Under Public Act 098-0566, any food handler working in Illinois, unless that person has a valid CFPM license or is an unpaid volunteer, are required to complete a Food Handler Training Course with ANSI approval.
A Food Handler is any employee that works with unpackaged food, food equipment and utensils or food contact surfaces (this includes bar & wait staff, teachers/school employees that serve food). If someone working in a facility is not a food handler on a regular basis, but fills in as a food handler when needed must also have food handler training. Non-restaurants who need food handler training are facilities such as nursing homes, licensed daycare homes and facilities, hospitals, schools, long-term care facilities and retail food stores. Cashiers, stockers, temporary food event workers, pre-packaged food retail stores are exempt from taking the food handler training course.
Those working in non-restaurants are not required to take another food handler training unless they leave to work for another employer. Food handler training for those working in non-restaurants is not transferable between employers.
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