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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
great
Use common sense and follow the rules
good
The course was good and easy
I enjoyed this very much and I passed!!
Great program, not painfully long and boring
very good information on food safety and very interesting
not bad
I liked how this lesson was engaging so I was not just sitting here watching videos for an hour and a half straight.
This module was very informative with step-by-step points on the proper way of safety cooking and storing food.
great
I really liked how it was all made in video to capture your attention and make it easier to remember.
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
este curso es muy educativo y sobre todo te hace aprender mas sobre la salud y manipulacion de alimentos en lugares y establecimientos de comida, me ayudo mucho en mi comienzo como parte de la cocina y chef agradesco a mi jefe que me dio la oportunidad de tomar este curso y voy aprender mas sobre la cocina y tener una buena manipulacion de alimentos.
Great content!
The course was easy to follow along. Each lesson can be paused or rewatched to take notes.
This training course was thorough and informative. Great for anyone looking to learn or be reminded of how to safely and effectively manage a kitchen.
Now I have all knowledge that how to handle food safety
The sections were well spaced. The graphics were clear and easy to understand. The voice reading was easy to listen to. This was a very good course In my opinion. One must take the time to read each question as sometimes you are asked the opposite of what you might assume is being asked. My advice is to take the time to properly understand what each question is asking. Also allow yourself enough time to learn and go at your own pace.
very simple and easy learning program
Easy to understand and detailed. GreaT
it was very beneficial and very helpful to take this course. And I would have to say it was definitely money well spent. Very informative some things I knew some things I didn’t know and it definitely opened up my eyes.
I enjoyed the brevity and manner in which the information
Questions about Trichinella was ask before the subject being explained. Overall I loved the training.
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
great
very boring
There is a question that is worded incorrectly in accordance to the answer.
Depending on how easily I can get my certificate I’ll edit my rating.
Good body of information. Very complete.
Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
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Harassment Training Review
4.9
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Food Manager Reviews
4.9
ES UNA CAPACITACION MUY AMIGABLE E ITERATIVA. FACIL DE ENTENDER Y DE APLICAR EN EL DIA A DIA
Very thorough and easy to follow
It’s great to know the different Temps and time for the safety of our food!
was great and easy
I enjoyed this course!
Porque es necesario para la salud
Porque son cosas muy inportantes para la salud
Does the job, I guess, but this course is poorly scripted and organized, with numerous grammatical mistakes and a grating AI voice-over. If I hadn’t taken a food-handling course before, I think I would’ve been even more confused. I recommend looking elsewhere for certification.
fun
very efficient and helpful
lots of information to learn.
very good and easy
The information was beneficial, and the training was painless. I would like to see more interaction (exercises), and I did not like that if I wanted to go back a few seconds on the video, I had to watch the whole video over, when I just wanted to listen to the previous 15 seconds, for example. Perhaps you could add a fast-forward and rewind button.
thank you
Overall it was easy and informative! I will note that the audio didn’t work on most of the modules, so I had to keep resetting the close-captioning.
has a lot of information about the pro’s and con’s about handling food to preparation and serving
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
great
very boring
There is a question that is worded incorrectly in accordance to the answer.
Depending on how easily I can get my certificate I’ll edit my rating.
Good body of information. Very complete.
Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
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Harassment Training Review
4.9
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