


















Education is the best tool to prevent, minimize, or eliminate foodborne illnesses and food hazards.
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
A little long but really easy
Test wasn’t difficult at all. Just have to pay attention to the videos.
The test wasn’t difficult at all. Just have to pay attention to the videos.
good course
Good
10/10
Sometimes the audio would cut out. Sometimes completion of the module would be noted till I watched 2 or 3 times.
great explanation
very informative and to the point. Easy to understand and not boring.
Ok
It was helpful, but I would miss some information, so I went back over the video. I still miss the information, but it was still helpful, and I got some questions right.
Great
It was a lot of common sense.
Test was very understandable and knowledgeable.
Muy educativo
enjoyed seminar
It was quick and simple. I didn’t like that when I’d click next module and go back I’d have to completely restart whatever video I was on and not just resume. Or that I couldn’t just go back in the videos if I missed something. It was a bit slow sometimes but other than that everything was good.
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
I enjoyed this course, it was very informative. I appreciated the review questions throughout the course, it helped keep me on task
Was very helpful and educational .It was not boring
Long but informative.
Easy to understand, great price!
very educated
It’s a long process however very informative
Chopping up the topics was helpful
Este curso abarca todos los conocimientos necesarios para que un administrador de alimentos realice una buena labor de supervisión de seguridad alimentaria en su establecimiento.
I think this course works. I’m actually not sure because I’m writing this before I take the exam. I don’t really understand the steps I need to take to send in my application, I assumed the company would have done that.
Bite-size modules and reviews reinforce learning and make it easier for the learner to retain the information presented. Great
Liked going at my own pace, liked the mini quizzes here and there. Videos were easy to follow and informative.
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
The quizzes were a great way to review.
good
good
Yes!
GOOD
WAYYY TI LONG AND TOO MUCH REPEATING OF THE SAME INFORMATION
N/A
Some glitches in sections and forced to repeat sections. Errors in quiz answer.
B
Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write one.
Harassment Training Review
4.9
There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write one.
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
It teaches you what you need to learn, it’s ok.
I enjoyed it and it was simple if you were on it.
The training was interesting and held my attention. I liked the training being broken down into modules.
Very helpful content for food preparation and food service workers
I WAS SO SCARE ON NOT BEING ABLE TO ACHIVE THIS TEST.BUT IM GLAD I DID
the information is really important for knowing how to handle frozen foods.it has helped me a lot to gain more knowledge.
The course was extremely thorough, and easy to follow. They were very helpful when I needed to extend my learning course prior to my exam and I felt like they really cared.
I’ve gotten my food handlers’ certification and this course taught me more then the lasts 2. I enjoyed the presentations and the pace the course went.
I already knew a good chunk of the information in this course, however there was also a lot of important information as well that I wasn’t fully aware of too. The course was very descriptive and easy to understand. Would recommend to anyone working in food service.
It was easy
Great
The food manager training was thorough and well organized, covering all critical aspect of food safety, hygiene and regulatory compliance and course material was easy to follow. thank you.
Very informative
The course was user friendly and very informative.
This was a very detailed course, it outlined everything I needed to know as it pertains to handling food. It also gave me great tips on how to properly train other employees. I would highly recommend this course to all business owners in the food industry.
I’m happy that I’m getting somewhere in life to help me have a chance of being something in life
Very clear concise and to the point.
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
The quizzes were a great way to review.
good
good
Yes!
GOOD
WAYYY TI LONG AND TOO MUCH REPEATING OF THE SAME INFORMATION
N/A
Some glitches in sections and forced to repeat sections. Errors in quiz answer.
B
Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write one.
Harassment Training Review
4.9
There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write one.