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AAA Food Handler

NORTH DAKOTA
FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATION

4.9
(8,249 reviews)

$99.95

Gold Package

$119.95

Diamond Package

$69.95

Exam Only

$49.95

Training Only

* Diamond Package – In order to qualify for the Free Retest, you must complete the ENTIRE online training and sample tests BEFORE taking the initial Food Manager exam. The 1 free retest must be taken within 6 months of not passing the first time. All other retests will be $69.95.

ANAB
ANAB
North Dakota Food Manager Certification – Health Department Approved

We guarantee approval of the Certified Food Protection Manager Program by the health department.

Please click to view the nationally recognized ANSI accreditation for Food Protection Manager.

OUR CLIENTS

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

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Getting Food Manager Certification 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)

A Certified Food Protection Manager (CFPM) is responsible for ensuring food safety compliance in food establishments. This role is earned by passing the Food Protection Manager Certification exam, which is accredited by the ANAB and developed in accordance with the Conference for Food Protection (CFP). With this certification, managers demonstrate their ability to oversee safe food handling, prevent contamination, and lead food safety protocols.

Choosing a Food Protection Manager Certification exam that’s accredited by the ANAB and recognized by the Conference for Food Protection (CFP) ensures you are meeting national standards. This nationally accredited food manager certification is accepted in all 50 states, including North Dakota, and provides credibility with local health departments and employers.

Yes. The Food Protection Manager Certification offered by AAA Food Handler is approved by the North Dakota Department of Health. It meets both state regulations and the FDA Food Code 2022, making it valid across all food service operations within the state.

The course prepares managers to lead with confidence. Topics include:

  • Time and temperature control
  • Safe food handling and storage
  • Hygiene and handwashing protocols
  • Preventing cross-contamination
  • Cleaning, sanitizing, and equipment maintenance
  • Understanding food safety regulations and inspection preparation
  • Leadership roles in food safety operations

The Food Protection Manager Certification exam is:

  • 100% online and proctored remotely
  • Available in English and Spanish

Accessible from home with a webcam and microphone
After passing, you can immediately download and print your Food Protection Manager Certification.

If you’ve selected the Diamond Package, you’ll receive one free retake of the Food Protection Manager Certification exam, provided you complete the full training and all practice tests first. The retake must be completed within six months of your initial attempt.

Once you pass the exam, your North Dakota Food Manager Certification remains valid for five years. After that, you’ll need to renew by retaking the nationally accredited food manager certification exam.

Yes. The AAA Food Handler Food Protection Manager Certification meets food safety standards outlined in CFR § 483.60 for healthcare and long-term care facilities. It’s also a valuable credential for those working toward becoming a Certified Dietary Manager (CDM).

When you select a Food Protection Manager Certification exam accredited by the ANAB and developed with the Conference for Food Protection (CFP), you’re choosing a credential trusted by regulators and employers across North Dakota. It reflects adherence to national food safety standards and supports long-term professional credibility.

Training is optional but highly recommended. If you’re already confident in your knowledge, you may choose the Exam Only option. However, the full training course includes 10 review sections and over 160 practice questions designed to help you succeed on the Food Protection Manager Certification exam.

The Food Manager Certification program is available for individuals and businesses located in Bottineau, Burke, McHenry, McLean, Renville, Sheridan, and Ward counties in North Dakota. AAA Food Handler provides training that meets local, state, and national food safety requirements.

Yes. AAA Food Handler provides bulk purchasing and a team dashboard for businesses. This makes it easy to assign the Food Protection Manager Certification course to multiple employees, track their progress, and manage certifications across restaurants, hotels, healthcare facilities, and franchises.

Food safety oversight in North Dakota is managed by the North Dakota Department of Health. For questions about food protection manager certification requirements, local compliance, or food code regulations, you can contact:

North Dakota Department of Health

600 East Boulevard Avenue

Bismarck, North Dakota 58505.

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%
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Food handlers

September 19, 2025

A great training course

Celeste F.

Easy to follow

September 19, 2025

This course is informative and easy to follow as it move along at a good pace.

Annette

great training

September 19, 2025

modules were easy to understand format

pilar

Food handlers

September 19, 2025

The course was really nice and helped me remember a whole lot of things

Sherry B.

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September 19, 2025

Ali M.

Great way to get your food handlers license

September 19, 2025

Made it very easy to learn and obtain the information needed to take your exam

Shaina

great

September 19, 2025

good work

juan R.

good

September 19, 2025

great experience

Daisy

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September 19, 2025

Rachel H.

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September 19, 2025

Ernestine C.

EASY AND INFORMATIVE!

September 19, 2025

Very simple concepts to grab and very easy and smooth completion process.

Meg

Food Handler Class definitely worthwhile

September 19, 2025

The food handler class was quick and easy to fit into my schedule

It is not the first course i have taken, but it has been awhile, this was definitely a quality experience

Bob R.

Great course

September 19, 2025

Very easy Informative and helpful 👍🏿

Celestine T.

More Knowledgeable

September 19, 2025

This course was very insightful and refreshing. I feel that I now have a clearer understanding of how important food safety in kitchen spaces. From learning how to properly wash hands, handle raw and ready to eat foods, and the importance of keeping foods out of the danger zone. The lessons that especially peaked my interest were cleaning and sanitation and preventing cross contamination. This is very important and everyone show be taught this lesson. I feel that I am more confident and prepared in my ability to ensure appropriate business practices while also protecting the health of my customers.

Dee

good drawings and interactive activities

September 19, 2025

Yes, I got distracted and bored at times. but this was much less than most courses. The voice was pleasant to listen to and I liked the drawings.

Benita R.

Easy and fast

September 19, 2025

This was very easy and efficient test.

Berenice

Good

September 19, 2025

Good

William

Yesss

September 19, 2025

I love it

Bobby

Fenomal y práctico

September 19, 2025

Me gustó mucho la manera del curso es didáctico y fácil para el aprendizaje

Henry M.

Informative

September 19, 2025

This course was very informative, I like the choice if short videos instead of paragraphs.

Jazmyn W.

Food Manager Reviews

4.9

Food Protection Training
8,249 reviews
4.9
4.9 out of 5 stars (based on 8,249 reviews)
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Easy to follow

June 1, 2025

Different modules allow you to complete the training in different sittings at your own pace. The short quizzes after each module makes it easier to retain the information you are learning. There is a lot of visual representation of the information you are learning as well.

Freddy G.

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June 1, 2025

Awesome!

Neha L.

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June 1, 2025

Jennifer

Great

June 1, 2025

It was informative

chris

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June 1, 2025

Steven M.

Great course

May 31, 2025

very informative and easy to use course modules interactive as well

Robert G.

Easy to understand

May 30, 2025

It is a easy to understand course, appreciate it being self paced. A lot to take in but very informative.

Juan N.

Excellent Course

May 30, 2025

Pradeep K.

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May 30, 2025

PK

greta easy learning

May 30, 2025

melissa

Great Course

May 30, 2025

This was super easy and informative.

Brody D.

Amazing

May 30, 2025

It was so easy

Celeste

great course

May 30, 2025

simple to follow, great design and flow.

Jimmy V.

Food Manager Training Course Review

May 30, 2025

The modules were very easy to follow, all of them were very engaging and interesting.

Nicholas S.

Helpful Information for a Small Business

May 30, 2025

Thank you for providing good and thorough training for a new small business starting out from a home kitchen (cottage food). I hope to pass my exam with flying colors!

Joel H.

Painless

May 30, 2025

Easy to follow along and well laid out.

April

Highly Recommend

May 30, 2025

Course was very informative, easy to understand and navigate. Would highly recommend!

Karla L.

Good

May 30, 2025

It was very theural

Annika A.

Very Informative

May 30, 2025

This course did a great job of fully explaining all information in detail at a manageable pace. I would definitely recommend to others in the future.

Mallory K.

Excellent

May 30, 2025

Easy to follow and informative 👍

Mark

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%
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My experience with AAAfoodhandler

May 9, 2024

The course is awesome

Arul

My experience with AAAfoodhandler

May 9, 2024

The course is awesome

Arul

Did not have to be so long. Effective.

August 29, 2022

Humberto M.

05-May

August 29, 2022

it was a great course it really goes into detail about all the rules everyone should know about selling alcohol.

Vanessa M.

Fun experience!

August 29, 2022

Kaitlyn F.

Very well done. Detailed, specific yet not too complicated.

August 29, 2022

I would like to see the correct answer identified when my response was incorrect. How else to improve/learn?

Tawny M.

easy

August 29, 2022

Sona M.

It is a well informative program that it is easy to understand and gets to the point.

August 29, 2022

Veronica P.

.

August 29, 2022

Tharasai C.

Good

August 28, 2022

Keiko M.

Ch.

August 28, 2022

Jess W.

pretty chill, thank you for the information and training. I will use the lessons i learned to safely provide for my community

August 28, 2022

Drew M.

hee hee good training

August 28, 2022

Noah C.

decent

August 28, 2022

Marissa A.

Very good!

August 28, 2022

Very good course. Easy and informative. I would recommend to anyone needing RBS training.

Apassara D.

Perfect very clear

August 28, 2022

Jacqueline M.

5

August 28, 2022

Nicole R.

Fast and easy

August 28, 2022

Nixie M.

i was happy was over

August 28, 2022

Tara L.

Good

August 28, 2022

Michelle C.

Food Allergen Reviews

5.0

Food Protection Training
95 reviews
5.0
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Harassment Training Review

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%
Terrible1%

Food handler manager

October 13, 2025

Very good

Mary P.

Food Handler courses

October 13, 2025

Food handlers Courses is very important to the Person work in restaurants of company of food. Must take this course. Cz its show how to take care of food…

Nzabaho V.

Informational food prep

October 13, 2025

Very usefull and interesting information that I definitely needed.

Alan O.

short and stright to the point

October 13, 2025

Rousle

pretty informative

October 13, 2025

good course to learn, but can be a little repetitive

Paul

Food Manager Training Review

October 13, 2025

Personally, I felt the training was very detailed and walked through everything you needed to know for food and equipment safety. They went to a detailed breakdown of everything from washing your hands to training your employees.

Juleah R.

Very easy to digest.

October 13, 2025

I loved that the course was very interactive.

Stephanie

No Title

October 13, 2025

Natalee G.

5

October 13, 2025

Highly recommended

LOIDA

It was nice course I learned a lot from it.

October 13, 2025

5 Star.

Naimatullah S.

Easy to understand and straightforward

October 13, 2025

It was easy to understand and the exam was straightforward.

Jennifer

No Title

October 13, 2025

thank you

kimberly C.

Simple and informative

October 13, 2025

Learned a lot in a fun way! Thank you!

S

Very Informative

October 13, 2025

Simple and easy to understand, overall great course!

Ana

Food handling

October 13, 2025

Easy and fun!

Lynn W.

Great Training Program

October 13, 2025

Long but very self explanatory course. Very informative and very helpful to getting me to understand and pass final exam.

Julio D.

good course

October 13, 2025

it is important to know the basics of food safety and this course makes a great job with it

Virginia A.

perfec

October 13, 2025

Caroline S.

Great Program!

October 13, 2025

GOOOOOO NUGGETS!

Benjamin G.

ok

October 13, 2025

GOOOO NUGGETS

Benjamin G.

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%

My experience with AAAfoodhandler

May 9, 2024

The course is awesome

Arul

My experience with AAAfoodhandler

May 9, 2024

The course is awesome

Arul

Did not have to be so long. Effective.

August 29, 2022

Humberto M.

05-May

August 29, 2022

it was a great course it really goes into detail about all the rules everyone should know about selling alcohol.

Vanessa M.

Fun experience!

August 29, 2022

Kaitlyn F.

Very well done. Detailed, specific yet not too complicated.

August 29, 2022

I would like to see the correct answer identified when my response was incorrect. How else to improve/learn?

Tawny M.

easy

August 29, 2022

Sona M.

It is a well informative program that it is easy to understand and gets to the point.

August 29, 2022

Veronica P.

.

August 29, 2022

Tharasai C.

Good

August 28, 2022

Keiko M.

Ch.

August 28, 2022

Jess W.

pretty chill, thank you for the information and training. I will use the lessons i learned to safely provide for my community

August 28, 2022

Drew M.

hee hee good training

August 28, 2022

Noah C.

decent

August 28, 2022

Marissa A.

Very good!

August 28, 2022

Very good course. Easy and informative. I would recommend to anyone needing RBS training.

Apassara D.

Perfect very clear

August 28, 2022

Jacqueline M.

5

August 28, 2022

Nicole R.

Fast and easy

August 28, 2022

Nixie M.

i was happy was over

August 28, 2022

Tara L.

Good

August 28, 2022

Michelle C.

Food Allergen Reviews

5.0

Food Protection Training
95 reviews
5.0
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Harassment Training Review

4.9

Food Protection Training
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