Certified Professional–Food Safety (CP-FS) Online Review Course

Certified Professional–Food Safety (CP-FS) Online Review Course

To make arrangements to take the CP-FS Credential Exam, please see the information at: https://www.neha.org/cpfs-credential.

Course Overview

The Certified Professional–Food Safety (CP-FS) online course has been developed by industry experts across various food safety disciplines. The course provides participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to help ensure safe food in any retail environment, whether as a quality assurance or quality control manager, a facility manager, a food-safe chemical supplier, or as a regulatory inspector/investigator.

CP-FS is the only food safety credential that requires a combination of education, training, and job expertise. Recipients must understand food microbiology, hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) principles, and the regulatory requirements in the most recent Food Codes. The CP-FS Online Review Course will provide you with information on each of these topics to deepen your understanding of what’s needed to perform well in the kitchen and on the exam.

Who Should Take the Course

This course is designed to help candidates prepare for NEHA’s CP-FS credential examination.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to describe and explain:

• Causes and prevention of foodborne illness
• HACCP plans and active managerial control
• Cleaning and sanitizing
• Conducting facility plan reviews
• Pest control
• Risk-based inspections
• Sampling food for laboratory analysis
• Food defense
• Responding to food emergencies and foodborne illness outbreaks

Evaluation Process

At the end of the course, there is a practice exam that consists of 34 multiple-choice questions to help participants confirm their understanding of course content and help prepare for the written exam. Completion of this practice exam does not guarantee a particular score on the credential exam and completion of the practice exam is not required.

Course Duration

This online course is made up of 12 self-paced modules. Participants may leave the course at any time and can resume where they left off. Total course duration depends on individual learning styles and prior knowledge of the subject matter. Throughout the course, you will have the opportunity to hear directly from others who have the CP-FS credential and test your own understanding with knowledge check questions.