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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
this training was clear and professional the only thing I would have to make it better is a way to tell how far you are into the course, if you are on a time line it would be nice to know how much you have left.
This course is imperative to any individual working within the restaurant industry. And extremely helpful to those working within their own kitchens.
It was hard at first but I only made it so by moving to fast but I hope I pass
Very informative
I really enjoyed this course because it’s well-organized and easy to follow. What I appreciate the most is how interactive it is, which makes learning dynamic and engaging. The practical exercises and activities helped me understand the concepts better and retain the information more effectively.
As a suggestion, it would be great to have a summary or a quick review quiz at the end of each module. This would help reinforce the key points and ensure all the information has been absorbed.
Overall, I’m very satisfied with the experience.
I’m the best in the world thank you thank you next gordon ramesey
Pacifique Mlengwa
very helpful and exciting
This was a great course to get my food handler. Would 100% recommend
Awesome!
great
Simple and easy to understand.
It was an awesome training course, it was very easy to understand and also involved a lot of interesting information that I needed to know.
It was easy to understand
Great training information
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
HELPED IN WAY I CAN EXPLAIN
fue todo UN retro que al final logre
todo estubo excelente El curso
It’s easely to lern
Gave me some good points to pass on my team and myself. Easy to follow and not to dragged out on the info.
The course was not painful. It was appropriate in length and in content.
The training was pretty straight forward and understandable. The only issues I had were you can’t rewind the video, only restart the entire clip which means if you missed one detail you have to sit through the entire clip again for that one moment. Another issue I had was certain modules would have severe delay from the audio to video, and refreshing the page did not help the issue.
Lengthy
Everything was knowledgeable
This was a really good course, I have taken several and I really appreciate how this one went through everything and the quizzes at the end of each segmant.
I really enjoyed taking this course I truly learned so much more
In the restaurant business nd hope this helps in my future
I enjoyed this course
The course was straightforward, quick and informative.
Good course
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
Very useful
Wish closed captioning would stay on when you changed modules and did not have to be turned back on every time.
Section 3.2 Part 1 is missing. It just plays Part 2 instead. I have serious doubts about all the 5 star reviews at this point.
Lengthy and tedious but I recognize the importance of each category.
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Food Manager Reviews
4.9
It was excellent!!
Dynamic, good level of detail, probing questions
AI narrated videos were a distraction.
Easy and quick
The course was very engaging because I learned everything related to the proper handling of food in order to perform better in my job.”
good
Food Handler training was easy to follow and to the point.
It was very detailed course I found it really helpful
Its a good training for open a business like restaurant
Great thank you
I learned a lot about handling food
We need pdf book instead of only video
great informacion
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
Very useful
Wish closed captioning would stay on when you changed modules and did not have to be turned back on every time.
Section 3.2 Part 1 is missing. It just plays Part 2 instead. I have serious doubts about all the 5 star reviews at this point.
Lengthy and tedious but I recognize the importance of each category.
Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
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4.9
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