Earn Your California Food Handler Card Fast
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Earn Your California Food Handler Card Fast and Easily.
You can be confident that your FoodSafePal Food Handler Card is valid and approved by the California Department of Health.
How to Earn Your California Food Handler Card
1. Enroll
Select your county and checkout. This training is accepted by California.
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 California?
To earn your California Food Handlers Card, simply watch the videos, and pass the test. You can learn and test in under two hours.
Does California require a food handlers card?
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 handler card.
To sell homemade food, California requires you to complete a food processing course. This training satisfies that requirement.
Does California require my employeer to pay for my 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.
Will my California Food Handler Card be valid throughout California?
Your FoodSafePal food handler card will be valid throughout California, except Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties.
How long is a food handlers card good for in California?
Your California Food Handler Card is valid for three years from the date you earn it.
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Earn your California-Accepted Food Handler Card Fast & Easily