To place a complaint about a retail food store or other retail food service facility (Restaurant, Carryout, Grocery Store, etc.), please contact the local health department in the county where the facility is located.
To place a complaint about foodborne illness, Maryland commercially manufactured food (pre-packaged foods purchased at a grocery store), Maryland milk or dairy products (bottled milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream etc.), or a Maryland food or milk and dairy processing/manufacturing facility, please complete the following Complaint Form.
To place a complaint about a cottage food product (a home prepared or packaged food product - e.g., non-potentially hazardous baked goods or candy), please complete the Cottage Food Product Complaint form that you can access by clicking here.
To place a complaint about commercially manufactured food product made in a state other than Maryland, please contact the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Maryland Consumer Complaint coordinator, at 410-779-5713.
Page last updated 7/28/2021