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The Environmental Health Division of the Department of Child and Family Wellbeing provides comprehensive delivery of inspection services, investigations, and education programs to citizens and consumers in order to assure a healthful and protected environment.

 

• Animal Control, which picks up stray dogs and cats; provides services for citizens concerning their sick, injured, or unwanted animals; picks up stray or injured wildlife throughout the city; and responds to all animal complaints.
  (973) 733-6294

 

• Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, which inspects and assures abatements are conducted in a professional and timely manner, monitors blood lead levels of all children throughout the city and educates residents as to preventive measures.
  (973) 733-5323

 

• Food & Drug Bureau, which inspects all schools, restaurants, delicatessens, grocery stores, indoor and outdoor festivals, street vendors, supermarkets, and any other type of food industry servicing or storing food or beverage in the City of Newark and responds to all environmental complaints.
  (973) 733-7570

 

• Lead Safe House, which provides housing in a lead-safe environment for children with elevated blood lead levels, their families, and guardians until such time as their current residence can be made lead-safe. Families are provided with other services during their stay, which include WIC, immunization and nutrition seminars, lead prevention, and childcare instruction.
  (973) 733-5323

   

• Rodent Control, which exterminates all city-owned vacant lots and exteriors of city-owned vacant buildings, baits all catch basins throughout the city, provides assistance to all residents concerning the exteriors of their properties, supplies educational material on rodent prevention, and responds to all complaints.
  (973) 733-7955

 

• Weights and Measures, which inspects every establishment in the City of Newark that has a measuring device (scale). These establishments include gas stations, laundromats, indoor and outdoor fruit and vegetable markets, all delicatessens, grocery stores, and supermarkets. Randomly weighs all prepackaged goods throughout these establishments.
  (973) 733-6274