Texas

Food Manager Training 

The My Food Service License Texas Certified Food Protection Manager (CFPM) course provides food safety training, exams, and educational materials to foodservice managers.

The program blends the latest FDA Food Code, food safety research, and years of food sanitation training experience. Managers learn to implement essential food safety practices and create a culture of food safety. All content and materials are based on actual job tasks identified by foodservice industry experts.

The My Food Service License Texas Certified Food Protection Manager course is self-paced and allows students the ability to start and stop throughout the course.  Hours of video, text, and interactive quizzes and puzzles allow students to learn through various learning styles.  

Content covered in our course includes:

- The Importance of Food Safety Education
- An Overview of Foodborne Illness
- Chemical, Physical and Biological Contaminants
- Foodborne Illnesses and Intoxications
- The Flow of Food
- HACCP
- Cleaning and Sanitation
- Pest Control
- The A.L.E.R.T System
- F.A.T.T.O.M
- Practice Exams and quizzes and much more... 

 

Food Handler Training 

Course and examination take approximately 1.5-2 hours to complete and, upon successful completion, provides a printable handler certificate and card. This card is good for two years. 

The Texas Food Handler Training Course is required by the Texas Department of State Health Services. 

The Texas Department of State Health Services requires all food handlers to obtain knowledge about food safety and sanitation. The Texas Food Handler Training Course does just that. In just about 1.5-2 hours the food handler is trained and will receive a downloadable certificate and handler card. 

My Food Service License provides online food handler training. Food handler training is optional in most areas of Texas and this course provides excellent food worker training to teach the important principles of food safety to food handlers. Your local regulatory agency may have additional requirements. Please contact your local regulatory agency for more information. 

A food handler is defined by law as a person who works in a food facility and performs any duties that involve the preparation, storage or service of food in a food facility. 

The course is available in English and Spanish, 

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State Requirements:  One certified manager per location.

Food Protection Manager: Required.     

Food Handlers: Required.     

Exceptions: None.

Manager Training Hours: No regulations on training or specific training.     

Food Handler Course: Training must be approved by the state. Specific training hours. Contact your local health department for specific regulations.

Food Manager Certification and Food Handler Certificate Renewal: Food Manager every 5 years; Food Handler every 3 years.

Please check with your local jurisdiction or regulatory body for the most current information.