New York City Food Protection Certificate examination — exam facts
New York City
Every source below was read on 2026-09-03
| Administering body | New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), Health Academy No third-party vendor: the City runs both the course and the examination. The requirement comes from the New York City Health Code, which obliges supervisors of food service establishments to hold a Food Protection Certificate. Source: NYC Health — Food Protection: Free Online Training (2026-09-03) |
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| Questions | Not published by NYC DOHMH NYC states that the exam exists, where it is sat and what it costs, but never how many questions it has. The “10 questions / seven out of 10” figure widely returned for this exam is official NYC text about the Mobile Food Vendor renewal exam — a different credential. What we read and found nothing in: NYC Health — Food Protection: Free Online Training (2026-09-03) · NYC Health — Food Protection: Classroom Course (2026-09-03) · NYC Health — Food Protection Course Online Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) (2026-09-03) |
| Time limit | Not published by NYC DOHMH No exam time limit appears on any NYC page. What NYC does publish is COURSE length — the classroom course is 15 hours over five days, and the online course is 15 lessons — which is not exam length. What we read and found nothing in: NYC Health — Food Protection: Classroom Course (2026-09-03) · NYC Health — Food Protection: Free Online Training (2026-09-03) · NYC Health — Food Protection Course Online Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) (2026-09-03) |
| Passing score | Not published by NYC DOHMH NYC publishes the consequence of failing but no cut score for the final examination. The published “pass a quiz before moving on” rule applies to the 15 in-course lesson quizzes, not to the final exam. What we read and found nothing in: NYC Health — Food Protection Course Online Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) (2026-09-03) · NYC Health — Food Protection: Free Online Training (2026-09-03) · NYC Health — Food Protection: Classroom Course (2026-09-03) |
| Fees |
The online course itself is free; the examination that turns it into a certificate is not. Card payments add a 2.49% convenience fee on the classroom course and a $0.60 fee on the examination. Source: NYC Health — Food Protection: Free Online Training (2026-09-03) |
| Languages offered | English + 36 further languages, not individually named by the authority Stated exactly as NYC Health words it — “English and 36 other languages” — and not as a total, because the City's own properties disagree: NYC 311 words the same fact as 36 languages in all, and NYC Business as 37. The COURSE is narrower than the exam: classroom in English, Spanish and Bengali; online in English, Spanish and Chinese. Source: NYC Health — Food Protection: Free Online Training (2026-09-03) |
Change log
- 2026-09-03Fact sheet created. Three of the six fields are recorded as not published: NYC DOHMH publishes no question count, no exam time limit and no cut score for this examination.