Certification Required for Workers Preparing Foods
| Contact: | Guillermo Cole, Health Department
412-578-8004 office |
The Allegheny County Health Department today announced its winter schedule of food protection certification courses for food industry workers.
The two-day course will be offered:
- February 10 and 17 at Green Oaks Country Club in Penn Hills;
- March 6 and 13 at Oakmont Country Club in Plum; and
- March 26 and April 2 at Charles Morris Nursing Home in Squirrel Hill.
The course teaches the importance of food safety along with techniques designed to prevent food contamination and outbreaks of food poisoning. The Health Department requires facilities that prepare foods to have at least one certified worker on site during operating hours.
The fee is $60 for anyone who lives in Allegheny County or works in a food facility in the County and $75 for others. A three-year certification is awarded to those who complete the course and pass the exam.
A one-day refresher class for workers whose certification has expired will be offered
- January 12 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Brackenridge and
- March 19 at Wildwood Golf Club in Hampton.
The fee for the recertification course, including the exam, is $55 for people living in the County or working in a food facility here and $70 for others.
The certification exam, with no instruction, will be given from 2 to 3 p.m. on January 11 and 25, February 8 and 22, and March 14 and 28 at the Health Department’s Food Safety Division in Lawrenceville. The one-hour exam, which is for those who already have had food safety training, is $40 for those who live in the County or work in a food facility here and $55 for others.
Discounted culinary student fees of $40 for County residents and $55 for non-residents are available for the certification course and refresher class.
For more information, please call the Allegheny County Health Department at 412-687-ACHD (2243).