All courses include up-to-date Minnesota food code regulations
The Serve It Up Safely™ online course is 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.
- Register for four courses. Each course is approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers.
- Pick the topics that interest you and study at your own rate. These interactive modules include videos, quizzes, case studies, tip sheets and resources to download.
- After you register, the self-paced course is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Complete it at home, work, or anywhere you have access to a computer.
Please note: this is a re-certification course, not an initial certification.
All courses
- All content addresses new Minnesota food code regulations.
- Registration continues to be added; check back often.
- Each course costs $25.
Know which course you want to take? Register now. If not, read through the descriptions below.
Learn how to execute key food safety practices with grab-and-go food, returnable containers, catering and offsite service, take-out and delivery. This course also highlights green initiatives such as reducing waste with food donations and organic recycling for composting.
Approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers.
Take a deeper dive into cleaning and sanitizing issues. Learn more about sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOPs), prevention of biofilms and cross-contact, and chemical safety. Review sanitation scenarios and decide whether proper or improper sanitation practices are demonstrated. Approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers.
Learn the basics of cleaning and sanitizing. Review foodborne outbreaks related to improper cleaning and sanitizing and identify corrective actions to eliminate food safety risks. Learn how to comply with Minnesota food code requirements. Approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers.
Two-stage cooling? Temperature danger-zone? Temperature requirements? Discover the proper methods to cool food to prevent pathogen growth and foodborne illness. Approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers.
Learn how to plan, prepare and train staff to respond to an emergency such as a power outage. When an emergency happens, all staff need to be prepared to protect food and public health. Approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers.
This course teaches food handlers about food allergies and the important role they have in protecting the health of their customers, clients or students. Approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers.
Learn the roles and responsibilities of the owner, certified food protection manager, person in charge and food employees to reduce the risk factors for foodborne illness. Learn how to develop food safety management systems like Active Managerial Control and HACCP plans to ensure food safety. Approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers.
Fruits and vegetables must be handled carefully to maintain quality and safety. This lesson provides safe food handling practices and recommendations to reduce food safety risks and maintain quality of fruits and vegetables throughout the flow of food. Approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers.
Are you ready to teach, monitor and enforce good personal hygiene practices in your establishment? Learn the how-to of personal hygiene to reduce the risk of contamination that can prevent foodborne illness. Approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers.
Dig deeper to explore the most common foodborne microbes that cause illness. Review foodborne outbreaks to recognize food safety risks and hazards. Learn safe food handling practices to prevent foodborne illness. Learn the revised food safety requirements for Minnesota food establishments. Approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers.
Take a closer look at ready-to-eat foods and the special handling requirements needed to reduce the risk of cross-contamination. Approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers.
The Ready-to-Eat Foods course is under revision and will be available in Fall 2024. Thank you for your patience. If you previously enrolled, the course is still available to you, please visit canvas.umn.edu.
Explore classifications of food recalls, learn to read a product label, identify recalled product, review guidelines to follow after receiving a food recall notice from a vendor and develop a plan to respond to a food product recall. Approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota certified food protection managers.
What you need to know
Why choose Serve It Up Safely™?
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Customize your learning — choose the course modules that most interest you.
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Study at your own rate — you have up to 90 days to complete it.
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Work online day or night — once registered, it’s available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Complete it anywhere — home, work or anywhere you have access to a computer.
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Award winning course — learn from an institution with an outstanding reputation in education.
Time and cost
The amount of time the online course will take you depends on the number of hours you need to get recertified. The State of Minnesota requires four hours every three years for food manager recertification.
Each course costs $25 and is approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota Certified Food Protection Managers and takes one to two hours to complete. Once you register, you will have access to the course for 90 days.
How the course works
The course uses a combination of videos, activities, case studies, quizzes, downloadable resources and more to keep you engaged.
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Completion certificates — you’ll receive a certificate of completion for one hour for each module you complete.
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Send certificate copies with renewal application — once you’ve met the requirement for four hours of continuing education, you need to send copies of the certificates with your renewal application. (See the Minnesota CFM Renewal page on the Minnesota Department of Health website.)
Food safety employee training benefits foodservice workers and your business. Food establishments are responsible for keeping food safe for their customers. To reduce potential foodborne health hazards in Minnesota foodservice establishments, all persons working in foodservice should have basic food safety training.
Food safety employee training provides basic need-to-know safe food handling practices for employees with little to no experience as well as a refresher for those with experience.
Audience
Food safety employee training is for people currently working in or interested in working in the foodservice industry. These training modules are designed for everyone from entry-level to experienced staff, from wait staff to salad preparer to chef to dishwasher.
Time and cost
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The course has 12 individual course modules. Each costs $25 and takes one to two hours to complete.
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Once you register, you will have access to the course for 90 days.
Serve It Up Safely™
$25 per course. To meet continuing education requirements for Minnesota Certified Food Protection Managers, register for four courses.
Looking for initial certification?
Extension no longer offers initial food manager certification. Visit Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to find answers to all Certified Food Manager (CFM) questions including where and when classes are offered, if your certification has expired, how to process your paperwork and more.
Step 1: do you have initial certification?
If you are looking for Minnesota food protection manager certification renewal hours, ensure you have initial certification. Look up Certified Food Protection Managers in Minnesota.
The Serve It Up Safely™ Online Courses are approved to meet the continuing education requirements for Certified Food Protection Manager renewal. It does not meet initial certification requirements. If you need initial certification to register as a certified food protection manager, visit the Minnesota Department of Health's Food Manager Certification website to find an initial course. The courses can be used for employee and person in charge training without a Certified Food Protection Manager Certification.
Step 2: register
Follow the instructions and provide the required information. This registration system will:
- Guide you to "login or create a new guest account" to use for the course.
- Be sure to keep record of the Internet ID and password you set when you register.
- Collect basic information about you, needed by the course instructor.
- Collect your registration fee of $25 per course module. (Required as a credit card payment.)
- Give you the link to access the online course after completing the above steps. (See below for follow-up steps.)
Step 3: access the course
After you register, you will receive an email with a link to access the online course using your Internet ID and password you set when you registered.
You can access the online course at any time and complete it at your leisure within the 90-day allotment.
Do I need to complete the course all at once?
No. Because this course is online and self paced, you can stop and start again as you choose. It may be helpful to save the course link in your Internet favorites/bookmarks so you can easily access it again.
Can I receive documentation for the time spent in the course?
Yes! Follow the instructions at the beginning of the course. When you have completed the certification quiz, the certificate of completion information will be requested. It will ask for the name as it should appear on the certificate and the email address where it should be sent. Shortly after, you will receive the certificate of completion in your inbox.
Help! I’m having problems registering for the course.
Contact Technology Help Staff at 612-301-4357. Tell them which Serve It Up Safely™ Online Course you are trying to access and give them the details about the problem(s) you are experiencing.
Help! I’ve registered for the course but when I try to log-in I keep getting an error message about my Internet ID and/or password or it asks for a self-enrollment key.
Our technology staff can help.
- Phone: 612-301-4357
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For other questions or information on holding a certification renewal class for your business, contact us at [email protected].