Food Safety Managers
Food Safety Managers ensure that proper procedures are followed to prevent food-related illness in businesses that serve food. Only trained, certified people may use the title or act as "Certified Food Safety Managers".
Food Manager Instructors
Food Manager Instructors must:
- Have at least two years of experience teaching or consulting on food-related issues; or employment in the food industry or food regulatory agency.
- Be currently certified in food safety through completion of the Educational Foundation or the Educational Testing Service's Food Protection Certification monitored examination with a final score of 90% or higher. If a final score of 90% or higher is not obtained after the second attempt, the individual must take an approved Food Safety Management Certification course prior to retaking the examination.
- Successfully complete an 8-hour Food Safety Instructor Training Course approved by the Center for Food Protection. The class may be online, or in another state. You must have a certificate of completion. (A waiver from this requirement may be granted if you can show equivalent educational credentials.
Continuing Education/Training/Exam
Food Safety Managers
Pass the national exam and renew their state certification every 5 years. The exam may be online, or in another state administered under secured conditions within the past 12 months. If a food safety manager certification is expired for more than six months, you must retake the 8-hour course and pass the exam before you can be recertified.
Food Safety Manager Instructors
Demonstrate that they have earned 8 professional development units, equal to 8 hours of approved training in food safety and sanitation topics, every 5 years. Either a college transcript with course description or a certificate of completion of the course with the course description is required when you renew.
Approved Food Safety Manager Training Programs
The Rhode Island Department of Health does not endorse or promote any individual business.
Classroom Training/Examination
Food Safety Plan Development & Consulting Services
- Berger Food Safety Consulting Boston, MA 617-445-1647 email
- Blade Consulting 401-345-7984 email
- Bluefin Consultants 617-599-3590 email
- Caster Restaurant Consulting Warwick, RI 401-486-9814 email
- Chef Matthew Thompson 401-308-3081 email
- Dorothy Martesian, 401-749-0269, email
- Dottie LeBeau Group Various Locations 401-385-9040 email
- Educational Training Center Corp. 787-649-3414 (Spanish offered) email
- ESI Qual InternationalMassachusetts & Rhode Island 781-344-6344 email
- Faria Associates Hope, RI 401-828-5355 email
- Food Safety Training and Facilities Inspection, Inc. LLC 401-338-4811email
- Hospitality Association Cranston, RI 401-223-1120
- HRFoodSafe 855-478-7246 email
- Paul Marino, Jr., Food Safety Trainer 401-954-8443 email
- Joe McKeon 401-737-2898 email
- Kathy Lewis Consulting 401-884-1051 email
- Linda Musch Consulting 401-787-5116 email
- Paster Training, Inc Various Locations 866-394-1776 (Spanish offered)
- Patron Associates 508-833-9706 email
- Progreso Latino Central Falls, RI 401-728-5920 x 308 (Spanish offered) email
- RI Food Safety Solutions, 401-481-1457 email
- RI Safe Kitchens LLC Thea Ernest 401-477-2122email
- Skills Building America, Inc.401-829-0261 email
- Victoria Hart, 508-596-4169 (Spanish offered) email
Online Training Programs without Exams
An approved proctored exam must be taken after completing the following online programs.
- 1AAA Food Safety 714-592-4100 email
- AboveTraining/StateFoodSafety, 801-494-1416
- Chimera Solutions: TAP series: (Spanish offered). Online Recertification also offered.
- Dottie LeBeau Group Various Locations 401-385-9040 email
- Food Marketing Institute: SuperSafeMark
- M & M Biz Solutions LLC, 817-291-6000 email
- National Restaurant Association: Servsafe (Spanish Offered)
- Paster Training, Inc. 866-394-1776 email
- The Always Food Safe Company 303-658-9388 (9am-5pm Mon-Fri MTN Time) email
- 360training.com, Inc. : Learn2Serve Food Protection Manager Certification Program
Test Centers for On-line Training Programs
- Hospitality Association Cranston, RI 401-223-1120
- LaserGrade 800-211-2754
- Prometric* 800-624-2736
*Note: No longer ANSI accredited but certificates issued before 8/20/2022 are valid.