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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.
In North Dakota, earning a Food Handler Card requires completing a food safety training course accredited by the ANAB. The course teaches key principles such as food hygiene, proper handling techniques, contamination prevention, and strategies to reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses. It also emphasizes the importance of maintaining a clean and sanitary kitchen environment. This course complies with state regulations and is mandatory for individuals working with food in restaurants, catering companies, and other food service operations.
To receive a North Dakota Food Handlers Card, take and pass a food safety course accredited by the ANAB. Once completed, you’ll receive a recognized card throughout the state.
The Food Handler course is done entirely online and is available 24/7. After finishing the 1.5-hour course, you’ll take a 40-question final exam. You’ll need a score of at least 70% to pass and earn your certificate.
The Food Handler course is perfect for individuals in the food industry, whether you work in a restaurant, café, grocery store, food truck, or concession stand. It’s designed for anyone involved in preparing or serving food.
The Food Handler Course costs just $6.95. Discounts are available for businesses looking to train multiple employees at once.
You can take the Food Handler Certificate in English or Spanish.
No worries—you get two attempts to pass the exam. You’ll have another chance if you fail the first time.
The Food Handler Card is accepted throughout all counties in North Dakota, including significant areas like Cass County.
The Food Handler training helps prevent foodborne illnesses, enhances decision-making in food handling, and ensures proper safety protocols are followed. It also helps businesses reduce complaints and improve workplace morale.
Owners and managers can monitor employee performance, track course completions, and generate reports through the platform’s management tools.
ANAB accredits the Food Handler course and satisfies North Dakota’s food safety training requirements. It is accepted across all counties and cities, including Fargo, Bismarck, and Grand Forks.
Here’s what sets it apart:
For official food safety guidance in North Dakota, contact:
North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services – Food and Lodging Program
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505
North Dakota permits the sale of non-potentially hazardous foods such as baked goods, jams, jellies, preserves, honey, syrups, and certain canned goods. These items must be shelf-stable and not require refrigeration.
North Dakota does not require food safety training for cottage food producers. However, completing a Food Handler certificate is strongly recommended to ensure safe food handling practices and enhance consumer confidence. The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services offers resources and guidance on food safety training options.
Food Handler Reviews
4.9
Great course to take when starting out in the food industry. Great videos and explantions provided and overall great information to learn when starting out in food handling!
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Took me no time at all and was easy to follow along and complete.
It was pretty boring
Veryhelpful
Easy and straight forward
Easy and straight forward
The modules were good as far as information. However, it glitched multiple times, shut down and was a bit confusing at first.
Love it❤️
It glitches a lot
The course was factual and easy to follow. This is my second time using this course.
you learn a lot of food
I learned a lot from this test and learning all the different temperatures for different items was pretty cool.
Annoying and tedious but necessary
Honestly not bad. it was tedious, but it needed to be to get all essential info across. good interactivity and great job at conveying the info.
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
excellent program to follow very educational, now next step take the test
Breaking into a short video is very helpful for my concentration.
Easy to understand
the course gave a lot of information and knowledge about the food managers course. it was nice and slow and easy to remember information. i would highly recommend this course!
good
I have much more appreciation and understanding of my role and responsibilities as a PIC, and will be ensuring that more of my team receives the same.
I have much more appreciation and understanding of my role and responsibilities as a PIC, and will be ensuring that more of my team receives the same.
I have much more appreciation and understanding of my role and responsibilities as a PIC, and will be ensuring that more of my team receives the same.
I like all the examples and questions at the end of each section. Very well explained and I’m a visual person so all the background, pictures, and info kept the training more entertaining.
I knew a lot but I learned a lot as well. Very Interesting!
Good course. Could be quicker between modules.
Very informational
The coursework was great! I really appreciated commitment to representation in the examples given during the course. The only issue I ran into is I think once or twice there were questions on one of the review exams that were about topics that were covered in the next section.
User friendly and helpful
This was very informative, but not overwhelming. The quizzes help to solidify the information.
I thought the house was way to use. I like how it had practice questions as you went along.
The modules are clear, simple and easy to understand. The questions at the end of modules are helpful.
This course was in short, easy to digest chunks that made learning easy. I appreciated the quizzes along the way. Great course to get some good knowledge!
Information is very helpful before taking the test, the studies were very good, a lot of important information needed for the test
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Food Manager Reviews
4.9
Easy to navigate
Info was well presented but the slow speed, no skipping, was rough. If I could play it at 1.5 speed, that would be better.
Very good course, easy and informative!
Thank you for everything.
It was great learning experience
Great
Reallt straightforward and engaging training modules about food safety!
Concise, easy to digest information that made the test a breeze.
Very easy training and also learned some new information
The training was full of facts and informative, common sense, a must take if handling food for the public.
The training was very informative, put how you move around a kitchen to perspective. Training was well done, informative, and had a lot of common sense applied to it.
This is a great training method. The information is broken up into manageable pieces. Easy to understand and very thorough.
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