PHI's are specifically hired by local health units to act as front line workers in the response to health and safety issues that affect the public. Under the HPPA, Public Health Inspectors have the power and authority to:

• Close a food premises

• Impose fines

• Summon a business to court

• Seize, destroy, and/or discard food, if warranted unsafe for human consumption

Now that we know some of the roles and responsibilities of government officials, click "Next" to take a look at your responsibility in all of this.