The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in McLennan County and McLennan Community College are offering a Professional Food Manager Certification Training course.

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The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in McLennan County will hold a Professional Food Manager Certification Training course on Dec. 2 and Dec. 9 in Waco. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)

The two-day course will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Dec. 2 and Dec. 9 at the AgriLife Extension office in McLennan County, 4224 Cobbs Drive, Waco. 

The cost is $125, which includes training materials, and the ServSafe National Food Manager Certification exam. Certification is valid anywhere in Texas for five years. 

Online registration is available at https://tx.ag/FoodManager. Space is limited and the deadline to register is Nov. 26.

About the course

This program is designed to prepare food service managers to pass the ServSafe certification exam. It will provide valuable education regarding the safe handling of food, sanitation, food flow, operational management and Hazard Analysis Control Point, HACCP.

HACCP is a management system in which food safety is addressed through the analysis and control of biological, chemical and physical hazards. It addresses raw material production, procurement and handling as well as manufacturing, distribution and consumption of the finished product.

For more information, contact Rachel Esquivel, AgriLife Extension family and community health agent for McLennan County at 254-757-5180 or [email protected].