Restaurant Inspection guides.
Virginia requires a Certified Food Protection Manager under 12VAC5-421-55 rather than worker cards. A missing CFPM is a core item to fix within 90 days; Fairfax requires immediate supervision.
Michigan has no statewide food handler card. MCL 289.2129 requires most food service establishments to employ a certified food safety manager; Detroit cited that rule in 5.5% of routine inspections.
Alaska food workers need a DEC card within 30 days: $10 test ID, 20 questions (15 to pass), valid 3 years. Anchorage issues its own $10 card within 21 days and accepts only that card.
A guide to New York State food service inspection codes outside NYC: red codes 1A to 7G, blue codes 8 to 16, statewide rates, county highs and which codes come back.
Kansas, Idaho and Montana have no statewide food handler card law. Idaho and Montana require a certified food protection manager; local cards are optional.
Colorado has no statewide food handler card, but since March 1, 2025 most food businesses need a certified food protection manager in charge. County rules compared, with Pueblo as the exception.
A failed health inspection usually brings a follow-up visit. Official rules in Chicago, NYC, King County and LA County, and our count of how fast each followed up: a median of 7 to 70 days.
Missouri has no statewide food handler card. Independence requires one within 15 days, Columbia charges $15, Kansas City runs its own card, and St. Louis requires hepatitis A vaccination proof instead.
Kansas City, MO food handlers get a three-year card from the city health department: a $20 class, or a $25 online course plus a photo ID visit within 30 days. Which metro cards Kansas City accepts.
New Mexico food employees need an ANAB-accredited food handler card within 30 days of starting; it lasts three years. Who is exempt, the temporary-event rule, and Albuquerque’s own requirement.