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Training helps reduce or eliminate food safety hazards before they become major issues.
Reducing food safety complaints will create a happier workplace and in turn increase productivity.
Numerous professionals nationwide have already earned and renewed their card with AAA Food Handler — a trusted name in food safety training.
Enroll in the approved online food handler course, finish the lessons, and pass the final exam with at least 70% to receive your certification.
Enroll in the approved online food handler course, finish the lessons, and pass the final exam with at least 70% to receive your certification.
The Food Handler Course program covers key food safety topics like personal hygiene, time and temperature control, cross-contamination prevention, and proper cleaning techniques.
The food handler course takes approximately 1.5 hours and is entirely self-paced.
You’ll have two chances to pass the 40-question test.
Typically, your Food Handler certificate remains valid for 3 years, depending on the employer or local health department guidelines.
Maine allows the sale of non-potentially hazardous foods prepared in home kitchens, as long as they are shelf-stable. These include products like breads, cookies, fruit jams and jellies, candies, dry mixes, granola, and other items that can be safely stored without refrigeration.
The Food Handler training is fully online and available 24/7 from any computer, tablet, or smartphone.
The course is available in both English and Spanish.
Anyone who handles unpackaged food, works with food-contact surfaces, or is involved in food service operations should complete the training.
This Maine Food Handlers Card is priced at just $6.95 and includes two attempts at the final exam.
This certification is accredited by the ANAB and aligns with food safety standards set by the Conference for Food Protection (CFP). It meets all regulatory requirements for food establishments in Maine.
It helps you follow best practices for food safety, enhances job opportunities, and reduces the risk of foodborne illness.
Managers can log in to monitor employee progress and download training records through our built-in reporting tools.
Yes. The Maine food handler course is offered through a provider accredited by the ANAB, ensuring it meets nationally recognized food safety training standards.
Absolutely. Once you pass the final exam, your certificate is available for immediate download or printing for employer or health department use.
For accurate food safety regulations and official guidance in Maine, contact:
Maine Division of Environmental Health, 286 Water Street, 3rd Floor, Augusta, Maine 04333.
No, Maine does not require food safety training for cottage food producers. However, obtaining a ANSI Accredited Food Handler certificate is highly recommended to ensure proper food safety practices and boost consumer trust.
Food Handler Reviews
4.9
Great course to take when starting out in the food industry. Great videos and explantions provided and overall great information to learn when starting out in food handling!
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Took me no time at all and was easy to follow along and complete.
It was pretty boring
Veryhelpful
Easy and straight forward
Easy and straight forward
The modules were good as far as information. However, it glitched multiple times, shut down and was a bit confusing at first.
Love it❤️
It glitches a lot
The course was factual and easy to follow. This is my second time using this course.
you learn a lot of food
I learned a lot from this test and learning all the different temperatures for different items was pretty cool.
Annoying and tedious but necessary
Honestly not bad. it was tedious, but it needed to be to get all essential info across. good interactivity and great job at conveying the info.
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
excellent program to follow very educational, now next step take the test
Breaking into a short video is very helpful for my concentration.
Easy to understand
the course gave a lot of information and knowledge about the food managers course. it was nice and slow and easy to remember information. i would highly recommend this course!
good
I have much more appreciation and understanding of my role and responsibilities as a PIC, and will be ensuring that more of my team receives the same.
I have much more appreciation and understanding of my role and responsibilities as a PIC, and will be ensuring that more of my team receives the same.
I have much more appreciation and understanding of my role and responsibilities as a PIC, and will be ensuring that more of my team receives the same.
I like all the examples and questions at the end of each section. Very well explained and I’m a visual person so all the background, pictures, and info kept the training more entertaining.
I knew a lot but I learned a lot as well. Very Interesting!
Good course. Could be quicker between modules.
Very informational
The coursework was great! I really appreciated commitment to representation in the examples given during the course. The only issue I ran into is I think once or twice there were questions on one of the review exams that were about topics that were covered in the next section.
User friendly and helpful
This was very informative, but not overwhelming. The quizzes help to solidify the information.
I thought the house was way to use. I like how it had practice questions as you went along.
The modules are clear, simple and easy to understand. The questions at the end of modules are helpful.
This course was in short, easy to digest chunks that made learning easy. I appreciated the quizzes along the way. Great course to get some good knowledge!
Information is very helpful before taking the test, the studies were very good, a lot of important information needed for the test
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Food Manager Reviews
4.9
Easy to navigate
Info was well presented but the slow speed, no skipping, was rough. If I could play it at 1.5 speed, that would be better.
Very good course, easy and informative!
Thank you for everything.
It was great learning experience
Great
Reallt straightforward and engaging training modules about food safety!
Concise, easy to digest information that made the test a breeze.
Very easy training and also learned some new information
The training was full of facts and informative, common sense, a must take if handling food for the public.
The training was very informative, put how you move around a kitchen to perspective. Training was well done, informative, and had a lot of common sense applied to it.
This is a great training method. The information is broken up into manageable pieces. Easy to understand and very thorough.
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4.8
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