Earn Your ANAB-Accredited Food Handler Card Fast

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Earn Your Food Handler Card Fast and Easily.

You can be confident that your FoodSafePal food handler card is valid and approved by your health department.

How to Earn Your Food Handler Card

1. Enroll

Select your state or county, and checkout. The training will be accepted by your health department.

2. Complete the Course

Train and test in under 2 hours. 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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About the FoodSafePal Food Handler Course

Effective October 01, 2022

FoodSafePal’s Food Handler course was designed and is maintained by Gavin Van De Walle, a registered dietitian who specializes in food safety and sanitation, and an advisory board composed of other registered dietitians and food safety experts.

This training is ANSI National Accreditation Board Accredited.

  • Format: Online
  • Compatible Devices: Computer and mobile device
  • Teaching Methods: Interactive activities, audio, video, text
  • Available Language: English
  • Length: 75 minutes (start and stop as needed)
  • Requisites: To get your food handler card, complete the course and earn a passing score on the assessment.
  • Purpose: To arm you with a basic understanding of essential food safety principles.
  • Scope: This program will teach you or sharpen your knowledge of safe food handling practices.

Learning Objectives: effective June 12, 2023

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • identify how food becomes unsafe and leads to foodborne illnesses
  • identify when and which symptoms and illnesses must be reported
  • recognize proper hand hygiene techniques and good personal grooming habits to prevent food and food-contact surface contamination
  • recognize best practices to keep food safe throughout its flow by using time and temperature controls
  • describe how to maintain a clean environment and prevent cross-contact

Your FoodSafePal food handler certificate is valid for three years. However, your state or county may require you to renew sooner.

The course is self-paced but you have 60 days after enrolling to complete it and earn your food handler card.

The minimum passing score is 70%. After you pass, you can access your certificate immediately under “Certificates” in your Dashboard.

You will have one free retake to pass the assessment. If you don’t pass on your second try, you will need to repurchase the course.

Cancellations are not available after the transaction has been processed; however, you may request a refund within 30 days of purchase if you have not started the course.

Please refer to our privacy policy.

You can see where you’re at in the course by clicking the “menu” button. A checkmark will appear next to the lesson you’re on. You can exit and return to where you left off at any time.

You may refer to the certificate as a “FoodSafePal Food Handler Certificate” or “FoodSafePal Food Handler Card.” You may say you are a “FoodSafePal Food Handler Certificate or Card Recipient.”

You and/or your managers cannot say or imply that you are “certified,” “certificated,” “licensed,” “registered,” or “accredited.” Certificates may not be tampered with, and text or logos may not be added to them, without express written permission from FoodSafePal.

You may not transfer your certificate to another individual.

After you complete the course and pass the final assessment, you can immediately download or print your certificate. You can access your certificate by clicking “My Dashboard,” and then clicking “My Certificates.”

If you cannot access your certificate, please contact us at help@foodsafepal.com to receive a status update.

Please also contact us at help@foodsafepal.com to verify the status of a certificate holder.

To submit an appeal related to a certificate invalidation or other adverse decision related to the certificate program, please contact us here.

Upon receiving the appeal, you will receive an email or letter of the outcome of the decision within 30 days.

We are open to feedback and want the opportunity to make things right if you have a complaint about us or our courses.

Please submit your complaint HERE, and we will provide a resolution to your satisfaction within 30 days.

Choose your state here to enroll. Enter your information to create an account and complete the purchase. You will then be redirected to start the course.

If you want to complete the course at a later time, click “Login” in the far right corner. Once you’re logged in, select “My Dashboard” and then “My Course” to access the training.

Easily train your entire team

Streamline your training by equipping your team with the same essential food safety knowledge for a discounted rate.

Save 20% when you purchase 2 or more food handler enrollments.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Contact us at (800) 426-1344 or email us at help@foodsafepal.com to purchase food handler training for your team.
  2. Log into your custom dashboard and send an invite to each employee who needs training.
  3. Sit back and track your employees’ course progress.

Contact us here for group training.

Let’s Get Started!

Earn your ANSI-National Accreditation Board (ANAB)-Accredited Food Handler Card