Learn2Serve Texas Food Handlers Certification Online

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How to be a Texas Certified Food Handler with our DSHS approved training course.

First choose your Texas Food Handler Course or Food Handler & TABC Package.

You may choose either the Texas DSHS Approved Food Handler that has no final exam or the ANSI accredited National Food Handler that has a final exam.

TABC Certification always has a final exam

We will send a confirmation email with course and exam instructions.

All training and exams are 100% online and can be taken on any device

After finishing your food handler course or TABC – Food Handle Combo, you will print your certificates of completion.

What is the Difference Between DSHS Food Handler and The ANSI Accredited Food Handler?

The Texas DSHS Food Handler Training does not have a final exam and is valid in your Texas city or county only. The ANSI Food Handler Training has a mandatory final exam and is valid anywhere in Texas and Nationwide.

Is Learn2Serve Certificate the same thing as ServSafe?

Yes. Learn2Serve is a brand name just as ServSafe, Premier, Prometric, and State Food Safety are. Our difference is excellent customer service, updated courses and over 20 years of online business experience.

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What is the difference between a Texas Food Handler and a Food Handler Manager?

The difference between a Texas Food Handler and a Food Handler Manager is basically that a Food Handler prepares or serves food under the supervision of a Professional Food Handler Manager or other Person in Charge (PIC) Note: If you have a valid Food Manager Certificate you do not need the Food Handler Card

The Texas Food Handlers Card provided on our site was developed by our online training partner 360Training / Learn2Serve® and it is transferable to any other state except Florida, Ohio, and Utah

The Food Handlers course covers all the food safety information you will need to pass the included ANSI-CFP accredited Exam

Print your own 2 Year Food Handler Certificate of Completion

Did you lose your Food Handlers Card? You can log back in with your username and password and reprint it anytime Reprint Here

TX Food Handler and TABC Certification

Texas Food Handler ANSI Certification

Food Handler and TABC Menu English

* TABC Program #454-508. By clicking Start Here, you will be redirected to the Learn2Serve® website. As the provider of this course, Learn2Serve® will ask for personally identifiable information required by TABC and is necessary to complete the TABC course and exam. Clicking Start here will not charge you any fees. However, you can refuse to be transferred to Learn2Serve® by choosing not to click Start Here

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Food Handlers Frequently Asked Questions

We are one of the least expensive with the highest quality possible

This Texas DSHS does not require an exam. Just take the course, then print your certificate

If you handle, prepare, or serve food in Texas, you must have it to prevent foodborne illness for the public as well as yourself

No. You must take the food Handler Course and Exam to be re-certified.

You can get a food handler permit at any age, but check with your local authority for the minimum age to use it

You can start and stop the course when you want and resume where you stopped. however, the exam must be finished once it is started.

Yes. ANSI accreditation requires an exam. Everything in the exam is covered in the course

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If you lose your Texas Food Handler Certificate you can log in anytime to reprint it

Texas Food Safety Certification Requirements

Food Safety Training for Managers: yes
Food Manager Renewal Frequency: 5 years
Food Manager Exam required: yes – either a Texas DSHS approved exam or an ANSI-CFP accredited exam
Food Handler Training : yes  
Food Handler Renewal Frequency: Every 2 years
Local Requirements: Check with local food safety officials
10 largest Cities in Texas: Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, FT. Worth, El Paso, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Plano, and Laredo

Texas Food Safety Contact Information

Texas Department of State Health Services: DSHS Website

Texas DSHS Food Code Regulations

Phone: (512) 834-6753
Mailing Address:
Texas DSHS P. O. Box 149347
Austin, Texas 78714

US Food and Drug Administration: Website

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