For over 50 years the
City of Columbia has been committed to providing public health services through its
Health Department.
These services prevent epidemics and the spread of disease, protect against environmental hazards, promote healthy behaviors, prevent injuries and illness, assure the quality and accessibility of health services and monitor the health of the population.
- must have achieved
successful completion of an approved manager-training
program
(see links below)
- a person meeting that qualification must
be in the facility at all times
- a person with a valid
manager training certificate will not need the basic
food handler card
- an exception from the manager training requirement
will be given for certain facilities with minimal
food preparation that have been rated as low risk
establishments
- if you have any questions, please call 573-874-7346
- minimum of
six hours of training and successful completion of
an approved examination
- only after completing and
passing the examination will persons be eligible to
meet the food manager-training requirement
- food manager
training will be good for five years from the date
the certificate of training is issued
The Career Center
Compliance Associates, Inc
Safe Food Handlers Corporation
Hospitality Development Alliance
- the Columbia Health Department will honor both, but only the national exam will be honored in other jurisdictions
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