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Pennsylvania Certified Food Protection Manager (CFPM)
Certified Food Protection Manager (CFPM)
This page provides a comprehensive guide to becoming a Certified Food Protection Manager in Pennsylvania. Find information on obtaining your certification to acing the exam and managing license renewals, all the essential steps are outlined here.
In Pennsylvania, every food establishment must employ at least one certified food protection manager (CFPM). A certified food protection manager must be hired within 90 days of a new eating establishment opening or when a CFPM leaves employment. These professionals are trained in various aspects of food safety, such as personal hygiene, preventing cross-contamination, managing time and temperature, handling deliveries, proper food storage, and implementing safety systems. Our CPFM course and Exam help you attain this crucial certification, ensuring safe food preparation and service. Research by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has shown that having a certified food protection manager significantly reduces the risk of foodborne illness outbreaks.
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What courses are available for me to take online?
How do I become a Certified Food Protection Manager in Pennsylvania?
Becoming a CFPM involves completing an accredited course and passing an exam. The Pennsylvania Food Protection Manager Certification is valid for 5 years. To renew, you must take another approved CFPM course and exam.
With RocketCert, our education is fully narrated and expertly written. We pride ourselves on providing industry leading customer service. Also, if you find a better original price on any online course that we offer, we will beat it by 10%.
We offer the training & exam online. Our courses come with lifetime access (though we know it won't take that long!)
After you complete the training course you will be ready to take and pass your exam. This exam will cover topic like Contamination & Cross Contamination, Time & Temperature Control, and more.
After you pass the exam, you can instantly print your certificate of completion. Additionally, you can also access your certificate at any time on our website.
How do I become a CFPM?
Food Protection Manager Requirements & Responsibilities
- The certified employee must be available during all hours of operation
- The certified employee is the Person-in-Charge (PIC) when in the facility
- The Certification Certificate must be posted in the facility in public view
- New establishments have 90 days to hire a CFPM
- Existing facilities which are not in compliance due to employee turnover or lost of their certified employee shall have three months from the date of loss to find a new CFPM
- An employee may only serve as the CFPM for one facility (Exemption: an event where a facility has multiple stands and approved by PDA)
Exemptions
- Retail food facilities where only commercially prepackaged food is handled and sold. This includes TCS foods (time/temperature controlled for safety food) and non-TCS foods
- Retail food facilities that handle only non-TCS foods
- All food manufacturing facilities
- Retail food facilities managed by a tax-exempt organization
- Retail food facilities managed on a not-for-profit basis
- Volunteer fire company or an ambulance, religious, charitable, fraternal, veterans, civic, agricultural fair or agricultural associate or any separately chartered auxiliary of any of the above associations
- Organizations supporting extra-curricular recreational activities for youth of all public, private and parochial school systems (examples: school booster clubs, little league or youth football associations)
What does the CFPM course cover?
Course Curriculum
- Introduction to Food Safety
- Contamination & Cross Contamination
- Time and Temperature Control
- Personal Hygiene
- Cleaning and Sanitizing
- Potentially Hazardous Foods / Time Temperature Control PHF / TCS
- Pest Control Sanitation
Why should I choose RocketCert?
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Certificate & Reporting
- Instant certificate of completion
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