Earn Your South Dakota Food Handler Card Fast
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Earn Your South Dakota Food Handler Card Fast and Easily.
You can be confident that your FoodSafePal Food Handler Card is valid and approved by the South Dakota Department of Health.
How to Earn Your South Dakota Food Handler Card
1. Enroll
Register and checkout. This training is approved by South Dakota.
2. Complete the Course
Train and test in just 90 minutes. Learn through interactive videos. Free test retake if you need it.
3. Get your Card & Certificate
Instantly print, download, or email your wallet-sized food handler card and certificate.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do you get a food handlers card in South Dakota?
To earn your South Dakota Food Handlers Card, simply watch the videos, and pass the test. You can learn and test in just 90 minutes.
Does South Dakota require a food handlers card?
South Dakota has no law that requires a food handler card to work at a food establishment.
However, owing to the importance of food safety, many South Dakota restaurants and other foodservice operations like schools and hospitals still require that you do.
Additionally, long-term care facilities may require dietary staff to complete food handler training to meet specific in-service education requirements.
For example, all nursing homes and assisted living facilities in South Dakota must provide in-service training for their dietary and food-handling employees within 30 days of hire and annually (1, 2).
These topics must include:
- proper handwashing techniques
- safe food handling and preparation techniques
- foodborne illnesses
- safe serving and distribution practices
- safe leftover food handling
- time and temperature controls for food safety
- general cleaning and sanitation
Because food handler training programs touch on each of these topics, nursing homes and assisted living facilities often turn to them to meet the state’s required dietary in-service training.
Other healthcare facilities like hospitals also rely on food handler training programs since they too must provide regular in-service training to their dietary staff on various food safety topics.
Even though South Dakota doesn’t require that you earn a food handler card, doing so can make it easier to land your next foodservice job or even negotiation a higher sal
Will my South Dakota Food Handler Card be valid throughout South Dakota?
Your FoodSafePal food handler card will be valid throughout South Dakota, no matter your county or city.
How long is a food handlers card good for in South Dakota?
Your South Dakota Food Handler Card is valid for three years from the date you earn it.
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