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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
It Help Me Alot
Informacion muy clara y precisa.
Quick course that was thorough and a good refresher to renew my food handler card
Nothing is complicated. Though, I wish there is an option to adjust playback speed.
needs a speed up button :/
Well organized information, very thorough and to the point
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
Easy
Excellent coarse.
Structured and streamlined. Easy to follow and informative.
very informative
I learned a lot from this course and it will help me teach many people how to properly handle food no matter where it’s being handled.
Offers easily digestible information. Lots of great information. Easy to follow. Offers practice sessions during training. I like the interactive bits the most.
The training was vey good. There were a few times, that I reviewed the lesson more than once, just to be sure I was understanding. I was also having trouble with internet connection.
informative…
Good details
I loved the the this training. Explanations and visuals made it so much easier.
not bad. i liked how everything is in short videos, the review questions after each subject is great
Informative, reassuring. I wish everyone was taught all this and it was just standard everywhere.
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Food Manager Reviews
4.9
It was easy and fast
I was able to take all the modules, take notes, review the notes before taking the exam, and quickly take and pass the exam after a few minutes or re-cap. Very easy course to get through if you focus, I’m glad I’m able to begin on my food service certification journey.
I was very impressed with this course, it covered everything in detail- from proper food handling to cleaning procedures and regulatory standards. It was well-organized, easy to follow, and focused on real-world application. I feel confident and fully prepared to manage food safety in a professional setting.
The best way to complete a sanitation class at your own pace.
Thank you so much fun and easy course I enjoyed!!
🎯 Lo que más me gustó:
Las dinámicas interactivas tipo “elige tu respuesta” que ponÃan a prueba nuestros reflejos mentales 🧠⚡
Los casos reales con situaciones crÃticas para resolver en equipo
Videos cortos y directos que explicaban desde el lavado de manos hasta la trazabilidad de productos
salgo del curso no solo con un certificado, sino con la seguridad de poder liderar un equipo con responsabilidad alimentaria y compromiso con la salud de nuestros clientes
Fast, kept me learning something every step. Doesn’t over explain.
Course was very easy to navigate and very informative
The instructional part was fine. Some of the questions on the exam were poorly worded.
Each training modules had great examples and images that were easy to understand.
Good
It was a bit slow but very informative.
Voice overlaps, hard to start videos, play buttons do not work, volume doesn’t always work when video starts.
Very easy to understand
Very nice
Very easy to understand
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