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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
Nice
Course was great, easy to follow and learn. Good direction and clear presentation.
This class was mobile friendly
I found this course very educational for food safety.
Cross contamination can cause a lot of problems in the food service industry.
Amazing
Thank you guys so much !!! Now i can continue my path in culinary !!
Really quick and easy proceas
Course easy to follow
Easy course
Most of the exam was common sense, and the modules were easy to manage to get through. I played them using my AirPods while driving, at the gym, and at home, and got through them in one afternoon/evening.
I enjoyed learning from this comprehensive training to improve the safety of handling food to customers.
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
I learned a lot that I was unaware of.
Program was very informative and easy to understand .
its a good course
the training is very easy to understand and informative like how it has small reveiws to see where you need to improve at
Clear and easy to understand.
Learned a lot in a quick and easy manner, and gave me a better understanding of how food prep should be managed and learned.
Lot of good information for those new to food handling
It was very helpful and fun.
Very informative and easy to understand
Excelente recurso
Easy to follow and informative.
I found the course to be very informative and straightforward. I like that they broke it up into modules because it made it feel less like it was never ending .
Learned a lot, thanks
I found the class interesting and favorable
Great course. Very organized and straight-forward information.
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
Thought it was too long, but helpful.
The course was very informative and easy to understand. I appreciated the real life examples and interactive review questions after each section. I now feel much more confident about responsible alcohol service. Highly recommend for everyone needing RBS certification.
Omg what are you doing here? This was the longest training!
okay
The notice that a module is complete gets in the way of the next module button.
The next module could be preloaded to eliminate the long wait for the next module to load.
Do we really need to know all the specific laws and their section numbers to know how to serve drinks and stay safe?
If you want servers to really learn how to properly serve or not serve drinks no not zone them out with unnecessary information.
Easy to follow and time given to think about the answers. I also liked that you could go back and play that section of the course again and again–I did it often!
N/A
too much info
Great
took me 3 days multiple hours each day to complete.
it should have a written transcript. we cannot hear what is being said unless we have earphones or in a very quiet location. we do this in the backroom where there’s a lot of activity and noise and thankfully I remembered to bring mine in but not everyone has them or will remember to bring them in.
it was informant but very long
Was easy to follow and provided commonsense information
Took time but great information.
Easy to understand
Unsure how relevant the training is to the test
I feel this training was very knowledgeable
Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
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Harassment Training Review
4.9
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Food Manager Reviews
4.9
Went well. Was easy to understand and go through.
I liked the course, learned a lot
good information
This was super easy and extremely informative
Great way to learn and renew license.
VERY USEFULL KNOWLEDGE ALSOINFORMITIVE.
Clips were short and simple. Mostly common sense.
Great course.
As a former ServSafe instructor and kitchen manager, I can say this course is well put together, and I am very glad to see that it is now mandatory for food handlers.
Great course. Breaks down the content into very digestible segments.
Educational, logical, and practical course.
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
Thought it was too long, but helpful.
The course was very informative and easy to understand. I appreciated the real life examples and interactive review questions after each section. I now feel much more confident about responsible alcohol service. Highly recommend for everyone needing RBS certification.
Omg what are you doing here? This was the longest training!
okay
The notice that a module is complete gets in the way of the next module button.
The next module could be preloaded to eliminate the long wait for the next module to load.
Do we really need to know all the specific laws and their section numbers to know how to serve drinks and stay safe?
If you want servers to really learn how to properly serve or not serve drinks no not zone them out with unnecessary information.
Easy to follow and time given to think about the answers. I also liked that you could go back and play that section of the course again and again–I did it often!
N/A
too much info
Great
took me 3 days multiple hours each day to complete.
it should have a written transcript. we cannot hear what is being said unless we have earphones or in a very quiet location. we do this in the backroom where there’s a lot of activity and noise and thankfully I remembered to bring mine in but not everyone has them or will remember to bring them in.
it was informant but very long
Was easy to follow and provided commonsense information
Took time but great information.
Easy to understand
Unsure how relevant the training is to the test
I feel this training was very knowledgeable
Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
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Harassment Training Review
4.9
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