Food & Beverage Worker Permits offered at Spokane Regional Health District
Available 24/7 for people working in the food service industry in Washington State. Permits are issued following successful completion of class, test, and payment. Payment can be made with a credit card on-line, and permit printed out on personal printer. Payment can also be made in person at Spokane Regional Health District
Available 24/7 for people working in the food service industry in Washington State. Permits are issued following successful completion of class, test, and payment. Payment can be made with a credit card on-line and permit printed out on personal printer. Payment can also be made in person
Environmental Health Services offered at Environmental Public Health Division
Provides county inspections and permits.
Provides retail food service permits and inspection; temporary food service permits; surveillance over recreation shellfish and beach water quality; permits and inspections of solid waste and hazardous waste handling; consultation to private and public water supplies; insect and animal borne diseases; school, youth camp and permits. Permits and inspections of onsite septic systems.
Environmental Health offered at Walla Walla County Department of Community Health
Provides information on food establishment, inspection, and onsite sewage.
Environmental Health is a branch of public health that focuses on prevention of disease in a community through direct intervention. This is done through inspections and enforcement of various state and local laws, all of which are designed to promote a healthier community.
The Environmental Health Division oversees the following programs in our community:
•Food Safety (Food Handler's Permit, Restaurant Inspection)
•Drinking Water
•On-site Sewage (Septic Inspections)
•Land Use
•Water Recreation (Public Swimming Pool inspection)
•School Facility Reviews
•Solid Waste
•Zoonotic Disease (animal to human) Surveillance and Investigation (animal bites - dogs, cats, bats, etc.)
Employment Services offered at Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region at Longview Work Opportunity Center
Employment Services include job search information and assistance, a public job search room, food handler's training, testing and renewal, and driver's license book study assistance.
Provides job search information and assistance, food handler's training/testing/renewal, and driver's license book study assistance.
Food Worker Education and Permits offered at Adams County Integrated Health Care Services in Othello
Provides classes and information on proper food preparation, storage, and handling.
Provides classes and information on proper food preparation, storage, and handling. Individuals involved in these types of activities at establishments that serve or sell food to the public are required to have a valid food worker card.
Food Handler Cards and Testing offered at Clark County Public Health
Trains and certifies people who handle food for public consumption (e.g., restaurant workers, grocery workers, food manufacturers) and issues Washington State Food Worker Cards.
Trains and certifies people who handle food for public consumption (e.g., restaurant workers, grocery workers, food manufacturers) and issues Washington State Food Worker Cards.
Food Safety offered at Benton-Franklin Health District
Conducts routine inspections at all food services establishments-restaurants, schools, grocery stores, convenience stores, wineries, concession stands, and mobile units.
Conducts routine inspections at all food services establishments-restaurants, schools, grocery stores, convenience stores, wineries, concession stands, mobile units as well as temporary events to ensure compliances to WAC 246.215. Also provides Food Worker Card classes.
Food Worker Cards offered at Kitsap Public Health District
Test is an online exam about food safety. When the test is passed then the card can be picked up at site.
Food Worker Cards must be obtained online. No in-person classes are held locally.
• People with no internet or computer access can watch the training and take the online test using their smart phone or using a computer at the library. After the test is passed, a user can choose to pay for and pick up their card at the Kitsap Public Health District.
• A copy of the card is emailed upon successful completion of the test and if it is paid. People can search for “TPCHD” to find this email unless they deleted it.
• Replacement cards can be obtained online under the user’s account at no cost, or from the Health District office.
Food Worker Card offered by Public Health in Seattle & King County's Environmental Health Services
Offers a short video class and test for the Food Handler's Permit (Card) online and in-person. Everyone who works in the food industry by preparing, cooking and/or serving food to the public must have a Food Worker Card. Cards are valid statewide.
Offers a short video class and test for the Food Handler's Permit (Card). The Food Worker Card is a permit to work with food being served to the public. Everyone who works in the food industry by preparing, cooking and/or serving food to the public must have a Food Worker Card. Class and test may be taken online and in one in-person location in King County. Permit is issued if applicant passes the test and is valid for two years if this is the first time the applicant has gotten a food worker card. Food worker cards obtained anywhere in Washington state are valid throughout the state.
Food Safety Program offered at Klickitat County Health Department in Goldendale
Focuses towards promoting and protecting the health and well-being of the community by preventing, to the extent possible, the potential for food-borne illnesses and keeping the community aware of recalls of suspected food sources.
Focuses towards promoting and protecting the health and well-being of the community by preventing, to the extent possible, the potential for food-borne illnesses and keeping the community aware of recalls of suspected food sources.
To accomplish this goal, Environmental Health Staff conduct the following activities:
- Licensing and periodic inspection of all public food establishments, including grocery stores, restaurants, bars and taverns, temporary food service events, mobile food units, catering businesses, and schools
- Reviews plans for construction of new food service establishments or the remodeling of existing establishments
- Investigates food-related complaints and food-borne illnesses
- Provides training and testing for food workers
- Coordinates with other public agencies at the state and federal level to insure safe and wholesome food is made available to the public
- Provides educational and technical advice to managers of food service establishments the public
Food Handler Cards offered at Clallam County Department of Health & Human Services - Clallam County Courthouse
Provides training and testing for food handler cards. To get a card workers must learn about food safety and take an exam. Offered online. Cost for ID is $10.
Provides training, testing, and issuance of a Washington State food handler card. To get a food workers card, use the online food safety training course online.
Food Handler Permit offered at Snohomish County Health Department
Provides information on how to obtain a new or renewal card.
Food worker card classes are available online and in person. The card is valid throughout Washington State for two years, and may be renewed for an additional three years. There are no age requirements for obtaining a Food Worker Card. Online training is available in English, Spanish, Korean, Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Cambodian and Closed Caption.
Food Protection offered at Grant County Health District
Offers plan review of new or remodeling food service establishments; licensing and inspection of food service establishments; investigation of illness complaints related to food; and training and issuing of food worker cards.
Offers plan review of new or remodeling food service establishments; licensing and inspection of food service establishments; investigation of illness complaints related to food; and training and issuing of food worker cards.
Food Safety Program offered at Klickitat County Health Department in White Salmon
Focuses towards promoting and protecting the health and well-being of the community by preventing, to the extent possible, the potential for food-borne illnesses and keeping the community aware of recalls of suspected food sources.
Focuses towards promoting and protecting the health and well-being of the community by preventing, to the extent possible, the potential for food-borne illnesses and keeping the community aware of recalls of suspected food sources.
To accomplish this goal, Environmental Health Staff conduct the following activities:
- Licensing and periodic inspection of all public food establishments, including grocery stores, restaurants, bars and taverns, temporary food service events, mobile food units, catering businesses, and schools
- Reviews plans for construction of new food service establishments or the remodeling of existing establishments
- Investigates food-related complaints and food-borne illnesses
- Provides training and testing for food workers
- Coordinates with other public agencies at the state and federal level to insure safe and wholesome food is made available to the public
- Provides educational and technical advice to managers of food service establishments the public
Food Worker Class/Food Safety Program offered at Lewis County Public Health and Social Services
Provides health inspections and permits to temporary and permanent food establishments. Also provides food worker classes and cards to those who wish to work in food establishments. Classes are offered at the health department or online.
Provides health inspections and permits to temporary and permanent food establishments.
Also provides food worker classes and cards to those who wish to work in food establishments.
Classes are available online.
Food Worker Cards offered at Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Classes are now available online at www.foodworkercard.wa.gov. For those that don't have internet access, the Health Department has kiosks available, reservations recommended. In person classes are also available.
Classes are available online at www.foodworkercard.wa.gov.
For those that don't have internet access, the Health Department has kiosks available.
In person classes are also available the first Thursday of each month.
In person classes consist of reading a booklet, watching a video, a short lecture with question/answer period and a multiple choice written exam.
Food Safety offered by Chelan-Douglas Health District
Provides inspections of retail food service establishments, investigation of food-borne illness reports, and education of food workers and restaurant operators, as well as food handler tests to issue Food Worker cards.
Provides inspections of retail food service establishments, investigation of food-borne illness reports, and education of food workers and restaurant operators, as well as food handler tests to issue Food Worker cards.
Food Safety offered at Skamania County Community Health
Helps prevent food borne illness.
Helps prevent food borne illness through the following activities:
- Inspecting, conducting plan reviews, and issuing permits to retail food service establishments.
- Restaurant and food facility inspections.
- Testing/training food workers and issuing Food Worker cards.
- Issuing temporary food service permits and inspecting food booths at fairs, festivals, and community events.
- Investigating food borne illness reports.
- Providing community education on safe preparation of food.
Food Worker Card offered by Whatcom County Health Department
Provides information about the Washington State Food Worker Card.
Provides information about the Washington State Food Worker Card. All food workers who serve unpackaged food or beverages must have a valid Washington State Food Worker Card. Food worker cards issued by another state are not valid in Washington. Washington State Food Worker Cards are valid anywhere in Washington. If getting a Food Worker Card for the first time, it is valid for 2 years. Renewed cards are valid for 3 years if renewed before your card expires (60 days or less before it expires).