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Earth Day Message From DEH Director, Mr. Richard Simms
As Director of the Department of environmental Health (DEH). I am pleased to join our community in observing Earth Day – a moment to reflect on our shared responsibility to protect the natural beauty and resources of the Cayman Islands.
Our Power, Our Planet: Earth Day 2026
This Earth Day, the Ministry of Health, Environment and Sustainability and the Department of Environmental Health joins the community in championing the theme “Our Power, Our Planet.”
Food Recall of Pan-Caribbean Brown Sugar manufactured in Jamaica
DEH is advising the public that an alert has been issued concerning the recall of packaged brown sugar from Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company Limited in Jamaica
What We Do
The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) protects the public from environmental health related hazards through measures and activities including management of food hygiene and safety, laboratory services, district sanitation and rodent control, engineering and developmental control, solid and hazardous wastes including waste collection, recycling and disposal; and public education and promotion programmes.
The DEH consists of several service areas. Each area has specific roles and responsibilities that collectively result in the protection of the public from environmental health hazards.
We are a very dynamic and diverse department. With over 130 employees, we are one of the largest departments in the Government of the Cayman Islands
Contact Us
Address
DEH Main Office, Box 1820
580 North Sound Road, George Town
Grand Cayman, KY1-1109
