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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
Audio/video with some response required.
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The overall training was very informative
The course only took about an hour and a forty-five minutes and was a reasonable price. It was informative and helped me understand food safety practices in a restaurant context better.
I rather read than watch it
Enjoyed the learning and reviewing.
it was good process and learning experience
it was okay
So many things I was doing without knowing why, now I got to understand the reason why.
7/10
it was a great way to learn
It was good
It was lengthy..get some sleep and sugar before you start, but straightforward and to the point-thank you. I would like to know what my pass score was..what percentage. Only that.
It helped me to learn several factors about food contamination and the hygiene one should use when using food to prepare.
Glad went with them. The site was easy to navigate and the course was very detailed.
I wish the exam was less questions, just add the main one. But test was easy on my side.
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
This is a great way to learn , and get ur certification I found it very easy ,and very detailed.
Very helpful & informative.
This course was clear and easy to follow
Me gusto mucho este curso aprendi mucho y reforse lo que ya sabia ,aunque mucha de esta informacion no la practico yo ya que en mi negocio no se cocina comida es un negocio de Paleteria ,pero es importante saber como clienta de restaurantes lo que se deve hacer.
Really Helpful
It was very informational.
Good
Very easy to follow along. The videos and review sessions help so I stay engaged throughout the training. So much more helpful than just reading off paragraphs after paragraphs of information.
explained everything that I understod very well
Good, clear information, learned a lot!
This training course is accredited, easy to follow, AND is minority/woman owned!
Training was long, it took more than four hours. Please consider correcting the estimated time for the completion of the training.
The training was very active and engaging.
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4.9
Good place
Best place
estuvo muy facil
simple and easy training
Course is very usefull, teaches you basics of safe food handling which can be applied to everyday food preparation anywhere
Easy to understand and stay attentive.
This was very Educational and very informative.
is good for the preparation the food.
Excelent!
self explanitory
Good
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