Lyon County
Food Manager Certification

The Food Manager Certification course provided a thorough understanding of food safety practices, sanitation standards, and regulatory requirements necessary for managing food service operations. Key topics included proper food handling, prevention of cross-contamination, temperature control, personal hygiene, and cleaning and sanitizing procedures. The course also introduced important concepts such as foodborne illnesses and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), emphasizing the responsibility of maintaining a safe and compliant food environment. From a personal perspective, I found the course to be both informative and practical. It reinforced the importance of attention to detail and consistency when it comes to food safety, as even small mistakes can have serious consequences. I especially appreciated learning about real-life scenarios and how to respond to potential risks, which helped me better understand the role of a food manager in protecting public health. Overall, this course strengthened my awareness of food safety standards and gave me confidence in my ability to apply these practices in real-world settings. It also highlighted the importance of leadership and accountability in ensuring that food safety procedures are consistently followed.

This course is extremely important and informative to keep our families, customers and employees safe, regarding anything dealing with eating food. Food contamination and allergens could cause illness, severe pain and or death. This course is an educational guideline for knowing how to prepare food to serve at home or to the general public. Food must be safe, healthy and free of any type contamination before service. Customers must inform any food establishment of any food allergy that they have and the food establishment must take this information serious. This could be a life or death situation. Food establish must know all of the protocols from the FDA {Food and Drug Administration), USDA (The United Stated Department of Agriculture), CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) and The Local Health Department. Food establishments must understand to the causes of Foodborne Illnesses and Foodborne Outbreaks. Preventing the Foodborne Illnesses and Foodborne Outbreaks could mean the difference of an establishment staying operational or shutting down. Hot Water, Cleanliness, Hygiene and adhering to established SOPs and Protocols are essentials in maintaining a Vibrant Food Establishment.

Very helpful, interesting well delivered it was understandable and actually enjoyable.

THE COURSE WAS LENGTHY BUT BROKEN UP INTO MANAGEABLE SECTIONS, WHICH WAS GREAT.

Easy to follow review. Easy to take at your own pace. Easy to navigate if you want to go back to learn any module. Some recommendations I have are: 1) Allow the user to go back within a module rather than having to wait until a module finishes and restart from the beginning. 2) It would be nice to have a transcript of the modules so that people could study the temperatures better. I understand that we must finish all modules first — but perhaps make available after course completed.

Interesting training on Bacteria and Parasites. Good basic coverage and including extensive coverages on things you may never think of.

Great

i understand with easy way…

Great information and excelente illustrations

Great information and illustrations

The modules got to the point without skipping out on important details. It didn’t take me incredibly long to complete, And I’m coming away with more knowledge than I had going in.

The modules were easy to follow, and the test in between are a great way to check your knowledge and understanding.

Very good

Quick and to the point. Didn’t take as long as I thought

Good

This is one of the best administered trainings I have ever completed. The information is clear, to the point, with the right amount of “quiz” review questions sprinkled throughout.

learned a lot of new things regarding food handling.

Each module was presented in a way to keep you engaged and in an easy-to-understand manner making the pace bearable and not overwhelming.