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AAA Food Handler

MASSACHUSETTS
FOOD HANDLERS CARD

4.9
(26,796 reviews)

4.9
(26,796 reviews)

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BENEFITS OF TRAINING

PREVENT

Education is the best tool to prevent, minimize, or eliminate foodborne illnesses and food hazards.

AWARENESS

Improve critical thinking and decision making to prevent or avoid sticky situations.

ELIMINATE

Training helps reduce or eliminate food safety hazards before they become major issues.

MINIMIZE

Be able to recognize, mitigate, reduce or eliminate the risk of improper food safety procedures.

PRODUCTIVITY

Reducing food safety complaints will create a happier workplace and in turn increase productivity.

WORKPLACE SATISFACTION

Serving safe food will increase productivity will in turn increase workplace satisfaction.

WHY CHOOSE US 

Getting Your Food Handler Card is Quick and Hassle-Free

Numerous professionals nationwide have already earned and renewed their card with AAA Food Handler — a trusted name in food safety training.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)

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

Food Protection Training
26,796 reviews
4.9
4.9 out of 5 stars (based on 26,796 reviews)
Excellent92%
Very good6%
Average2%
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good course

October 17, 2025

it’s nice they teach you things you think you know but in reality you don’t know them

juan J.

No Title

October 17, 2025

elle

Informative course

October 17, 2025

It was really an informative and interactive course loved the way all information is gathered and delivered, Thank you.

Mojiz A.

No Title

October 17, 2025

Cory B.

Easy to understand

October 17, 2025

Very informative and was easy to follow along. You can replay any missed information and go at your own pace.

Kaitlin H.

AI training courses

October 17, 2025

The training materials were fair. The AI voice had very poor diction, mispronouncing a few words and getting the emphasis wrong in several sentences. The negative effect was very noticeable, to me. The exam was significantly worse. At least 5 questions has contradictory or poorly written answer pools. Is it really so difficult to hire an extra HR generalist to write training courses?

Douglas C.

A good professional course

October 17, 2025

I received valuable information about food handling, preparation, cooking, and storage. Maintaining cleanliness is essential in a food business. This knowledge is a great way to learn before starting a food business.

Srividya V.

Knowledge to have Food Handlers

October 17, 2025

Its great course to learn to handle food, which is more important for any new staters.

Murali V.

Amazing

October 17, 2025

The step by step guide and the ability to go back and watch any module again is very helpful. Things are explained completely and very easily understandable. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone looking to get their Food Handlers Certification.

Ryan L.

No Title

October 17, 2025

Deon K.

Very thorough, well organized and presented

October 17, 2025

The presentation of the material was concise, easy to follow and well organized.

Kim

Very detailed, helpful

October 17, 2025

David M.

maine food handlers cert

October 17, 2025

was easy to follow and informative

Vic

Easy to follow

October 17, 2025

This course was easy to follow and had great information

Lindsay M.

Great Course!

October 17, 2025

Very informative and easy to follow.

Chilanda S.

Quick and Easy

October 17, 2025

Thorough and easy to understand modules that are straight to the point

Ivie

Awesome material

October 17, 2025

Good and informative

Geetanjali S.

Great!

October 16, 2025

It was very easy to follow. Very detailed.

Marta S.

Food Handler

October 16, 2025

I liked the information they provided. It was helpful in ways of actually learning to utilize safe and proper practices in the food business.

jh

Great

October 16, 2025

Great test and alot of good information

Sonya T.

Food Manager Reviews

4.9

Food Protection Training
8,249 reviews
4.9
4.9 out of 5 stars (based on 8,249 reviews)
Excellent93%
Very good5%
Average1%
Poor0%
Terrible1%

Love the app

September 24, 2025

I loved having the option to download the app to be able to do training on my phone as an option, in addition to my computer. This was very convenient! I loved being able to work on the course at my own pace and availability.

Nickie

Need to Know

September 24, 2025

I recommend this to everyone in the Food Service Industries.

Nichole G.

texas food manager training

September 24, 2025

very good in explaining and i learn a lot

joe C.

No Title

September 24, 2025

Tiffany

Easy to follow training

September 24, 2025

I enjoyed taking this food manager course. The modules are easy to follow and understand the materials. I also appreciate the quizzes after each section to ensure I understood the material.

Ajsha

Review from Anne Krebbs

September 24, 2025

I had to use the closed caption for all modules except for two. There was no volume on the rest. It was difficult to follow along at times.

Anne K.

I like that the lessons has visual and audio to it

September 24, 2025

I like that you cannot skip to the next lesson unless you finished the current lesson.

ABOSEDE O.

good review

September 24, 2025

If you require this certification, this course provides comprehensive information delivered in an engaging and well-structured manner.

Sameh

EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND VERY COMPLETE

September 23, 2025

First of all, thank you for taking the time to develop a very user-friendly course. Secondly, thank you for providing the opportunity to access this type of material in a clear and precise manner, which allows for a deep understanding that is easy to incorporate into our knowledge.

Jose M.

Informative

September 23, 2025

Points are made and then enforced

Steve C.

Excellent Instructional Videos

September 23, 2025

Videos were detailed and concise. information presented very well

John S.

Quick and informative

September 23, 2025

I liked the coarse, very understanding and it didn’t drag out topics.

Kayla M.

AAA Food Manager Training

September 23, 2025

The course was thorough and presented in a concise manner that was easy to understand.

William V.

AMAZING

September 23, 2025

This course was concise and to the point. Highly recommend!

Jayme D.

Clear and precise

September 23, 2025

Clear and precise reviewal. Easy to follow

zach S.

Easy to take at your own speed

September 23, 2025

Since I am up and down with customers, it was nice to be able to start and stop the course as necessary.

Deb

Good

September 23, 2025

This was comprehensive

Emily R.

Colin's Food Handler course review

September 23, 2025

I learned a lot in this Food Handler training course. The course was thorough and technically sound.

Colin P.

Very educational

September 23, 2025

All areas of need to know were covered in this course.

Alicia S.

Nice Course

September 22, 2025

Only thing I wish was different — after each page, the “module completed successfully” popup blocks the next module button. You have to click the X too dismiss (or wait a while) before proceeding to the next module. If you could just scoot that over just a little bit…

Ben

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briana

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August 15, 2025

Good

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August 15, 2025

Kazu S.

COURSE

August 15, 2025

GREAT

tERI

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August 15, 2025

thanks

Rodolfo F.

Commenta

August 15, 2025

I think this is a good practice

Mark H.

No Title

August 15, 2025

Allison F.

ABC Review

August 15, 2025

It was helpful and informational. Needed for my current work position and the images and descriptions helped. I would suggest videos of real life examples to help visual learners understand the review.

Roman

Great Course

August 15, 2025

Was very easy and quite straight forward, didn’t take much to pass. Mainly common sense stuff aside from the actual laws.

Joshalyn S.

No Title

August 15, 2025

Josue S.

nice course and review

August 14, 2025

glad to review all the these important issues.

Matthew W.

Convenient and filled with knowledge

August 14, 2025

This course had a lot more information than I expected. It is informative and gives you the necessary information to get the certificate and do your job right.

Adam

No Title

August 14, 2025

Shea

Fast and easy

August 14, 2025

this course was simple, it got straight to the point, i learned what was needed, tested regularly and got it done!

Madiana

Concise and clear

August 13, 2025

Very informative and thorough. I know much more about this topic than I expected to.

Evan

No Title

August 13, 2025

Michelle S.

No Title

August 13, 2025

arlene A.

Concise and easy

August 13, 2025

As someone who doesn’t like taking tests or classes this was relatively painless. Highly recommended if you were like me.

Joey

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August 13, 2025

Renard

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August 13, 2025

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Food Allergen Reviews

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Food Manager Reviews

4.9

Food Protection Training
8,249 reviews
4.9
4.9 out of 5 stars (based on 8,249 reviews)
Excellent93%
Very good5%
Average1%
Poor0%
Terrible1%

No Title

November 5, 2025

Alyssa E.

very informative and interesting

November 5, 2025

I thought it was very informative and I learned a lot

jennifer G.

very informative

November 5, 2025

Jennifer G.

No Title

November 5, 2025

Mustafa T.

Fine

November 5, 2025

Glad it’s over and that I passed

Nichole H.

No Title

November 5, 2025

Muy bueno

Yeraldy M.

i learned a lot

November 5, 2025

this was a good course, i thought i was very knowledgeable but i still learned something new.

Albert B.

No Title

November 5, 2025

Very helpful and understanding

Samuel G.

Food handler course

November 5, 2025

The food all of course was great easy to understand fast to get through I enjoyed it

Raven

My review on food handler-course review

November 5, 2025

My review on this food handler–course review is great because you can see that the videos I just watch earlier is understandable, they explained it very well.

Aileen A.

Quick and Easy

November 5, 2025

The modules were easy to learn from and really showed a lot to prepare me for the test.

Anthony

No Title

November 5, 2025

Da H.

Easy, fast and most importantly informative

November 5, 2025

It is really easy and understandable because of the graphics used for explanation

Navraj

No Title

November 5, 2025

wuping

Too long

November 5, 2025

It took 3 hours to complete

M S.

Very stale

November 5, 2025

I wish there was an actual person reading instead of an automated voice. As someone with attention issues, the monotone voice and stock images made it extremely difficult to process what was happening. I think there should be a speed option as well because the program is so slow to speak, and there is a 3 to 5 second lag after the final word, and when you can hit next module. I had to repeat some slides multiples times because it said I hadn’t finished it, but all I did was hit next module 2 seconds from the end. It was annoying.

na

No Title

November 5, 2025

Chakkraphong S.

Good

November 5, 2025

Easy to follow along with!

Makenzie S.

VERY helpful!

November 5, 2025

easy to understand and follow

J R.

No Title

November 5, 2025

Shaniah

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4.8

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4.8 out of 5 stars (based on 1,672 reviews)
Excellent89%
Very good6%
Average3%
Poor1%
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No Title

August 15, 2025

briana

RBSAlcohol

August 15, 2025

Good

Jaime T.

No Title

August 15, 2025

Kazu S.

COURSE

August 15, 2025

GREAT

tERI

thanks

August 15, 2025

thanks

Rodolfo F.

Commenta

August 15, 2025

I think this is a good practice

Mark H.

No Title

August 15, 2025

Allison F.

ABC Review

August 15, 2025

It was helpful and informational. Needed for my current work position and the images and descriptions helped. I would suggest videos of real life examples to help visual learners understand the review.

Roman

Great Course

August 15, 2025

Was very easy and quite straight forward, didn’t take much to pass. Mainly common sense stuff aside from the actual laws.

Joshalyn S.

No Title

August 15, 2025

Josue S.

nice course and review

August 14, 2025

glad to review all the these important issues.

Matthew W.

Convenient and filled with knowledge

August 14, 2025

This course had a lot more information than I expected. It is informative and gives you the necessary information to get the certificate and do your job right.

Adam

No Title

August 14, 2025

Shea

Fast and easy

August 14, 2025

this course was simple, it got straight to the point, i learned what was needed, tested regularly and got it done!

Madiana

Concise and clear

August 13, 2025

Very informative and thorough. I know much more about this topic than I expected to.

Evan

No Title

August 13, 2025

Michelle S.

No Title

August 13, 2025

arlene A.

Concise and easy

August 13, 2025

As someone who doesn’t like taking tests or classes this was relatively painless. Highly recommended if you were like me.

Joey

No Title

August 13, 2025

Renard

No Title

August 13, 2025

Renard

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5.0

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