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ServSafe Food Safety Manager for Retail and Cottage Food Law
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Course Overview
This course includes 16 hours of classroom instruction (9 am – 5 pm) given over two days. Participants in this training will be required to take a 90-question test and will earn an official ServSafe Manager Certificate from the Restaurant Food Association.
Cottage Food Operator’s Permit
The Cottage Food Law for New Jersey can be found here. You can find information about how to obtain a cottage food operator permit.
What Participants Will Learn
ServSafe materials reflect the latest science, research, and FDA code.
This class provides training on the following topics:
- Providing Food Safety
- Forms of Contamination
- The Safe Food Handler
- Flow of Food – Introduction
- Flow of Food – Purchasing, Receiving, and Storage
- Flow of Food – Preparation
- Flow of Food – Service
- Food Safety Management Systems
- Safe Facilities & Pest Management
- Cleaning & Sanitizing
Who Should Attend
This Food Safety Manager course is intended for those in the foodservice operations that is the PIC (Person in Charge) that ensures all food is being handled and served safely by all employees.
This course also satisfies the requirement for the upcoming approval of NJ’s Cottage Food Permit law will be required to take the Food Safety Manager Course.
Proctoring
Don’t need the course? Just need the test? We can proctor for you, too. Learn more here.
Class Registration Information
Costs: $225. Price is per person and includes training materials, course instruction and exam fees. Class will be offered in person.
If you opt for a paper exam, there is noextra charge, but you do not get the results immediately. It will take 1-2 weeks to receive.
If you want instant results of your Exam, then you must bring a lap top and pay for the $36 exam key, link here to purchase:
https://www.servsafe.com/access/SS/Catalog/ProductDetail/SSONLINEX
Participants in the training program are encouraged to register as soon as possible, as class-size is limited and seats are reserved only after payment is received.
Please contact Pauline Pepper at pp559@njaes.rutgers.edu or 856-391-7606 if you have any problems with online registration.
FOODS ALLOWED UNDER NEW JERSEY COTTAGE FOOD LAW
- Breads
- Rolls
- Biscuits
- Cakes
- Cupcakes
- Pastries
- Cookies
- Candy
- Brittle
- Toffee
- Chocolate-covered nuts
- Chocolate-covered dried fruit
- Dried fruit
- Dried herbs, seasonings, and mixtures
- Dried pasta
- Dry baking mix
- Fruit jams
- Fruit jellies
- Fruit preserves
- Fruit pies
- Fruit empanadas
- Fruit tamales (except pumpkin)
- Fudge
- Granola
- Cereal
- Trail mix
- Honey
- Sweet sorghum syrup
- Nuts and nut mixtures
- Nut butters
- Popcorn
- Caramel corn
- Roasted coffee
- Dried tea
- Vinegar
- Mustard
- Waffle cones
- Pizzelles
- Other non-perishable foods upon written application
Additional Services
Mellonie O’Neill is able to offer this course, and other food safety courses, on-site at food processor locations, using a flat-rate fee structure that is financially advantageous for training groups of individuals. Please contact Mellonie O’Neill at mo495@njaes.rutgers.edu for further information regarding client-site training.