County of SonomaCounty of Sonoma Department of Health Services  
Sonoma Coast

State of California
Food Handler Certification Requirements

 

Each food facility shall have at least one person, an owner or employee, who has passed an approved food safety certification exam.

  • New owners of food facilities will have sixty days to comply with certification.
  • The certified person need not be present during all hours that the food facility is in operation.
  • The certified person cannot serve as the certified person at more than one food facility at the same time.
  • The food safety certificate issued by the testing agency shall be kept on file at the food facility.
  • Certificates will satisfy the requirement for five years from the date of the examination, regardless of the expiration date on the certificate.
  • Certified persons shall re-certify every five years, by passing an approved food safety program exam.
  • The person with certification is responsible for training and monitoring the safe food handling practices of the other employees.

The County of Sonoma Environmental Health Division offers Food Safety Handler Certification classes. The course is based on National Registry of Food Safety Professionals.

County of Sonoma Department of Health Services
Environmental Health Division
475 Aviation Blvd., Suite 220
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone (707) 565-6565
Fax (707) 565-6525

A class and test in English are available on the first Tuesday of the month. To register, call (707) 565-6542.

Food Handler Certification Class Information
Application for Food Handler Certification

A class and test in Spanish are available for 2009 on January 12, April 13, July 13, October 12, and December 14. To register, call (707) 565-6539.

Información sobre clase para la Certificación en Seguridad Alimenticia (FSC)
Solicitud para la clase/examen para la Certificación en Seguridad Alimenticia

Please check for available Classe for 2009 on our Calendar

2009 Calendar of Classes pdf icon

 

The following vendors also provide food safety classes and certification. They have requested to be listed by the Environmental Health Division:

A Better Company for Premier Food Safety
(800) 676-3121
Class locations: Petaluma, Fairfield/Vacaville, Vallejo and more
Classes: English, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese
Books: English, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Vietnamese
http://www.abettercompanyfoodsafety.com
Napa County Environmental Health
Marciel Klenk
Napa, CA
(707) 253-4221
Class location: Napa, CA
English: books, classes & tests
Spanish: books & tests only
American Red Cross
Rosiris Mercier
5297 Aero Dr
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
(707) 577-7600
Class location: Santa Rosa
English: books, classes & tests
Spanish: books & tests only
Westlake Wine Country House
Diane Wright
800 Oregon St.
Sonoma, CA 95476
(707) 494-0838, (707) 996-7101
Class location: Sonoma County
English: books, classes & tests
Spanish: books & tests only
Johnny Garlic's
Guy Fieri
Santa Rosa, CA
(707) 528-2852
Class location: Santa Rosa
English: books, classes & tests
Spanish: books & tests only
San Francisco Environmental Health
Lawrence Pong
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 252-3800
Class location: San Francisco
English: books, classes & tests
Chinese: books, classes & tests
Alameda County Environmental Health
Cathi Black
Alameda, CA 94502
(510) 567-6718
Class location: Alameda County
English: books, classes & tests
Spanish: books, classes & tests
Western Exterminator Company
Turonda Crumpler
Anaheim CA 92801
(714) 517-9000 or (800) 698-2440
Class location: Sonoma County
English: books, classes & tests
Spanish: books, classes & tests
Sonoma Food Safety
P.O. Box 556
Petaluma, CA 94955
Jeff Feldman
(707) 773-2774
www.sonomafoodsafety.com
Thai Language Center
Saninuj Sawasdikosol
San Francisco CA 94116
(415) 242-1598
Class location: San Francisco
Thai: books, classes & tests
Patricia R. Sargent
Guerneville, CA 95446
(707) 799-2209
Class locations: Guerneville, Santa Rosa, Petaluma
English: books, classes & tests
Spanish: books & tests
Food Safety Now
Dori Ciociolo, Andrea Goodman
830 Ragle Rd.
Sebastopol, CA 95472
(707) 823-1417
Class location: Santa Rosa
English: books, classes & tests
Spanish: books, classes & tests
Fat Cat Culinary
Maria deCorpo
342 Benton St.
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
(707) 577-0390
Class location: Santa Rosa
English: books, classes & tests
Spanish: tests

National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) www.neha.org
Customer Support: (866) 956-2258 ext. 340
Email: support@neha.org
Offers Online NEHA Food Manager and Food Handler Training courses.

 

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