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Food Facility Recognition Awards
Please click here for the Food Facility Recognition Awards Guidelines.

Health Department Presents City’s First Charm City Health Awards March 31, 2009. The Baltimore City Health Department announced the first recipients of the Charm City Health Awards. Rub Barbeque, located at 1843 Light Street, received the first Charm City Health Award for Excellence in Sanitation. The Maryland School for the Blind, located at 3501 Taylor Avenue, received the first Charm City Health Award for Nutritional Information. [Press Release] [Charm City Health Awards]

Charm City Health Award for Excellence in Sanitation The Department will issue a Charm City Health Award for Excellence in Sanitation to those facilities with excellent sanitation and food safety practices. Eligible food facilities are those deemed “high priority” under state law; this includes all restaurants where food is prepared on site. These facilities are inspected three times in a year. [Charm City Health Award for Excellence in Sanitation - Recognition Award Application]
Charm City Health Award for Nutritional Information The Charm City Award for Nutritional Information is a separate and distinct award from the Charm City Award for Excellence in Sanitation. This means that facility can obtain both awards or one or the other. The Charm City Health Award for Nutritional Information will recognize those facilities that further empower the consumer to make an informed food choice decision when eating out. There are currently three jurisdictions, King County, Washington (which includes Seattle), San Francisco, California and New York City, New York that have recently passed into law legislation that requires “chain restaurants” to list calories, saturated fat, sodium and carbohydrate information for food and beverages. In addition, there are at least five cities/counties and fifteen states with proposed legislation on menu labeling. [Charm City Health Award for Nutritional Information - Recognition Award Application]