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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.
The Massachusetts Food Handlers Card shows that you’ve completed food safety training and understand the basic workplace practices for handling food safely.
You’ll need to take an ANAB approved online Food Handler course, complete the training, and pass a 40-question final exam with a 70% or higher score. Once you pass, your card will be available to download and print immediately.
The course takes about 1.5 hours and is entirely self-paced. You can start, pause, and complete it whenever it works best for your schedule.
You’ll learn about safe food handling practices, proper hygiene, time and temperature controls, cross-contamination prevention, cleaning and sanitizing procedures, and how to help prevent foodborne illness.
No problem, you’ll have two attempts to pass the final exam.
Your Food Handler Card is typically accepted for 3 years, but you should check with your employer or local health department to confirm the specific renewal timeframe in your area.
The course is 100% online and available 24/7. You can complete it on your phone, tablet, or computer whenever and wherever convenient.
The Food Handler training is in English and Spanish to support various food workers across Massachusetts.
The Food Handler Course is available in English and Spanish, making it accessible for various food service professionals.
Anyone who handles open food, food-contact surfaces, utensils, or equipment in a food service setting, including restaurants, cafeterias, food trucks, and grocery stores, should complete this training.
The Massachusetts Food Handler training is available for just $6.95, including two attempts at the final exam.
Taking the Food Handler Course helps you develop the skills needed to maintain food safety on the job. It also shows potential employers that you’re prepared and serious about preventing health risks in the workplace.
In Massachusetts, individuals may sell non-potentially hazardous, shelf-stable foods prepared in a residential kitchen. Permitted items include baked goods without perishable toppings or fillings, fruit preserves, candies, granola, spice blends, and other safe products to store at room temperature.
After completing the Food Handler Course, you’ll be better prepared for entry-level positions such as cook, prep cook, food server, barista, dishwasher, deli staff, or grocery associate in restaurants, cafés, bakeries, food trucks, and more.
For official food safety guidance in Massachusetts, contact:
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Food Protection Program, 305 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130
To sell homemade food in Massachusetts, you must get a permit from your local board of health and complete a Food Manager certificate like the AAA Food Handler Food Protection Manager Certification. You’ll also need to pass a kitchen inspection and follow local rules about labeling, sanitation, and allowed food types.
Food Handler Reviews
4.9
THank you for the information
Thank you for this information
The course seamed though at a good speed. I took notes and was able to stop and start as needed.
Easy to take, easy to understand.
I thought it was going to be hard but this test has helped me learn a lot and it was very patient and easy i did not have not 1 problem with this exam and it was very affordable.
It was good and educational
The module is very informative and easy to understand. Brief but full of important information that is needed to learn
Thankyou
It’s very helpful and informative, I learned a lot and will be using the informations provided in the course to my everyday life.
Took this in a timely manor and learned a lot
Very informative and right to the point. I would highly recommend this Course
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The AI voice sucks. At several points, it clearly misunderstood the language it was reading. It also made it hard to pay attention. Just hire someone to do the read next time
I like how easy it is and that is step by step
This is a good course to take if you need or want more information working with food.
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
simple and easy training
This was very Educational and very informative.
is good for the preparation the food.
Such a complete course
Excellent information, easy to understand everything you need to know, and how to run a food establishment properly.
This is a great training course.
it was really easy to learn and so helpful.
Es un curso super extenso pero muy didactico que explica con muchisimo detalle cada tema sobre las practicas de manipulacion de alimentos y gerencia de un restaurante. Me encanto! muchas gracias.
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Thank you!
Every module is very detailed and informative. Very easy to follow and comprehend the material in each module. Will definitely recommend this program to others.
There was good information, but the experience was not great. Here are some things I really did not like: the robot narrator was very annoying; the timing was often off between the audio and video; I could not go back to certain points in the video without replaying the entire video; the section on variances was not covered well; but then there are several points that get repeated many times. Repetition is good for learning, but these videos can be rewatched as many times as needed. Some of us don’t need that much repetition, and it just makes for an unnecessarily longer video.
This course was easy to navigate and all the information was easy to understand!
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
En el curso se aprendió cosas muy interesantes.
It helps me a lot
easy money program
Very necessary information to renew my knowlwgde
it really made sure that you understood what kind of information you needed to know in very digestible pieces
na
A lot of information.
very good training
very informative training
very informative training
The recertification course should be a review and not the same course that is taken to get the inital certification.
wow!
Mostly fine (Assuming I pass the exam) but the automated voice-over was often difficult to understand because of occasional strange pronunciations and frequent unnatural rhythm, which made comprehension more difficult than it otherwise could be.
I enjoyed the course and the material and review tests was easy to understand. I learned more about various scenerios. Overall i think the structure provided an easy way to understand the basics.
Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
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4.9
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Food Manager Reviews
4.9
I found the Food Manager course to be very informative and well-structured. The material was clearly laid out, making it easy to follow and understand. I appreciated how each section built on the previous one, reinforcing key concepts without feeling repetitive. Overall, I have no complaints or suggestions—the course met my expectations and provided everything I needed.
easy to follow format
Easy to follow format.
Nice visuals and efficient teaching.
It was a great class.
Great
It was alright, learned a lot.
Very informative
was great
This training was very easy to follow and very informative
didnt think id pass because i didnt study.
Muy buena experiencia
I thought it was very informative and I learned a lot
Glad it’s over and that I passed
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
En el curso se aprendió cosas muy interesantes.
It helps me a lot
easy money program
Very necessary information to renew my knowlwgde
it really made sure that you understood what kind of information you needed to know in very digestible pieces
na
A lot of information.
very good training
very informative training
very informative training
The recertification course should be a review and not the same course that is taken to get the inital certification.
wow!
Mostly fine (Assuming I pass the exam) but the automated voice-over was often difficult to understand because of occasional strange pronunciations and frequent unnatural rhythm, which made comprehension more difficult than it otherwise could be.
I enjoyed the course and the material and review tests was easy to understand. I learned more about various scenerios. Overall i think the structure provided an easy way to understand the basics.
Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
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Harassment Training Review
4.9
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