Serve It Up Safely™ online courses are a convenient, effective way to meet the State of Minnesota's continuing education requirement to renew your certified food protection manager certification. Our courses are also excellent for employee food safety training.
Is this program right for me?
Each Serve It Up Safely course is approved for 1 hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers (CFPM) renewing registration.
Courses are appropriate for:
- Supervisors or people in charge at a food establishment.
- Anyone developing a food safety plan, such as food processors or manufacturers, and food business owners.
- Anyone developing a food handler training program.
What this program offers
The Serve It Up Safely program provides in-depth food safety education to help you develop and implement essential food safety procedures.
- The program consists of online, self-paced courses.
- Each course applies rules from the Minnesota Food Code, current research, and industry best practices for preventing the spread of foodborne illness-causing pathogens throughout a food establishment.
- Those who complete a Serve It Up Safely™ course will be able to explain how safe food handling practices minimize food safety risks, and apply the knowledge and skills gained to the management of their food establishment.
Cost and registration
Each online, self-paced course costs $25 and is approved for 1 hour of continuing education.
- The courses are interactive, allowing you to apply the information. Sample sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOPs) are included in each course. You may download and customize these for your food establishment.
- Upon completing each course, you can download and save a certificate of completion.
- It is important to save a copy of each certificate, especially if you are renewing your CFPM. When the course closes, your certificate of completion will no longer be accessible. You will have access to the course for at least 12 months.
- Each course is accessible to screen readers.
- At this time, the program is offered in English.
Please note: For those looking to complete an initial CFPM certification course, use the Minnesota Department of Health provider list.
How to enroll
- Select the title of the Serve It Up Safely courses below to see more information for each one. You can click on the register button to go straight to registration.
- To access your course after enrolling, log in at canvas.umn.edu using the email address and password you provided during registration.
Serve It Up Safely courses
CFPM renewal instructions
After completing the courses, you will renew for CFPM with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).
Follow these steps:
- Navigate to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Licensing System website.
- Click the 'Food, Pools, and Lodging Business Safety' tile.
- Click the 'Select' button next to the option: Certified Food Protection Manager | Gerente Certifcado de Protección de Alimentos.
- Click the 'Apply Online' button. If you are new to the MDH Licensing System, you will need to select 'sign up'. If you are a returning user, select 'log in'. Refer to these instructions for more details.
- Log into your account and claim your record to renew an existing CFPM certificate. You will receive an email from the MDH that contains a claim code approximately three months before your renewal is due. Enter the claim code to view your record.
- Select 'My Account' in the upper right corner.
- Select the 'Renew Now' button to complete the renewal process. Follow the renewal instructions.
- Enter your continuing education information and upload a copy of this course certificate of completion.
- Submit your payment information.
Questions about CFPM registration or renewal
Contact the MDH Certified Food Protection Manager Program by calling 651-201-4500. University of Minnesota Extension does not manage the CFPM registration or renewal processes, and cannot assist with submitting applications or checking application status.
More from the food safety team
Have a question? Contact Amy Johnston at [email protected].