Food Handler Card Online: Compare Verified Options

There is no online food handler card that is automatically accepted everywhere. Whether a course counts depends on who governs food handler training where you work: Texas licenses training programs and publishes the accepted online courses, California accepts courses from ANAB-accredited programs under a statewide law with county-level exceptions, Florida requires programs approved by its Department of Business and Professional Regulation, and Washington and Oregon run their own card programs where no national online course substitutes. A card that satisfies one system can be useless under another.

Most systems also run a clock from your first day — 30 days in Texas and California, 60 days in Florida, 14 days in Washington, and seven days in Riverside County, California. Missing it is enforced at inspection against the establishment, which must produce a valid record for every food employee on request; what happens to your own shifts is your employer's policy, so ask.

Before you compare prices, settle three things. First, check whether you are exempt — California and Texas both exempt whole categories of workers, and an exempt worker owes nothing. Second, ask your employer whether it provides or pays for accepted training — in California, employers of covered food handlers are required by statute to bear required card costs, so many workers should never pay out of pocket. Third, confirm the exact provider, course and online delivery mode on the governing authority's official list or rule for your location, and note the date you checked.

This page compares only provider-and-course combinations with current official evidence, and it labels the scope of that evidence. As of the August 9, 2026 source review, that means verified Texas provider rows, qualified California provider rows for statewide-rule counties, and no verified provider row for Florida or any other jurisdiction. Dated totals on this page run from $0 where an employer must pay, through $6.95 to $15.00 for a self-paid online course, to $10.00 to $28.00 across the government-run county and state programs verified below. Your first action: find your state in the authority table below, then check the exemption and employer routes — before paying anyone.

On this page

• Which food handler card is the best fit for your situation?
• Verify first: authority, locality, course and delivery mode
• Check whether your employer should provide or pay for training
• How to verify a food handler card for your location
• Who governs food handler training in your state
• How this shortlist was built
• Compare verified online food handler card options
• Provider fit: best for, not for, and what to check first
• Match your situation to a shortlist
• Are you exempt? Who does not need a food handler card
• Total cost, timing, exam and certificate delivery
• Buying for a team or multiple locations
• What to do when no option is verified yet
• Frequently asked questions
• What to do next
• Sources and last verified date

Which food handler card is the best fit for your situation?

Official statuses below reflect source reviews dated August 9, 2026; provider prices and terms are July 21, 2026 snapshots. There is no single best card, only the best fit among verified options for a specific place and situation.

• Best if your employer provides or pays for accepted training (any state): the employer route — typically $0 out of pocket, and mandatory for covered California food handlers, whose required card costs the employer must pay.
• Best for a self-paying Texas worker on a budget: the Learn2Serve Texas food handler course from 360training — the lowest dated Texas price in this comparison, on the state's official online-program list.
• Best for a California worker who needs course languages beyond English and Spanish, or an employer who wants group-assignment tools: StateFoodSafety's California course — in statewide-rule counties only.
• Best for the lowest dated California total in a statewide-rule county: AAA Food Handler's general California course — not valid in Riverside, San Bernardino or San Diego counties.
• Best for an employer standardizing on a widely recognized training brand and administrator tools: ServSafe Food Handler — only after confirming the exact product and official status for each operating location.
• Best if your jurisdiction runs its own card program or is not verified here — Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties, Clark County in Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Florida, and every state without a verified row below: the government or employer route. No national online course substitutes, and the official price is usually lower than you expect — $10 to $28 across the government routes verified on this page.

Verify first: authority, locality, course and delivery mode

Do not buy yet if your jurisdiction is not verified. A provider's ANAB accreditation or national marketing is not enough in every state or locality. Check first whether you are exempt, then whether your employer provides or pays for accepted training, then confirm the exact provider, course and online delivery mode on the governing authority's current list or rule — and save the page and the date you checked it, so you or your employer can show why the course was a valid choice even if the list changes later.

Approval attaches to a specific course from a specific provider, delivered a specific way — not to a brand. A provider can hold a Texas license for one course, an ANAB-accredited California course, and no standing at all in a third state. The general method is covered in how to verify a course provider; the mismatches specific to food handler training are predictable: buying a food manager product when the requirement is worker-level handler training, buying a general state course where your county runs its own program, or relying on a classroom listing when you plan to train online.

Before treating any course as verified for you, the official record should give you five things: the authority's name; the exact provider and course, with its license, accreditation or program identifier; the delivery mode you will actually use; coverage of your specific work locality; and a date — the source's currency and the day you checked. If any element is missing, the status is "pending," not "close enough."

Every provider status on this page uses one of five labels — the Five-Label Status Ladder — applied to a specific jurisdiction, course, mode and use case.

Status	What it means here	What it does not mean
Verified	A current official source directly confirms the exact row.	Not a guarantee of future status, or of standing outside the named jurisdiction and course.
Verified with limitation	Official evidence confirms a narrower location, course, mode or use case than the brand name suggests.	Not approval for the brand's other products or other states.
Pending official confirmation	A provider claim exists, but governing evidence is incomplete — no recommendation is made.	Not a finding that a course was rejected, and not evidence against the provider.
Blocked	Missing or conflicting evidence would change your action — no recommendation is made.	Not a compliance judgment about any party.
Not applicable	The system or field does not apply, with the reason stated.	Not the same as a value of zero, none or "not required."

Check whether your employer should provide or pay for training

Ask your employer before you buy anything. Many food-service employers run their own accepted training, buy seats in bulk, or reimburse an approved course — and buying your own card first can mean paying for something your employer would have covered or does not accept. Broader employer-paid and no-cost routes are collected in free or employer-paid course options.

California is the clearest verified example. Under Health and Safety Code sections 113947–113948, covered California food handlers must obtain a card within 30 days of hire, the card is valid for three years, and the cost side sits with the employer: required training and card costs are the employer's to bear, training time is compensated work time, and an employer cannot condition hiring on a card the applicant already bought. If you are a covered California worker, the statute — not a discount code — is your cheapest route. The statute routes the expense obligation through Labor Code section 2802, so an employer that refuses to pay is a wage-and-hour question for California's labor enforcement agency, not a course question — and not one this page can answer for you. That rule is California's; do not assume your state works the same way.

One source conflict is worth naming, because you may hit it yourself. Orange County's health agency page still states that the California Food Handler Law does not require employers to pay for the food handler's training and test. Section 113948(i), as amended by Senate Bill 476 and effective January 1, 2024, says otherwise. The statute governs. If a county page you are shown says employers need not pay, check when it was last updated before you accept it.

Route	When it applies	What to do
Employer-provided	Your employer runs or assigns accepted training.	Take the assigned course; keep your completion proof.
Employer-paid	Your employer pays or reimburses an accepted course you choose.	Confirm the exact accepted course in writing before enrolling.
Self-pay	No employer route exists, or you are between jobs and choose to train early.	Verify the course against the official source first, then compare the options below.

Job applicants — and parents helping a teenager into a first food-service job — face a specific version of this decision: paying for a card before hire that the employer would have covered, or that the employer's own program supersedes. In California, the statute removes the pressure entirely, because hiring cannot be conditioned on an existing card. Elsewhere, ask the hiring manager which route the business uses before spending anything. Self-pay can still make sense — a Texas applicant who wants a card in hand before interviews, for example — but verify the exact course first, and confirm who keeps the completion record.

How to verify a food handler card for your location

"State approved" is search language, not a legal category. The jurisdictions this page draws on run genuinely different systems, and the differences decide what you should check.

State-licensed program model: Texas

Texas requires many food-service employees to complete an accredited food handler training course within 30 days of starting a job, and the Texas Department of State Health Services licenses the training programs — online, classroom and private — that satisfy the rule. Verification is a list lookup: the exact provider and course must appear, with a license number, on the DSHS Accredited Food Handler Internet (Online) Training Programs list. All four providers compared below held current Texas listings as of August 9, 2026. The establishment must keep a certificate of completion on premises for each food employee, accessible on request by the regulatory authority, and the certificate is valid to the expiration date printed on it — or two years from issuance if no date is printed, under 25 TAC §229.178.

One conflict is worth knowing before you plan around a date. DSHS's current licensing page and program FAQ both state 30 days and cite Texas Food Establishment Rules §228.31, while §228.33 — quoted on most provider pages, including two linked from this page — states 60 days. This page publishes the agency's current figure. Plan to the shorter one.

Two Texas rules work in your favor once you hold an accredited certificate, and both are on the DSHS program FAQ. Under SB 1089(c), a local health jurisdiction may not charge you a fee or require its own local food handler card once you show proof of completing an accredited program — so the city-run programs that appear on the DSHS list, including El Paso, Carrollton, Burleson and North Richland Hills, are routes you may use rather than extra requirements stacked on an accredited course. And an accredited program's certificate is recognized statewide under Texas Health and Safety Code §438.046, while a certificate issued outside Texas is accepted here if the issuing program is ANSI-accredited.

The state's list also carries a public-institution option: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, TXDSHS license 6. It is not free. AgriLife's own course page prices the online course at $15.00 as of August 9, 2026, and its county extension offices commonly charge $20 for the in-person class. Texas has no free accepted route: the cheapest paths are an employer-provided course or one of the low-cost online programs compared below.

And if your Texas job also involves selling or serving alcohol, TABC certification is a separate credential with its own rules and clock — our Texas food handler and TABC guide covers both requirements together, including the combined-price routes.

Accreditation model with local exceptions: California

California's statute does not keep a state list of courses. Instead, Health and Safety Code sections 113947–113948 accept food handler training from programs accredited by ANAB (the ANSI National Accreditation Board), set exam minimums — at least 40 questions with a passing score of at least 70 percent — and make the card valid for three years statewide. The statute also shapes the product itself: the course and exam are designed to be completed in approximately two and a half hours, which is why compliant California courses cluster in the one-to-two-hour range rather than a full day. The facility must keep records showing every covered food handler holds a valid card and produce them to the local enforcement officer on request. Section 113948(h) also directs the state to publish a link to ANSI-accredited food handler programs and requires local public health departments to carry that link, so your county's environmental health page is a legitimate starting point — Orange County and Los Angeles County both publish the rule for statewide-rule counties.

Verification in a statewide-rule county means two checks: the program's current record in ANAB's California Food Handler Certificate Program directory — which names the accredited program, not just the company — and confirmation that your county is not one of the three that run their own program.

County card programs: Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego

Section 113948(f) leaves food handlers outside the statewide rule where a local food handler program took effect before January 1, 2009. Three counties operate such programs, and Orange County's health agency states the consequence plainly: a card issued by Riverside, San Bernardino or San Diego County is not accepted outside that county unless it also carries ANSI accreditation, and the statewide card is not the answer inside them. These are the three jurisdictions where buying a general California course is most likely to waste your money.

• Riverside County runs a Food Handler Certification Program under county ordinance. Its environmental health department requires a current certificate within seven days of beginning employment — the shortest deadline on this page — on a 50-question exam requiring 35 correct answers to pass. The county's own online route costs $28 for training and exam, and the county has authorized StateFoodSafety to operate it at riverside.statefoodsafety.com; an in-person exam at a county office is the alternative. Certificates are valid for two years.
• San Bernardino County runs its own card and accepts no substitute. Environmental Health Services states that food employees working in the county must obtain a food handler card from the county only, that cards from other counties, programs or companies are not an acceptable substitute, and that the training and test costs $22 in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese and American Sign Language. The county's own instruction sheet routes workers to sbc.statefoodsafety.com, where the county's 70-minute course allows two attempts, requires 80 percent to pass and produces a card valid for three years. Neither the county's program page nor its instruction sheet published a deadline for new hires as of August 9, 2026 — ask the county or your employer how long you have.
• San Diego County requires either a card from a county-authorized training school or a County of San Diego food handler test administered by a certified food safety manager, and warns that not all California courses are accepted there. The county's food handler program page publishes the list of county-authorized schools and sells a training packet for $2.00 at its San Diego office — that is the price of study material, not of a card. Cards last three years; renewal requires a three-hour course and a test from an approved school.

One provider also flags Siskiyou County as needing a special course. We could not verify a Siskiyou local program from a county or state source as of August 9, 2026, so that entry is unresolved — ask Siskiyou County Environmental Health before relying on either answer.

State-approved program model: Florida

Florida anchors the duty in statute. Section 509.049, Florida Statutes requires food service employees in DBPR-licensed establishments to receive certification within 60 days after employment, keeps it valid for three years, and requires the establishment to produce proof of employee training on request, including at any inspection. The statute also directs the division to choose a training provider by competitive procurement, which is why Florida has a contracted program rather than an open accreditation rule — and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation's food service employee training page is the authority route to it. SafeStaff describes itself as DBPR's contracted foodhandler program since 2001; treat that as the program's own description and confirm the current contract with DBPR. Florida also has a step no other jurisdiction here does: a third-party provider must report each certification electronically to the division within 30 days, with an exemption for establishments training their own employees on their own DBPR-approved in-house program. Industry Bulletin 2013-03 states that violations can carry administrative penalties including fines and license suspension or revocation.

The check is the DBPR approved food worker training program list — and it is exactly where this page draws its own line. The list we reviewed did not confirm the four compared providers at the exact course and delivery-mode level, so no Florida recommendation appears here. Two things a Florida reader should weigh alongside that. All four brands do appear on Florida's separate food manager certification provider list, and at least one markets a DBPR-approved Florida food handler course on its own site; neither establishes a food worker training approval, and mistaking one for the other is the exact handler-versus-manager error that costs readers money. That is a statement about our evidence, not about any provider's standing — but it is the standard Florida readers should hold every comparison site to, because "approved" in Florida means a specific program on DBPR's list, not a brand, and neither ANAB accreditation nor a Texas license substitutes for it.

What a Florida reader can do today: ask your employer first, because an establishment may run its own DBPR-approved in-house program and the statute exempts that route from the 30-day reporting duty. Then open the DBPR training page above and confirm the current contracted program before paying anyone. SafeStaff's own foodhandler page states that online purchasers are redirected to servsafe.com to buy and complete the course — a distribution arrangement, not a separate approval, and a good illustration of why you buy the named approved program rather than the brand on the storefront.

State-run card model: Washington and Oregon

Two states issue the card themselves, and in both the national online market is beside the point.

• Washington requires a food worker card within 14 days of starting work — and the Department of Health states you may work those 14 days only if your employer gives you food safety training in the meantime. The only authorized online training program is foodworkercard.wa.gov, and other websites that appear to offer a similar card online are not valid in Washington. Local health jurisdictions deliver the training, test and card; the fee is set in state rule at $10, the first card is valid two years, and renewals run three or five years. Your card must be with you at work and available for the health department to check at inspection.
• Oregon requires a food handler card within 30 days of hire from the Oregon Health Authority, a local public health authority or a designated agent, and the certificate expires three years after issuance. OHA's food handler page states the card costs $10, is valid in every county once issued, and warns that a number of online courses claim Oregon approval without holding it — so reach your provider through OHA's own county links rather than through a search result. A valid food manager training certificate is accepted in place of the card.

Which approval model applies to you?

Five acceptance models cover this page's course type. Find your row before you compare anything.

Model (who approves or accepts)	What it changes for you	What happens if the deadline passes
State license or approval — e.g., Texas DSHS licenses each training program	Verify the provider and course, with license number, on the agency's current list; result is a certificate the state system recognizes.	The establishment cannot produce the on-premises certificate a regulator asks for, and is out of compliance at inspection. Your shifts are your employer's call.
Statutory acceptance of accredited programs — e.g., California and Illinois accept ANSI/ANAB-accredited food handler programs	Verify the program's current accreditation record and your county's status; in California the result is a card valid three years statewide.	The facility's required records are incomplete when the local enforcement officer asks for them.
State-approved program — e.g., Florida DBPR approves food worker training programs	Verify the program on the state's approved list; approval elsewhere does not transfer, and a third-party provider must report your certification to DBPR within 30 days.	The establishment must still produce proof at inspection; DBPR states violations can carry fines and license suspension or revocation.
State-run or state-authorized card program — e.g., Washington and Oregon; Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties in California; Clark County in Nevada	Use the government's own route. A national online course is usually not a substitute, and the official price is low.	You are working without a card the inspector expects to see on you or on file.
Employer acceptance	Separate from every legal model: an employer can lawfully insist on its own program or vendor.	Employer policy, not law — but it is the version most likely to affect your schedule.

Wording matters: a Texas program is licensed, a California program is accredited and its courses accepted by statute, a Florida program is approved, a Washington card is issued by the state — and none of those words transfers between systems. One more distinction saves money: a food handler card is worker-level training, not the separate manager credential compared in food handler vs food manager.

Who governs food handler training in your state

This page verifies provider status in Texas and California only. Every other state still has an authority, and this table names it so you can reach the right one in a single step rather than searching a brand.

Agency names come from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's directory of state retail and food service codes and regulations, which the FDA marks as current as of August 1, 2024 and which links each agency's own site; several states also share jurisdiction with an agriculture department. Use it to open the agency page, then ask two questions: does the state require worker-level food handler training, and does my county or city add its own card? A "not verified" row below is a statement about our review, not a finding that no rule exists — many local card programs exist inside states with no statewide rule.

Governing authority for retail food establishments in each state, and what Required Courses has verified as of August 9, 2026.

State	Retail food authority (per the FDA directory, current as of August 1, 2024)	Worker-level training rule verified by Required Courses
Alabama	Department of Public Health, Division of Food, Milk & Lodging	Not verified — ask this agency and your county or city health department
Alaska	Department of Environmental Conservation, Food Safety & Sanitation Program	Verified — Alaska: DEC food worker card within 30 days of hire, $10 application fee and a DEC exam, valid 3 years; the Municipality of Anchorage runs its own card, required within 21 days of hire
Arizona	Department of Health Services, Food Safety & Environmental Services	Verified at county level — Maricopa County: food employees trained within 30 days of performing any food employee activity under Environmental Health Code chapter VII, training records kept on premises; no statewide rule verified — ask your county health department
Arkansas	Department of Health, Food Protection Program	Not verified — ask this agency and your county or city health department
California	California Department of Public Health, Food Safety Program	Verified — California: card within 30 days of hire, valid 3 years, ANAB-accredited program; employer pays; Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties run their own programs
Colorado	Department of Public Health & Environment, Retail Food Program	Not verified — ask this agency and your county or city health department
Connecticut	Department of Public Health, Food Protection Program	Not verified — ask this agency and your local health district
Delaware	Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Food Protection	Not verified — ask this agency
Florida	Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants	Verified requirement, no verified provider row — Florida: certification within 60 days of employment, valid 3 years, DBPR-approved program required
Georgia	Department of Public Health, Food Service Program	Not verified — ask this agency and your county board of health
Hawaii	Department of Health, Sanitation Branch	Not verified — ask this agency
Idaho	Department of Health & Welfare, Food Protection Program	Not verified — ask this agency and your public health district
Illinois	Department of Public Health, Food Safety	Verified — Illinois: training generally within 30 days of hire, renewed every 3 years, ANSI-accredited program or an IDPH-approved internal program (non-restaurants only); records kept for local health department inspection
Indiana	Department of Health, Food Protection Program	Not verified — ask this agency and your county health department
Iowa	Department of Inspections & Appeals, Food & Consumer Safety Bureau	Not verified — ask this agency
Kansas	Department of Agriculture, Food Safety & Lodging	Not verified — ask this agency
Kentucky	Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Food Safety Branch	Not verified — ask this agency and your local health department
Louisiana	Louisiana Department of Health, Retail Food Program	Not verified — ask this agency
Maine	Department of Health and Human Services, Health Inspection Program	Not verified — ask this agency
Maryland	Maryland Department of Health, Food Service Facilities	Not verified — ask this agency and your county health department
Massachusetts	Department of Public Health, Food Protection Program	Not verified — ask this agency and your municipal board of health
Michigan	Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Food Safety	Not verified — ask this agency and your county health department
Minnesota	Department of Health, Food Safety	Not verified — ask this agency and your delegated county or city
Mississippi	Department of Health, Food Safety Division	Not verified — ask this agency
Missouri	Department of Health & Senior Services, Food Safety	Not verified — county programs are common; ask your county or city health department
Montana	Department of Public Health & Human Services, Food & Consumer Safety Section	Not verified — ask this agency and your county health department
Nebraska	Department of Agriculture, Food Division	Not verified — local card programs exist; ask your county or city health department
Nevada	Department of Health & Human Services, Environmental Health Services	Verified at county level — Clark County: Southern Nevada Health District Food Handler Safety Training Card, tested in person at an SNHD location, $25 card fee including the test, 70% to pass, $5 retest, valid 3 years; no national online course substitutes — elsewhere in Nevada, ask your county health district
New Hampshire	Department of Health & Human Services, Food Protection	Not verified — ask this agency
New Jersey	Department of Health, Food & Drug Safety Program	Not verified — ask this agency and your municipal health department
New Mexico	Environment Department, Food Program	Not verified — ask this agency
New York	Department of Health, Food Service Establishments (with Department of Agriculture & Markets)	Not verified — New York City runs its own food protection rules; ask the city or your county health department
North Carolina	Department of Health and Human Services, Food Protection and Facilities	Not verified — ask this agency and your county health department
North Dakota	Department of Health, Division of Food & Lodging	Not verified — ask this agency
Ohio	Department of Health, Food Safety Program (with Department of Agriculture)	Not verified — ask your local health district
Oklahoma	Department of Health, Consumer Protection Division	Not verified — city permit programs exist; ask your city or county health department
Oregon	Oregon Health Authority, Foodborne Illness Prevention Program	Verified — Oregon: state card within 30 days of hire, valid 3 years, $10, from OHA or an OHA-approved provider only
Pennsylvania	Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Food Safety & Laboratory Services	Not verified — ask this agency and your municipal health department
Rhode Island	Department of Health, Office of Food Protection	Not verified — ask this agency
South Carolina	South Carolina Department of Agriculture	Not verified — ask this agency
South Dakota	Department of Health, Office of Health Protection	Not verified — ask this agency
Tennessee	Department of Health, Division of General Environmental Health	Not verified — ask this agency and your county health department
Texas	Department of State Health Services, Food Establishments Group	Verified — Texas: accredited course within 30 days of employment per the DSHS FAQ, from a DSHS-licensed or ANSI-accredited program; certificate kept on premises and valid 2 years absent a printed expiration date
Utah	Utah Department of Health (with Department of Agriculture, Division of Regulatory Services)	Not verified — local health departments issue permits; ask yours
Vermont	Department of Health, Food & Lodging Program	Not verified — ask this agency
Virginia	Department of Health, Division of Food & General Environmental Health Services	Not verified — ask this agency and your local health district
Washington	Department of Health, Food Safety Program	Verified — Washington: food worker card within 14 days of starting work, $10, only from foodworkercard.wa.gov or a local health jurisdiction
West Virginia	Department of Health, Public Health Sanitation Division	Not verified — county card programs exist; ask your county health department
Wisconsin	Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection, Division of Food Safety	Not verified — ask this agency and your agent local health department
Wyoming	Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services Section	Not verified — ask this agency

The District of Columbia and the U.S. territories are not listed in the FDA directory reviewed here and are not covered by this table; confirm directly with the District or territorial health department.

How this shortlist was built

Two gates decide inclusion. First, an option needs current official evidence of standing for at least one specific jurisdiction and use case — an entry on an official list or registry, or a current accreditation record that a statute accepts — checked against the sources linked on this page. Second, it needs current first-party documentation of its own commercial terms: the specific course page or pricing page for price, seat time, exam rules, certificate delivery, languages, team tools and refund or access terms. Marketing claims of broad acceptance never substitute for either gate.

The comparison fields are the ones in the matrix below, applied identically to every option, with a gap labeled as a gap rather than filled in. There is no scoring rubric, point system or weighting, and no overall winner: options are listed alphabetically, judgments are scoped "best fit" calls drawn from the verified fields, and neither order nor inclusion is influenced by any commercial relationship. This comparison is a research sample of widely used online options, not an exhaustive market census. Official statuses are rechecked at least quarterly (by November 9, 2026) and prices monthly (next review by September 21, 2026), and both are re-verified immediately before any update to this page.

Required Courses is an independent educational publisher funded by advertising and affiliate commissions on some pages. It is not a government agency, a court, a regulator, an accreditor or a course provider, and no commercial relationship influences a status label, an inclusion decision or the order of this page. This article was prepared by the Required Courses editorial team, and the standards applied here are published in our corrections and verification policy. If an approval status on this page has changed, or a listing is wrong, tell us at hello@requiredcourses.com and we will re-check the source and re-date the row.

Considered but not included

• Florida coverage for all four compared providers — evaluated and excluded from recommendation because the exact courses and delivery modes were not confirmed on the DBPR approved-program list we reviewed as of August 9, 2026. That is the full stated reason; it is a verification gap, not a finding against any provider.
• Every other U.S. state and locality — excluded from provider comparison because row-level official verification was not complete as of August 9, 2026. The requirement and authority for those jurisdictions are routed in the table above; no positive provider row is published without verification.

Compare verified online food handler card options

Read the matrix by row, not by brand. Official-status rows are scoped to the named jurisdiction and course and were verified against the Texas DSHS online-program list and ANAB's California Food Handler Certificate Program directory on August 9, 2026; commercial rows are provider-reported snapshots from the linked provider pages dated July 21, 2026. The ANAB number identifies the accredited organization under the certificate accreditation program built on ASTM E2659; the California directory also names each accredited program, so both are given below — and because the same organization numbers appear elsewhere against food manager products, the program name is the part that matters.

Compare within your jurisdiction's rows first, then across the commercial rows — and compare totals, not tuitions. A $10.00 tuition becomes $10.99 at checkout once a mandatory processing fee lands, a 60-day access window can cost a slow finisher a second purchase, and for a multilingual crew the languages row may decide more than any price row. The official-status rows tell you which options are even eligible for that comparison; nothing below them matters until your row clears.

Four online food handler card options compared by scoped official status and provider-reported terms.

Field	360training / Learn2Serve	AAA Food Handler	ServSafe	StateFoodSafety
Texas status (worker food handler course)	Verified — license 9 on the DSHS online-program list	Verified — license 207	Verified — license 84	Verified — licenses 3 and 106
California status (statewide-rule counties)	Verified with limitation — Learn2Serve, ANAB 0975, Food Handler Training Course; buy the California-specific product	Verified with limitation — 1 AAA Food Handler, ANAB 8952, Food Handler Training Program; general California course	Verified with limitation — National Restaurant Association Solutions, ANAB 0655, ServSafe Food Handler Program	Verified with limitation — Certus/StateFoodSafety, ANAB 1020, Food Handler Training Certificate Program; buy the California-specific product
California county-program counties	Pending official confirmation — use the county route	Pending official confirmation — a San Diego product is marketed; the county's own authorized-schools list governs	Pending official confirmation — use the county route	Verified with limitation — operates the authorized online route for both Riverside County and San Bernardino County; county card only, no substitute accepted
Florida and all other states	Pending official confirmation — no recommendation	Pending official confirmation — no recommendation	Pending official confirmation — no recommendation	Pending official confirmation — no recommendation
Tuition (dated July 21, 2026)	Texas $7.99; California $7.49	California $6.95; Texas price not found in current source	$15.00 national online bundle	California $10.00
True total as priced	Texas $7.99; California $7.49 — no separate mandatory fee found	California $6.95; marketed San Diego product $9.95 — no separate mandatory fee found	$15.00 — no separate mandatory fee found	California $10.99 ($10.00 tuition + $0.99 processing fee)
Course length (provider-reported)	California course about 2 hours	Not found in current source	About 60–90 minutes	California course 75 minutes
Exam (provider-reported)	45 questions; 72% pass; 2 attempts (California course)	40 questions; 70% pass; 2 attempts	40-question non-proctored assessment; 75% pass	70% pass; 2 attempts; question count not found in current source
Certificate or card	Printable certificate available after passing	Digital card after passing	Certificate available after passing	Card after passing
How completion reaches the authority	No transmission in Texas or California — you and your employer keep the certificate	No transmission in Texas or California — you and your employer keep the certificate	No transmission in Texas or California — you and your employer keep the certificate	No transmission in Texas or California — you and your employer keep the certificate
Languages	English and Spanish	English and Spanish	Bundle options in five languages	Seven languages
Employer and team tools	LMS assignment and records	Published bulk-discount schedule	Administrator tools	Group purchasing and training records
Access and refund terms (provider-reported; recheck before relying)	California course access expires 60 days after purchase; refunds within 72 hours, before starting the exam or certificate and under 50% completion	Refund policy pending fresh confirmation	Refund and access terms pending fresh confirmation	One-year course access; refund terms pending fresh confirmation

Card validity is set by the jurisdiction, not the provider, and it is not a comparison field between these four options — the term for each jurisdiction on this page is in how long a food handler card lasts.

Provider fit: best for, not for, and what to check first

The cards below interpret the matrix — the shared fields live above and are not repeated here. Each check-first list targets the fields the current evidence could not fully close.

360training / Learn2Serve

Best for: a price-sensitive individual — especially a self-paying Texas worker — or an employer that wants Texas and statewide-rule California coverage plus basic LMS assignment and record tools from one vendor. Its Texas course carried the lowest dated Texas price in this comparison.

Verified scope in brief: current Texas listing and current ANAB accreditation for a California-specific course, each as of August 9, 2026 — nothing broader. Re-verify if: the course is renamed, you move to a county-program county, or after November 9, 2026.

Not ideal for: anyone in a California county-program county, or any reader relying on coverage beyond Texas and statewide-rule California, where its status here is pending.

Check before you enroll: confirm you are buying the exact state course (the California product is state-specific); confirm the current price and whether checkout enrolls you in any recurring charge or auto-renewal; note the 60-day California access window against your schedule; and confirm refund eligibility, which ends 72 hours after purchase and once the exam, certificate or half the course is underway.

AAA Food Handler

Best for: a budget-focused California or Texas reader who matches an officially supported course and wants simple digital proof, or an employer whose seat counts fit the published volume discounts on its bulk pricing page.

Verified scope in brief: a current Texas listing and current ANAB accreditation as of August 9, 2026, and the lowest dated California tuition here. Re-verify if: you work in or move to San Diego, Riverside or San Bernardino county, or after November 9, 2026.

Not ideal for: California workers in Riverside, San Bernardino or San Diego counties, where the general California course is not the route, or any state without a verified row.

Check before you enroll: if you work in San Diego County, check the county's own authorized-schools list before buying any product marketed for that county; verify the current official status for your location; ask whether checkout creates any recurring charge or auto-renewal; and confirm refund and support terms, which were pending fresh confirmation at the last review.

ServSafe

Best for: employers already running ServSafe administration, and readers who value a widely recognized training brand with multi-language bundles and administrator tools across mixed teams.

Verified scope in brief: a current Texas listing and current ANAB accreditation as of August 9, 2026. The $15.00 national bundle is the highest dated price here, so the case for it rests on administration, language coverage and existing workflows rather than cost. Re-verify if: you add a location in a new state, the bundle contents change, or after November 9, 2026.

Not ideal for: anyone assuming brand recognition equals acceptance — recognition is not an approval model, and the correct ServSafe product varies by jurisdiction.

Check before you enroll: confirm the exact Food Handler product for your state and locality (not a manager or other credential); confirm current state or local standing for that product; ask whether the bundle carries any recurring charge or auto-renewal; and confirm access windows, retake and refund terms on the ServSafe Food Handler FAQ, which needed fresh confirmation at the last review.

StateFoodSafety

Best for: California workers in statewide-rule counties who need one of seven course languages or the shortest listed seat time here (75 minutes), and employers that want group purchasing, assignment and record tools; Texas readers using one of its two exact listed courses; and Riverside and San Bernardino county workers, whose counties have authorized it to run their own online certification.

Verified scope in brief: two exact Texas course listings, current ANAB accreditation, and county-authorized routes in Riverside and San Bernardino, each as of August 9, 2026. Re-verify if: either county changes its authorized portal, or after November 9, 2026.

Not ideal for: readers outside Texas, statewide-rule California and the two counties whose routes it operates — its status everywhere else on this page is pending, and a county-portal card is valid only in the county that issued it.

Check before you enroll: in Riverside or San Bernardino County, start from the county's own page so you land on the authorized route and pay the county price rather than a general California price; elsewhere in California, confirm your county is a statewide-rule county; price the $0.99 processing fee into your total; ask whether checkout creates any recurring charge or auto-renewal; and confirm refund terms, which were pending fresh confirmation at the last review.

Match your situation to a shortlist

No single provider fits a majority of situations — start from your row, not from a brand.

Your situation	Shortlist move	Verify before enrolling
New Texas hire, self-paying, 30-day clock running	Compare any of the four Texas-verified rows on price and seat time.	Provider and license number on the current DSHS online list; exact course; certificate download timing.
California worker in a statewide-rule county	Check the exemption list first, then ask your employer — required costs are employer-paid; if self-arranging, compare the California-specific courses above.	Current ANAB record; correct California course; confirmation your county is not a county-program county.
Worker in Riverside, San Bernardino or San Diego county	Do not buy a general California course. Start at the county's own page: Riverside and San Bernardino each run an authorized online route, San Diego does not.	The county's authorized route and current fee; Riverside's seven-day deadline; whether an online option exists for that county at all.
Worker in Clark County, Nevada — Las Vegas, Henderson or Boulder City	Use the Southern Nevada Health District. Testing is in person at an SNHD location; no national online course substitutes.	The current card fee and testing locations on the SNHD program page.
Worker in Washington or Oregon	Use the state route. Washington: foodworkercard.wa.gov or your local health jurisdiction, $10. Oregon: OHA's county links, $10.	That the site you land on is reached from the state's own page — both states warn about lookalike courses.
Deadline this week	Confirm the employer route first; if self-paying, choose an option whose certificate issues on passing and whose access window covers your schedule.	Whether your jurisdiction's route is online at all — county and state programs may require an in-person test.
Crew training in a language other than English or Spanish	Compare the languages row before the price row; several official county and state routes also publish multi-language options.	That the language exists for the exact required course, not just for the provider's flagship product.
Employer with teams in several states	Build a state-by-state matrix from the authority table above; expect different courses per state; weigh group tools across vendors.	Each location's governing authority and course; bulk terms in writing; certificate record-keeping per site.

Are you exempt? Who does not need a food handler card

Exemptions attach to the facility type and the role, not to you personally, and they are the cheapest thing on this page to check. Health and Safety Code section 113948(e) exempts food handlers employed by:

• Grocery stores, including convenience stores — except a separately owned food facility located inside the store, such as an independently owned deli or coffee counter.
• Certified farmers' markets, commissaries and mobile support units. (A mobile food facility — a food truck — is not a mobile support unit and is not exempt.)
• Licensed health care facilities, restricted food service facilities, and public and private school cafeterias.
• Retail stores where the majority of sales come from a pharmacy, and venues with snack bar service where the majority of sales come from admission tickets, excluding any restaurant-style sit-down area.
• Facilities providing qualifying in-house food safety training that is approved for use in another state meeting the stated federal model-code requirement, provided the training is given during normal work hours at no cost to the employee.
• Facilities subject to a collective bargaining agreement with their food handlers.
• Adult and juvenile confinement facilities, and elderly nutrition programs administered by the California Department of Aging.

One role-based exemption sits alongside those facility categories: Orange County's health agency states that a food handler holding a current, valid food protection manager certificate does not also need a California food handler card.

Texas runs a shorter list. The Texas DSHS food handler FAQ exempts certified food managers, employees of establishments serving only prepackaged food, and workers at temporary food establishments under DSHS jurisdiction. Several further categories — including volunteers who are not employed by the establishment, and people who distribute pre-portioned food in classrooms, daycare and similar settings — are exempt only while supervised by a certified food handler or a certified food manager. Florida exempts food service managers certified under section 509.039 from the separate employee training duty. Illinois's health department states that only paid food employees need food handler training, so volunteers are outside the rule there.

If any of these describes your workplace, confirm it with your employer or your local health department before deciding you are covered — and before buying anything. Exemption status is the establishment's to establish at inspection, not yours to assume.

Total cost, timing, exam and certificate delivery

Price the whole requirement, not the banner price. The Total Required Outlay is:

Course tuition + mandatory exam or proctoring fees + mandatory card, processing or shipping fees + authority or local program fees + required materials + taxes.

Three worked totals, all dated to the source reviews on this page:

• Low — $0. A covered California food handler whose employer must bear required training and card costs, or any worker whose employer provides accepted training.
• Base — $6.95 to $10.99. A self-paying worker in Texas or a statewide-rule California county buying one accredited online course. StateFoodSafety's California total is $10.99 rather than $10.00 because a mandatory $0.99 processing fee rides on the tuition.
• High — $15.00 to $28.00. An employer bundle at the top of this comparison, or a county or state program: $10 in Washington or Oregon, $22 in San Bernardino County, $25 for a Southern Nevada card, $28 for Riverside County's online training and exam. San Diego County's $2.00 charge buys a study packet, not a card.

Two statutory floors are worth knowing. California requires at least one food handler course and examination to be available for no more than $15 including the card — and provides that if no course is available at that cost, the card requirement does not apply. Illinois's food handler law carries a comparable $15-or-less availability requirement, which the state's own food handler FAQ confirms is met by multiple accredited online programs. If you are being quoted far above that in either state, check what the extra buys before you pay it.

The same formula exposes the trap on the other end: a course that is free or cheap to start can still leave a required card, county or program fee unpaid, so "free" only means free once every mandatory line is zero. Optional extras — expedited items, replacement copies, convenience upgrades — belong outside the formula, and so do costs you can avoid by planning, like re-purchasing a course after an access window closes. Four sampled products cannot establish a market average, so this page does not claim one; treat each figure as a dated snapshot for one exact product.

"Instant certificate" claims deserve translation. A certificate available immediately after passing proves one thing: you completed the course. Acceptance runs through more steps — the Certificate-to-Acceptance Chain — and the slowest one sets your real timeline:

1. You complete the course and pass the exam.
2. The provider issues your certificate or card — often downloadable after passing. Replacements come from the same place: DSHS directs Texas candidates back to the training program that issued the card, not to the agency.
3. Where the jurisdiction requires it, the provider or program reports your certification to the authority. Florida gives a third-party provider 30 days to report electronically to DBPR; Texas and California have no equivalent transmission, which puts the record entirely on you and your employer.
4. Your employer records it, or you retain it as the authority requires.
5. The employer, local health department or state system accepts it for your role and location.
6. You track validity and retrain before it lapses.

Steps 3 to 6 involve people and systems the provider does not control, which is why no course can promise same-day compliance. The full completion-to-acceptance process is covered in what happens after you pass.

Retakes, refunds and access windows are where cheap courses get expensive. Among the compared options, exam attempts run from two tries to ServSafe's non-proctored assessment terms, access windows range from 60 days (360training's California course) to one year (StateFoodSafety), and refund rights can expire within hours of purchase or at partial completion. Treat every refund and access term as provider-reported and time-stamped — several were pending fresh confirmation at the July 21, 2026 review — and re-read them at checkout.

Buying for a team or multiple locations

Verify every location before standardizing on one vendor. The approval models above differ by state and county, so a multi-site employer should expect different courses across locations — sometimes different providers, and in Washington, Oregon, three California counties and Clark County, Nevada, a government program rather than a vendor. A single national SKU will not work everywhere.

Once locations are verified, compare the administrative layer rather than re-comparing course content: seat assignment and learner invitations per location and role; progress tracking for managers; certificate storage, export and audit-ready records; language coverage matched to your actual staff; bulk pricing terms in writing; and renewal tracking, so multi-year cycles do not lapse silently.

The matrix's employer-tools row shows what each provider documents; do not assume integrations, APIs, security certifications or implementation timelines that the provider's own materials don't state. Keep your own evidence record — who trained, on which exact course and identifier, verified against which official source, on what date, expiring when. Authorities and inspectors care about the establishment's proof, not the vendor's dashboard, and in Florida the establishment also has to sit inside a 30-day reporting window it does not control.

What to do when no option is verified yet

Sometimes the correct purchase is none yet. That is the current position here for Florida, for any state without a verified row, and for the three California county-program counties and Clark County, Nevada until you have used the government's own route.

Five safe moves, in order:

1. Ask your employer and the local authority. Your employer may already run or fund an accepted route, and the county or state office can tell you exactly which programs count for your address.
2. Use the official or in-house accepted route where one exists. A government program, an employer's approved in-house program or an authority-administered option beats an unverified online purchase every time — and in Washington, Oregon, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Clark County it is the only route.
3. Wait for confirmation rather than substituting. Do not assume an accredited or out-of-state course transfers into an approved-list or county system — the models in this guide do not honor each other's credentials, and a substituted course usually means paying twice.
4. If your deadline has already passed, you are not locked out. Complete an accepted course now and give your employer the completion date: the compliance exposure sits with the establishment at inspection, and it shrinks the day your record exists. Do not let a missed date push you into a faster but unverified purchase.
5. If you already completed a course that turns out not to be accepted, check the provider's refund window first — several here close within 72 hours or at partial completion — then take the accepted course for your jurisdiction. Ask your employer whether it will cover the second purchase; in California, required costs are the employer's by statute.

Choosing nothing yet is not falling behind. If you are unsure which requirements apply to your job at all, start from check your state's required courses and come back to compare providers once your authority and course type are clear.

Frequently asked questions

Is an online food handler card accepted in every state?

No. Acceptance is decided jurisdiction by jurisdiction — Texas checks its licensed-program list, California and Illinois accept ANSI-accredited programs, Florida requires DBPR-approved programs, and Washington and Oregon issue or authorize the card themselves and warn that lookalike online courses are not valid there. Some counties run their own card programs, and Clark County, Nevada tests in person only. A card valid in one system can carry no standing in another. Check your own authority's rule or list before relying on any card.

Does ANAB accreditation mean a course is accepted everywhere?

No. ANAB accreditation is decisive where a law makes it so — California's and Illinois's statutes are the clearest examples — but states like Texas and Florida run their own licensed- or approved-program lists, Washington and Oregon run state card programs, and county programs can override a statewide rule. Treat accreditation as one acceptance model among several, never as nationwide approval. The ANAB number identifies the organization rather than the course, so confirm the named food handler program in ANAB's California directory, not just the company.

How long does a food handler card last?

It depends on the jurisdiction, not the provider. Three years in California, Florida, Illinois, Oregon and Alaska, and three years for a San Bernardino County or Southern Nevada card. Two years in Riverside County. In Texas, the certificate runs to the expiration date printed on it, or two years from issuance if none is printed. A first Washington card is valid two years, and renewals run three or five years. Track your own expiry — no authority reminds you.

Who pays for a food handler card?

It varies, so ask your employer before buying. In California, employers must bear required card costs for covered food handlers, training time is compensated, and hiring cannot be conditioned on a pre-purchased card. Elsewhere, employer payment is policy rather than statute — Illinois's health department states outright that employers are not responsible for paying, because the certificate belongs to the worker. Many employers still provide or reimburse training, which is why the employer route comes first on this page.

How fast can you get the certificate, and when does it count?

The certificate is often available the same day you pass — all four compared providers report certificates or cards issued after passing. When it counts is a separate, conditional question: employer record-keeping, local health department acceptance and, in Florida, a 30-day electronic report to DBPR each take their own time, and the slowest dependency sets the clock. An instant certificate never guarantees instant acceptance, clearance or compliance. Where a jurisdiction tests in person — Clark County, Nevada, or a San Diego County exam — the fastest route is a business-hours appointment, not a checkout.

What does a food handler card really cost in total?

Among the compared options, dated tuition snapshots (July 21, 2026) ran $6.95 to $15.00 — but tuition is not the total. Add mandatory processing fees, any county or program fees, required materials and taxes, per the Total Required Outlay above. Government routes are priced separately and are often cheaper: $10.00 to $28.00 depending on the jurisdiction. And where an employer provides or must pay for accepted training, your correct total is $0.

What to do next

1. Check the exemption list. If your workplace is on it, you may owe nothing.
2. Ask your employer whether it provides or pays for accepted training — and in California, assume required costs are the employer's until told otherwise.
3. Open the official source for your location from the authority table and match the exact course and delivery mode: the Texas DSHS online-program list, ANAB's California directory plus your county's status, the county's own page in Riverside, San Bernardino or San Diego, the SNHD program page in Clark County, the state card program in Washington or Oregon, the DBPR approved list in Florida, or your own authority elsewhere.
4. Then compare the verified options on price, seat time, language, retakes and team tools — and if your location shows pending or no verified match, choose no provider yet and confirm the accepted route with your authority or employer.

Sources and last verified date

Last verified: August 9, 2026

Next review: November 9, 2026

Official requirement, authority and approval sources were reviewed on August 9, 2026. Provider-reported commercial terms — price, course length, exam rules, languages, team tools, access and refund terms — are July 21, 2026 snapshots, due for recheck by September 21, 2026.

• Licensing of Food Handler Training Programs — Texas Department of State Health Services — Texas 30-day training requirement and the state's program-licensing model.
• Accredited Food Handler Internet (Online) Training Programs — Texas Department of State Health Services — official Texas list and license numbers supporting the Texas status rows, including the city-run and public-institution programs.
• Frequently Asked Questions, Food Handler Education or Training Programs — Texas Department of State Health Services — Texas 30-day rule under TFER §228.31, exemptions, on-premises certificate duty, two-year certificate validity under 25 TAC §229.178, statewide and out-of-state reciprocity under Health and Safety Code §438.046, and the SB 1089(c) bar on local fees and local cards.
• Online Food Handlers Course — Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service — the $15.00 price of the public-institution option on the Texas list.
• Health and Safety Code sections 113947–113948 — California Legislative Information — California 30-day card deadline, ANSI/ANAB acceptance rule, exam minimums, two-and-a-half-hour course design, three-year validity, exemptions, employer-payment obligations, record-keeping duty, the $15 availability rule and the pre-2009 local-program exception.
• Senate Bill 476 (2023) — California Legislative Information — the amendment effective January 1, 2024 that placed food handler card costs on the employer.
• California Food Handler Certificate Program accreditation directory — ANAB (ANSI National Accreditation Board) — current accreditation records, organization identifiers and accredited program names supporting the California status rows.
• Food Handler Program — County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health and Quality — San Diego County's card-or-test requirement, $2.00 training packet, three-year validity and warning that not all California courses are accepted.
• Food Handler Training Schools (County authorized) — County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health and Quality — the county's own list of authorized schools.
• Food Handler Certification — Riverside County Department of Environmental Health — Riverside County's seven-day deadline, 50-question exam, $28 online route, county-authorized portal and two-year certificate validity.
• Food Handlers & Managers — San Bernardino County Environmental Health Services — the county-only card rule, $22 online training and test, and language options.
• How to Get Your Food Handler Card — San Bernardino County Environmental Health Services — the county's own instruction sheet naming its authorized online route, course length, exam terms and three-year card validity.
• California Food Handler Card — Orange County Health Care Agency — statutory exemptions, the rule that Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego cards are not accepted outside those counties, and the employer-payment statement this page records as a source conflict.
• Certified Food Handler and Manager — Los Angeles County Department of Public Health — county guidance for a statewide-rule county.
• Section 509.049, Florida Statutes (2018 edition) — The Florida Senate — Florida's 60-day certification deadline, three-year validity, proof-at-inspection duty, contracted-provider procurement and the 30-day electronic reporting rule.
• Food Service Employee Training — Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation — Florida's approved-program authority route.
• Approved Food Worker Training Programs — Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation — the official list reviewed for Florida course-level coverage.
• Food Service Manager Certification — Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation — the separate manager list on which the four compared brands do appear.
• Industry Bulletin 2013-03 — Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation — Florida's three-year cycle, proof requirements, in-house reporting exemption and penalty exposure.
• SafeStaff Foodhandler Program — Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association — the contracted program's own description of its DBPR contract and its online purchase route; provider documentation, not an approval record.
• Food Worker Card — Washington State Department of Health — Washington's 14-day deadline and its employer-training condition, $10 fee, sole authorized online program, card validity and inspection duty.
• Food Handler Cards — Oregon Health Authority — Oregon's 30-day deadline, $10 card, three-year validity, statewide recognition and warning about unapproved courses.
• Food Handler Training — Illinois Department of Public Health — Illinois's 30-day training expectation, three-year renewal, ANSI-accreditation requirement and record-keeping duty.
• Food Handler FAQ — Illinois Department of Public Health — the Illinois $15-or-less availability requirement, online-course rules and the statement that employers are not responsible for paying.
• Food Worker Cards — Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation — Alaska's 30-day deadline, $10 application fee, DEC examination and the separate Anchorage program.
• Alternate Food Worker Testing — Municipality of Anchorage — Anchorage's 21-day deadline, $10 course and card fee and three-year validity.
• Environmental Health Code, Chapter VII: Food Employees and Certified Food Protection Managers — Maricopa County, Arizona — the county's 30-day food employee training rule and on-premises training-record duty.
• Food Handler Safety Training Card Program — Southern Nevada Health District — Clark County's in-person testing requirement, $25 card fee, 70 percent pass mark, $5 retest fee and three-year validity.
• State Retail and Food Service Codes and Regulations by State — U.S. Food and Drug Administration — the state-by-state retail food authority directory used for the authority table, current as of August 1, 2024.
• California Food Handler Certificate — 360training — 360training California price, course length, exam, access and refund terms.
• Texas Food Handler Certificate — 360training / Learn2Serve — Learn2Serve Texas course price and delivery terms.
• California Food Handlers Card — StateFoodSafety — StateFoodSafety California price, processing fee, course length, exam, languages and local-course notes.
• Group Purchases and Team Training — StateFoodSafety — StateFoodSafety group-purchase and employer administration tools.
• ServSafe Food Handler Course — ServSafe — ServSafe course duration, assessment format and certificate terms.
• ServSafe Food Handler Products — ServSafe — ServSafe national online bundle price and language options.
• ServSafe Food Handler FAQ — ServSafe — ServSafe assessment, certificate, administrator and refund/access terms.
• California Food Handler Card — AAA Food Handler — AAA prices, exam, languages and California local exceptions.
• Food Handler Card and Bulk Pricing — AAA Food Handler — AAA published multi-seat discount schedule.