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At your own pace, complete the easy-to-follow lessons and take your certification exam.
As soon as you pass your final exam, your certificate is ready for download.
Everything you need to become a certified Food Handler, all in one course.
The Food Handler Certification Course is divided into four easy-to-follow modules, each with a series of lessons. You’ll stay engaged and retain the material with:
The course takes approximately eight hours, and can be completed at your own pace – all at once or over 30 days. Our user-friendly navigation allows you to start and stop as many times as you like. The software will remember where you left off so you can easily continue when you log back in.
The course has been developed to accommodate for as many learning requirements as possible.
The course has 11 interactive lessons
Module 1: Understanding food safety
Lesson 1: Understanding food contamination
Lesson 2: Food-borne illness & allergy management
Lesson 3: Food safety laws & responsibilities
Module 2: Preventing food-borne illness
Lesson 4: Personal hygiene & workplace behaviour
Lesson 5: Time & temperature control
Lesson 6: Cleaning & sanitizing
Lesson 7: Maintaining food premises & equipment
Module 3: Working with food safely
Lesson 8: Purchasing, receiving & storing food safely
Lesson 9: Preparing food safely
Lesson 10: Serving & dispensing food safely
Module 4: Managing your food safety plan
Lesson 11: Managing your food safety plan
Final Exam
The final exam is available seven days a week, at multiple times each day – no pre-scheduling required. It runs for one hour and consists of 50 multiple-choice questions. The passing grade is a minimum of 70%. If you don’t pass on your first try, don’t worry! You receive free, unlimited exam retakes so you can write the exam as many times as needed.
The final exam is proctored. Proctors are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, allowing you to complete the exam at any time. Using a computer with a webcam and microphone, simply choose a time that suits you and get started.
Certificate
Once you pass your exam, your certificate will be emailed to you for download within minutes. Your Food Handler Certificate is valid for five years.
Everything you need to become a certified Food Handler, all in one course.
The Food Handler Certification Course is divided into four easy-to-follow modules, each with a series of lessons. You’ll stay engaged and retain the material with:
The course takes approximately eight hours, and can be completed at your own pace – all at once or over 30 days. Our user-friendly navigation allows you to start and stop as many times as you like. The software will remember where you left off so you can easily continue when you log back in.
The course has been developed to accommodate for as many learning requirements as possible.
The course has 11 interactive lessons
Module 1: Understanding food safety
Lesson 1: Understanding food contamination
Lesson 2: Food-borne illness & allergy management
Lesson 3: Food safety laws & responsibilities
Module 2: Preventing food-borne illness
Lesson 4: Personal hygiene & workplace behaviour
Lesson 5: Time & temperature control
Lesson 6: Cleaning & sanitizing
Lesson 7: Maintaining food premises & equipment
Module 3: Working with food safely
Lesson 8: Purchasing, receiving & storing food safely
Lesson 9: Preparing food safely
Lesson 10: Serving & dispensing food safely
Module 4: Managing your food safety plan
Lesson 11: Managing your food safety plan
Final Exam
The final exam is available seven days a week, at multiple times each day – no pre-scheduling required. It runs for one hour and consists of 50 multiple-choice questions. The passing grade is a minimum of 70%. If you don’t pass on your first try, don’t worry! You receive free, unlimited exam retakes so you can write the exam as many times as needed.
The final exam is proctored. Proctors are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, allowing you to complete the exam at any time. Using a computer with a webcam and microphone, simply choose a time that suits you and get started.
Certificate
Once you pass your exam, your certificate will be emailed to you for download within minutes. Your Food Handler Certificate is valid for five years.
We work with the public, as well as small, medium and enterprise food businesses in every industry regulated by the Canadian government.
If you're enrolling three or more employees, you're eligible for a complimentary Business Account.
Business Accounts allow you to quickly enrol multiple employees, monitor their training, receive guidance on compliance requirements, be invoiced monthly, and have a dedicated Account Manager.
Understanding complex food safety laws and requirements can be challenging and time-consuming.
CIFS provides you and your staff with training, support, and tools to quickly:
How CIFS helps small businesses:
CIFS provides training applicable to your business sector, including:
A food safety incident can have a crippling impact on your company. Just one employee improperly washing their hands can poison thousands.
Protect your customers, brand, and bottom line. Stay fully compliant with food safety certification from the Canadian Institute of Food Safety. We deliver:
Stay compliant and protect your business with: