Get Certified in Food Safety

• All staff and volunteers who regularly handle food need to have food safety training and certification, including drivers who pick up donations.
• Certification must be renewed within 3 months of expiration.

Watch this 30-minute food safety training video and then submit the certifying 20-question multiple-choice quiz: Click here to get started

• Click “Submit” at the end of the quiz.
• A confirmation message will appear once it’s successfully submitted.
• You’ll receive a certificate by email within five business days.
• The certificate is valid for three years.

• At least one person overseeing all meal preparation and service is required to have this higher level of training.
• All other staff and volunteers may take MANNA’s food safety training and certification.
• Certification must be renewed within 3 months of expiration.
• Certification must meet restaurant-level safety standards.

County Health Department

• Contact your County Health Department’s Environmental Health Division to see when they offer the Food Protection Manager course and exam, the same as for-profit restaurants must have.
• Contact your local Environmental Health Division to ask about food safety training and exam dates.

NC Cooperative Extension Offices

• Contact your County NC Cooperative Extension office to see if NC Safe Plates for Food Managers is offered in your region, which must also include the exam and certificate.
• Make sure this is the same certification offered for restaurants to be in state compliance. NC Safe Plates is available both in-person and virtually.
• Some offices also offer ServSafe training.

• Email your certificate to: [ar@mannafoodbank.org] and your Agency Relations Manager.
• You may also take a photo of your certificate and text it to your Agency Relations Manager.