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What Is a Texas Food Handler Certificate?
A Texas food handlers card (certificate) provides a fundamental review of food safety practices for food service workers. This training is legally required for all food-related employees in Texas and must be repeated every 2 years.
Earning a food handler card in Texas can prepare you for implementing safe food handling practices, practice proper hygiene, and follow health regulations related to unpackaged food, all of which can prevent or reduce foodborne illness outbreaks.
Our course meets Texas food handler training standards, plus it’s mobile-friendly and allows you to work at your own pace. Topics include Texas food handler regulations, safe hygiene and food handling practices, temperature controls, food contaminants, and more.
Our Texas Food Handler Course is accepted in the following cities/counties of Texas.
- City of Austin
- Tarrant County
- San Antonio / Bexar
- El Paso
Who Needs Texas Food Handler Training?
Within 60 days of starting work as a food employee, state law requires you to complete a Texas food handler training course like this one. The certificate is valid for two years before the course must be repeated.
Legally, “food employees” include “anyone who works with unpackaged food, food equipment, utensils, or food contact surfaces.”
Examples of job titles that require a food handler permit in Texas include:
- Food servers and waitstaff
- Cooks, prep workers, and other kitchen staff
- Bussers and dishwashers
- Bartenders
- Grocery store workers
- Deli and bakery employees
- Food truck workers
- Caterers
- Concession stand operators
The Texas Department of State Health Services recognizes and has approved this Learn2Serve Food Handler's Course. After passing the exam, you must present your completion certificate to your local health authority and pay the required fees to receive your Texas Food Handlers Certificate. This certificate shows employers that you are qualified to handle food. Once approved, you can access your certificate anytime, making it easy to prove your qualifications during job changes.
Earn a Texas food handlers card with us today!
Outline
Topics Covered
Lesson 1: Introduction to Food Safety
Lesson 2: Biohazards, Foodborne Illness, and Food Spoilage
Lesson 3: Contaminants
Lesson 4: Temperature and Time Control
Lesson 5: Employee Heath, Hygiene, and Training
Lesson 6: Purchasing, Receiving, and Storing Food
Lesson 7: Cleaning and Sanitizing
What You’ll Learn
1. Define food safety and its goals, benefits, impact, and proper adherence.
2. Recall biohazards, symptoms, and causes of common foodborne illnesses, and identify spoilage signs and causes.
3. Identify three types of contamination, explain how food becomes hazardous, and recognize how to preserve food.
4. Understand time, temperature, and control concerning food handling and how to properly take the temperature of food and maintain the temperature while storing food.
5. Discuss personal hygiene importance and practices and food handling practices and techniques.
6. Understand procedures for acquiring and receiving food, considerations for meat and poultry, and proper food storage.
7. Identify both proper and improper cleaning and sanitizing procedures and implications.
8. Identify signs and eradication procedures for pest infestation.
FAQs
Is Texas Food Handler Training Required?
Yes, a Texas food handler training course is a required prerequisite to getting your mandatory Texas Food Handlers Certificate, also known as a Texas food handlers card.
Anyone who works with unpackaged food, equipment, or food-contact surfaces needs a food handler permit in Texas.
Can I Finish My Texas Food Handler Training Course Faster?
An online, self-paced course like ours is the fastest way to get your Texas food handlers card. You’ll be able to work at your own pace from any device with an internet connection. As soon as you pass the course, you’ll have immediate access to your certificate of completion.
The course takes most students about 2 hours to successfully complete. You have up to 60 days to complete the course.
How Can I Get a Refund for My Texas Food Handler Training Course?
We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Certain conditions must be met for purchases to be eligible for a refund. Please review our Refund Policy for more details.
Regulatory
| Name: | Texas Department of State Health Services |
| Phone: | 512-834-6753 |
| Fax: | 512-834-6741 |
| Website URL: | https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/foodestablishments/handler.shtm |
| Address: | 1100 W. 49th St |
| City: | Austin |
| State: | TX |
| Zip: | 78756 |
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