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AAA Food Handler

MASSACHUSETTS
FOOD HANDLERS CARD

4.9
(26,796 reviews)

4.9
(26,796 reviews)

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BENEFITS OF TRAINING

PREVENT

Education is the best tool to prevent, minimize, or eliminate foodborne illnesses and food hazards.

AWARENESS

Improve critical thinking and decision making to prevent or avoid sticky situations.

ELIMINATE

Training helps reduce or eliminate food safety hazards before they become major issues.

MINIMIZE

Be able to recognize, mitigate, reduce or eliminate the risk of improper food safety procedures.

PRODUCTIVITY

Reducing food safety complaints will create a happier workplace and in turn increase productivity.

WORKPLACE SATISFACTION

Serving safe food will increase productivity will in turn increase workplace satisfaction.

WHY CHOOSE US 

Getting Your Food Handler Card is Quick and Hassle-Free

Numerous professionals nationwide have already earned and renewed their card with AAA Food Handler — a trusted name in food safety training.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)

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

Food Protection Training
26,796 reviews
4.9
4.9 out of 5 stars (based on 26,796 reviews)
Excellent92%
Very good6%
Average2%
Poor0%
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September 8, 2025

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September 8, 2025

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Very Good

September 8, 2025

Very educational and easy to follow along with and learn!

Jasmine

Excelente!

September 8, 2025

Puede hacer el curso completo en español, aunque hablo y entiendo inglés; español es mi idioma materno y me siento mucho más cómoda con el

Paula G.

No Title

September 7, 2025

lucas P.

The videos were engaging.

September 7, 2025

All the videos kept my attention all the way through.

jax S.

Easy to follow

September 7, 2025

Was able to follow the training easily and pass the test the 1st time!

Nikki

Food Handlers

September 7, 2025

Very easy to understand and informative

Diann S.

Informative and on the GO !!

September 7, 2025

Fast and educational !!

Natalie K.

Informative and on the GO !!

September 7, 2025

Fast and educational !!

Natalie K.

GREAT LEARNING

September 7, 2025

COURSE WAS EASY TO KEEP TRACK OF. INTERESTENGINLY INSTERESTFULL

SMIT

Excellent

September 7, 2025

It was great.

Margarita A.

C

September 7, 2025

C

C

Good training!

September 7, 2025

Very good and improving training.

Aung P.

Amazing!

September 7, 2025

This course is assessable to all, it easy to understand, and suitable to all learning styles.

Camila C.

No Title

September 7, 2025

Jerzey J.

Great!

September 7, 2025

This was very informative!

Lauren

Food Handler certification review

September 7, 2025

The course explained thoroughly upon how to safely handle and store food, proper temperatures and storing food in a safe manner. This was great to become more knowledgeable upon how to correctly handle food and what I can do to prevent illness when doing so.

Erik T.

Food handler

September 7, 2025

Great training with lots of information

Han M.

5

September 7, 2025

Great course

Valentina M.

Food Manager Reviews

4.9

Food Protection Training
8,249 reviews
4.9
4.9 out of 5 stars (based on 8,249 reviews)
Excellent93%
Very good5%
Average1%
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April 5, 2025

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Engaging, informative

April 5, 2025

Thank you. Well done training program.

Jill

Great Experience

April 5, 2025

Loved the ability to pause the course and come back at any time. Only thing that would make it better would be the ability to rewind/fast forward through a slide so rewatching a slide isn’t necessary if something is missed.

Dennis R.

very informative

April 5, 2025

Covered a lot of stuff without feeling like a punishment. Which is not easy with any kind of training.

William G.

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April 5, 2025

very informative, and easy to follow, Thank you

Robert S.

No Title

April 4, 2025

Deanna B.

No Title

April 4, 2025

WILLIE J.

Easy Peasy

April 4, 2025

I loved how informative and easy this course was !

Rennel I.

yhorman

April 4, 2025

exelente

YHORMAN M.

Great Training

April 4, 2025

Great and very elaborate training material

V

este curso es muy bueno recomendado 100%

April 4, 2025

este vcurso me ha servido mucho wen cuestion de muchas cosas para bien del negocio y en lo personal es un curso muy completo todo m uy bien esplicado y desarroyado para el entendimiento de las personas

heber C.

MUY BIEN EXPLICADO

April 4, 2025

ME GUSTO ,LA FORMA DEL FONDO AL IR EXPLICANDO ME FACILITO MAS ENTENDERLO,INTERESANTE

ROSA A.

No Title

April 3, 2025

RUDY R.

very easy explain

April 3, 2025

I like the explanation the course . very easy to understand.

maiya T.

Food Manager Training and Exam

April 3, 2025

Muy bien explicado. Buen recordatorio de las cosas que tal vez hacemos en casa pero no se debe de hacer cuando trabajamos en lugares comerciales.

Martha C.

great

April 3, 2025

amanda

No Title

April 3, 2025

Mike R.

Excelente

April 3, 2025

Excelente curso gracias ☺️

Karla

Understanding the importance of food handling

April 3, 2025

I enjoyed the course. Received a lot of good information

Jhona W.

a very affective course and very suitable for you kitchen

April 2, 2025

and he has learned many things that he did not yet know about the kitchen and a restaurant is something very affective and good for you you learn good things and very suitable and easy to manipulate

heber C.

Alcohol Training Reviews

4.8

Food Protection Training
1,672 reviews
4.8
4.8 out of 5 stars (based on 1,672 reviews)
Excellent89%
Very good6%
Average3%
Poor1%
Terrible1%

!

July 19, 2022

Kellie J.

Yes

July 18, 2022

Virintra K.

5

July 18, 2022

Jacylyn S.

!

July 18, 2022

Lucy B.

Good presentation, broken up into sections that made retention easier.

July 18, 2022

Charles P.

5

July 17, 2022

Awesome & easy

Brandi B.

Good

July 17, 2022

Good

Jeremy B.

Good!

July 16, 2022

ERI O.

it was long

July 16, 2022

Carla M.

nice

July 16, 2022

very nice

Ryan T.

Good

July 16, 2022

Brian P.

!

July 16, 2022

Susan M.

!

July 16, 2022

Kylie S.

!

July 15, 2022

Mattie B.

!

July 15, 2022

Kristin M.

Easy and informative

July 15, 2022

Francine P.

Good

July 15, 2022

Sriprai C.

!

July 15, 2022

Levit B.

Not as quick as others

July 15, 2022

This course took me 4 hours and other websites took about 2. To take the RBS exam it makes you email and wait for a link while others you don’t need to.

Reyna U.

Easy and intuitive training, yet informational and educational! Love that if one needs to pause the training, at any given time, the system knows to pick up where one left off.

July 14, 2022

Martin H.

Food Allergen Reviews

5.0

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4.9

Food Protection Training
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Food Manager Reviews

4.9

Food Protection Training
8,249 reviews
4.9
4.9 out of 5 stars (based on 8,249 reviews)
Excellent93%
Very good5%
Average1%
Poor0%
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certiificate

October 2, 2025

Would not let me to get my Certificate when I passed . To press complete when I thought I was done.

Cecilia C.

Great

October 2, 2025

Good information

Guadalupe

No Title

October 2, 2025

Josefina C.

No Title

October 2, 2025

Sam

yum

October 2, 2025

rawr

kimora B.

Tabc

October 2, 2025

Passed

Karla

Really Learned alot

October 2, 2025

Ismael H.

good

October 2, 2025

great

Jennifer A.

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October 2, 2025

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No Title

October 2, 2025

took awhile

Jennifer A.

long

October 2, 2025

pay attention

steve

Important

October 2, 2025

It is important to know this information to keep our families safe

Beth

Perfectly put!

October 2, 2025

Training was easy with this course

Kayla

Informative

October 2, 2025

I learned a great deal of stuff about food.

Joseph B.

It was easy

October 2, 2025

Pay attention and your going to get mostly everything right

Jovanni A.

No Title

October 2, 2025

Yeny F.

Easy just follow along

October 2, 2025

It’s really easy and if u get stuck on a question ask Google lol

David N.

learn alot

October 2, 2025

I learned a lot about working in the kitchen then I did before I took the test

Bridgett

Fine

October 2, 2025

It was fine.

Eva

Information everyone should know

October 2, 2025

Knowledge is wealth.

Angie

Alcohol Training Reviews

4.8

Food Protection Training
1,672 reviews
4.8
4.8 out of 5 stars (based on 1,672 reviews)
Excellent89%
Very good6%
Average3%
Poor1%
Terrible1%

!

July 19, 2022

Kellie J.

Yes

July 18, 2022

Virintra K.

5

July 18, 2022

Jacylyn S.

!

July 18, 2022

Lucy B.

Good presentation, broken up into sections that made retention easier.

July 18, 2022

Charles P.

5

July 17, 2022

Awesome & easy

Brandi B.

Good

July 17, 2022

Good

Jeremy B.

Good!

July 16, 2022

ERI O.

it was long

July 16, 2022

Carla M.

nice

July 16, 2022

very nice

Ryan T.

Good

July 16, 2022

Brian P.

!

July 16, 2022

Susan M.

!

July 16, 2022

Kylie S.

!

July 15, 2022

Mattie B.

!

July 15, 2022

Kristin M.

Easy and informative

July 15, 2022

Francine P.

Good

July 15, 2022

Sriprai C.

!

July 15, 2022

Levit B.

Not as quick as others

July 15, 2022

This course took me 4 hours and other websites took about 2. To take the RBS exam it makes you email and wait for a link while others you don’t need to.

Reyna U.

Easy and intuitive training, yet informational and educational! Love that if one needs to pause the training, at any given time, the system knows to pick up where one left off.

July 14, 2022

Martin H.

Food Allergen Reviews

5.0

Food Protection Training
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4.9

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