be required to submit a "Special Event Application".  For more information about this application, please contact Permit Services.

Temporary Food Service Guidelines

Temporary Food Service Form

Mobile Food Vendors

All mobile food units operating in the Village of Schaumburg must be inspected by the Environmental Health Division, as part of the licensing process.  It is required that the operator of a mobile food unit has a base of operation. A base of operation is a licensed food establishment that the mobile food unit can return to daily for cleaning, food preparation, disposal of waste and wastewater, and storage of food and food related items.  A signed commissary agreement must be provided prior to scheduling a health inspection.

Mobile Food Unit Operating Requirements

Reporting Foodborne Illness

To report a foodborne illness, please contact the Cook County Department of Public Health Communicable Disease Control Unit at (708) 836-8699.