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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
Got what I needed.
Easy to follow. Good info. Inexpensive.
I could not view if I got any questions wrong or if I got them all correct. Some may not care to know, but I would like to know that! That would be only thing I would change about this site ..
easy to do online
The only thing I wish for is a speed option, as the pacing is kinda slow.
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
I loved the interactive course and it is very detailed about food handling.
Very informative. Lots of details and clear explanations.
My only negative comment is that navigation was not alway clear. Content was great
I have taken the serv safe program many times and I think the AAA program is very informative and user friendly. I am ready to take the final exam for sure.
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4.9
Good course
I learned some new methods of food safety that I hadn’t learned in other courses.
I thought this training was super informative and well-structured. It covered everything at a good talking pace as well. Most trainings can be super slow so I appreciated that.
Someone needs to proofread the exam questions, MANY of them are completely incoherent… almost as if AI was involved. Secondly, your use of AI guarantees that I will never use your service again. It is not expensive to hire a voice actor, this module would have been 1 day of labor for a voice artist, extremely affordable and much more ethical than using AI. I appreciate that you are black and woman-owned, I try to support businesses like that, but AI use trounces all.
Numerous questions are ambiguous, phrased unclearly, and/or not critical to proof of comprehension.
excellent content easy learning
I found that the online course was efficient and convenient for my busy schedule
Mi experiencia es muy buena la explicacion es clara y las imagenes lo hacen mas contundente
This was a great program easy to follow and understand.
good price
This program is a great general overview of food safety! I will continue to use this for all my employees.
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