Texas Food Safety Manager Certification
Texas state law requires that every establishment that prepares and sells food has a food manager present during all operating hours. Some establishments even require that two food managers are present. To become a qualified food manager, candidates must complete the Texas Food Safety Manager Certification course.
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Who Should be Certified
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In order to prevent any situations where a restaurant or other eatery is left without proper food manager supervision, these companies should make every effort to certify as many employees as possible. Chefs, cooks, kitchen managers and restaurant managers should all be certified. While restaurants can take extra measures to certify their wait or bar staff, it is not required.
Prep Course
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While the Texas Food Safety Manager prep course is optional, it's the only way to ensure that candidates will be prepared to pass the Texas Food Safety Manager Certification test. The prep course is an eight-hour online food manager course that covers all topics from the test (find a link in the References section). The course can be taken all at once or over an extended period of time. Candidates looking to become certified aren't required to complete the prep course. However, if they fail the test the first time without going through the course, they will be required to take the prep course before taking the test again.
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Certification Test
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The Texas Food Safety Manager Certification test is offered online by the Texas Department of State Health Services (Find a link in the References section). Candidates are given 90 minutes to complete the test and must complete it in one sitting. At the competition of the test, the results will be automatically calculated and the test taker will know right then if they passed or failed the exam.
Topics Covered
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Nine lessons are covered during the certification process. The course starts off with an introduction to food safety before moving onto biohazards, food borne disease, food spoilage and contaminants. Preservation and temperature control, employee health and hygiene and purchasing, receiving and storing foods are also covered during the certification course. The course ends with reviewing cleaning and sanitizing, pest control and facility design, which includes training on equipment and building design.
Certification Details
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When a candidate scores over a 70 percent on their Texas Food Safety Test, they become officially certified. The Texas Food Safety Manager Certification lasts five years. After five years, food managers must repeat the test (and prep course, if necessary) and score above 70 percent in order to have their certification renewed.
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