Food Manager Certification Workshop & Exam
Certified Professional Food Manager (CPFM)

It’s the law!

Who Must Comply?
Establishments that are licensed by either the state of Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), Division of Hotels and Restaurants or the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Food Safety.

Division of Hotels and Restaurants
Florida Statute 509.039 requires certification of all food service managers who are responsible for the storage, preparation, display, or serving foods to the public. You must have at least one certified manager on duty at all times. Managers have 30 days after their hire date, to successfully pass the required exam.

Division of Food Safety
Section 5k-4.021, Florida Administrative Code, requires all food establishments including mobile vendors, licensed by the Department to have a certified manager.

Education Programs has offered the Florida required Food Manager Certification training and testing since 1990. Our highly effective, interactive programs have proven successful for tens of thousands of students. Our classroom workshop and internet program comes complete with all the learning materials needed to safeguard the food you provide and pass the required Food Manager Exam.

After the workshop the Florida approved
National Registry of Food Safety Professionals exam
will be administered by Education Programs.


Schedule on your property and Save Money!
Let us do the training and issue the state exam at your location,
10 employee minimum. Call to schedule a date
and time convenient for you.

Other Programs

Education Programs also offers additional Food Safety courses.

Required Food Handler Certifications

HACCP Certification Classes and Training

All certificates received through participation in these Courses will satisfy State mandates.

NRFSP approved Training and Testing

The National Registry
of Food Safety Professionals is approved by the State of Florida and accredited by The Conference for Food Protection.


I see the Germs Now!
HACCP Hand Wash Training Kit makes employee training easy and Fun.