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Description

Cooling Food is one course offered through the University of Minnesota Extension Serve It Up SafelyTM program. This course applies rules from the Minnesota Food Code, current research, and industry best practices as they pertain to preventing the spread of foodborne illness-causing pathogens throughout a food establishment. Improper cooling practices are one of the most common causes of foodborne illness-causing pathogen growth. However, food handlers that use tested cooling strategies minimize food safety risks in the food establishment.

In each module, you will learn about potential food safety hazards and risky behaviors, and strategies you can use in your food establishment to minimize risks. Training recommendations and resources to use in your food handler training program are shared throughout the course. Additionally, a sample sanitation standard operating procedure for cooling food is provided. You can download and customize it for your food establishment.

As a result of this course, you will be able to develop and implement safe cooling practices that minimize the risk of foodborne illness in your food establishment. 

This course is approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota Certified Food Protection Managers.  

Course access

To access this course after enrolling, be sure to log in at canvas.umn.edu using the email address and password you provided during registration. 

Get help with online registration at learning at https://z.umn.edu/onlinelearninghelp 

Course instructor

Extension food safety team, exfdsafe@umn.edu

Registration questions

Extension Learning Technologies, ext-reg@umn.edu 

User name and password help

University of Minnesota Tech Help, help@umn.edu or 612-301-4357

 

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Section Title
2026 Cooling Food
Type
Online, self paced
Dates
Jan 01, 2026 to Dec 31, 2027
Delivery Options
Self Paced Online  
Course Fee(s)

Section Details

Completion of this course is approved for one hour of continuing education for Minnesota Certified Food Managers.
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