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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.
You can access the Food Handler Card online at any time, day or night. It’s built for flexibility, allowing you to learn at your own pace.
The food handler certificate course covers essential food safety topics like personal hygiene, preventing cross-contamination, cleaning procedures, time-temperature control, and safe food handling.
The Food Handler Card full course takes about 1.5 hours to complete. You can start, pause, and resume whenever it works best for your schedule.
The Virginia Food Handlers Card is available for just $6.95. Bulk discounts are also available if you’re an employer training multiple staff members.
The food handler card is recognized statewide in Virginia, including cities and counties such as Virginia Beach and Arlington.
To successfully finish the course, you must pass a 40-question final exam with a 70% or higher score. You get two attempts included.
The Food Handler Certificate course is in English and Spanish to accommodate a diverse workforce.
You will have two opportunities to complete the 40-question test with a 70% or higher passing score.
Upon successful completion, you can instantly download and print your proof of course completion for employer or personal use.
Managers and business owners can track, oversee, and document staff training progress through the admin dashboard.
To renew, determine your card’s expiration date, verify renewal requirements with your health department or employer, retake an approved food handler certificate course, and pass the test.
ANAB-accredited courses ensure the food handler certificate course meets nationally recognized food safety standards, which improves job acceptance and helps meet regulatory requirements.
A food handler card shows your dedication to food safety, strengthens your resume, and can help you qualify for promotions, leadership roles, or advanced certifications.
You can sell non-TCS foods such as baked goods, jams, jellies, dried fruits, dry mixes, roasted coffee, and granola.
For accurate and up-to-date food safety regulations in Virginia, you can contact:
Virginia Department of Health, Food and Environmental Services
109 Governor Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219
Under Virginia’s Home Kitchen Food Processing Exemptions, food safety training is not required if you’re producing and selling non-potentially hazardous foods. However, completing a Food Handler certificate from an ANSI-accredited provider like AAA Food Handler is strongly recommended. It helps ensure you’re following safe food handling practices and builds customer confidence in your products. Please check with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) for full details.https://vafma.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-Food-Safety-Summit-Q-A_updated-7-24-2024.pdf
https://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/food-food-safety-and-consumer-protection.shtml
Food Handler Reviews
4.9
I took this course for a volunteer position but I know I will use it well. I found it quite informative and reminded me of things I have forgotten over the years. I learned a few things I did not know. Thank you for such a well written course!
Simple, thorough, easy to follow and retain information.
The course material was easy to learn and well executed
For me it was a very well explained and easy to understand course.
I enjoyed this course a lot. The info was followed by visuals so all the info was easy to remember. The course was also interactive engaging me to apply the freshly learned facts by quizzes.
This training is really helpful for my job
Worth it.
The food handling course was quick and eaay to understand. I didn’t struggle at all to understand the information given and I was able to process everything easily.
good refresh on things to know handling food
easy to understand and nice visual teaching and i could see the instruction over again if i need it
I found the “learn at your own pace” style to be ideal for me personally. The questions while you are watching and the interactive scenes make it fun, not just something you are staring at for an hour. Teaches really important stuff.