Accredited food handler course (each food employee): how to file the food handler certificates for staff
Every employee who works with unpackaged food, equipment or food-contact surfaces finishes an accredited food handler course within 30 days of hire. Certified food managers are exempt.
- Agency
- Texas Department of State Health Services
- Where it applies
- Texas
- How it's filed
- Filed online
- Fee
- VariesSet by each accredited course.
- How long it takes
- Each food employee must complete an accredited food handler course within 30 days of being hired; the training provider issues the card.
- Renewal
- Valid to the date on the card, or 2 years if none.
Official links
Checked against the agency's own page.
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