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How to Earn or Renew Your California Food Handlers Card

1. Enroll

2. Complete the Course

Watch short videos, pass the test, and you’re done — all in as little as 90 minutes. Most people pass on their first try, but if not, you’ll get a free retake.

3. Get your Card & Certificate

Instantly download, print, or email your official California food handlers card and certificate. You can also upgrade to have a professionally printed copy mailed to you.

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Common Questions About Getting Your California Food Handlers Card

To earn your California Food Handlers Card, simply watch the videos, and pass the test. You can learn and test in as little as 90 minutes.

California requires a food handler card within 30 days of hire if you are involved in food preparation, storage, or handling.

This includes:

wait staff
chefs and cooks
bartenders
hosts/hostesses that handle food
bussers
managers, unless certified as food safety managers
food warehouse stockers
dishwashers

Conversely, you aren’t required to earn a California food handler card if you work at the following places:

grocery stores, and grocery store delis, bakeries, meat and produce departments all under one owner
retail stores where a majority of sales are from a pharmacy
convenience stores
commissaries
certified farmers’ markets
health care facilities, including hospital employees
school cafeterias
temporary food facilities, such as food booths at a community event
bed and breakfast facilities
correctional or residential facilities
elderly nutrition programs

Regardless of these exemptions, however, your employer may still require that you earn a food handlers card.

California’s SB 476 requires your employer to cover all costs — including both the enrollment fee and time to complete the training and test — associated with earning a food handlers card.

Your FoodSafePal food handler card will be valid throughout California, except Riverside and San Bernardino. FoodSafePal has a separate food handler training course approved for use in San Diego.

Your California Food Handlers Card will be issued digitally as soon as you pass the exam. You can download, print, or email it anytime by logging into your account. If you’d like a professionally printed copy mailed to you, you can order one directly from your account.

Your California Food Handler Card is valid for three years from the date you earn it.

Yes, to sell homemade food, California requires you to complete a food processing course. This training satisfies that requirement.

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