Free Michigan Food Handler Practice Test Online

Correct answer: A. Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD)

Correct. MDARD is the licensing authority under the Michigan Food Law (Act 92 of 2000); it directly licenses retail/grocery establishments and delegates food-service inspection authority to most of the state's 45 local health departments.

• B: Incorrect. LARA licenses many other Michigan occupations and businesses but is not the food establishment licensing authority under the Food Law.
• C: Incorrect. MDHHS plays a role in communicable disease response but is not the primary Food Law licensing agency; local health departments act under delegation from MDARD, not MDHHS.
• D: Incorrect. FSIS regulates meat, poultry, and egg products at the federal level; it does not license Michigan retail food establishments.

Correct answer: B. The Michigan Food Law, Act 92 of 2000, as amended (MCL 289.1101-289.8111)

Correct. The Michigan Food Law, Act 92 of 2000, as amended, codified at MCL 289.1101-289.8111, is the statute that sets licensing and sanitation standards for food establishments statewide.

• A: Incorrect. There is no standalone 'Michigan Retail Food Code, 2017 Edition' as the governing statute; Michigan instead incorporates FDA Food Code provisions by reference into Act 92.
• C: Incorrect. No current Michigan food regulation is titled the 'Michigan Sanitary Code of 1978'; this is not the governing statute.
• D: Incorrect. The Public Health Code governs broader public health matters; food establishment licensing specifically runs through the Food Law, Act 92 of 2000.

Correct answer: C. A license issued under the Food Law, except as specifically exempted elsewhere in the act

Correct. MCL 289.4101 provides that, except as provided in sections such as 289.4102 and 289.4105, a person shall not operate a food establishment unless licensed under the Food Law.

• A: Incorrect. Licensure is a legal requirement, not a voluntary option, for a covered food establishment.
• B: Incorrect. A general business registration does not satisfy the Food Law; a food establishment license is separately required.
• D: Incorrect. A food manager certification is a separate personnel requirement (MCL 289.2129) and does not substitute for the establishment's operating license.

Correct answer: D. A bed and breakfast with 10 or fewer sleeping rooms for rent

Correct. MDARD guidance under the Food Law identifies a bed and breakfast with 10 or fewer sleeping rooms for rent (and hotels/motels/B&Bs serving only continental breakfast) as exempt categories.

• A: Incorrect. Hours of service are not a licensure exemption factor under the Food Law.
• B: Incorrect. Days-per-month of operation is not the exemption test; mobile and temporary units have their own licensing categories (including special transitory food units) rather than a blanket days-based exemption.
• C: Incorrect. Employee headcount is not a Food Law licensure exemption criterion.

Correct answer: A. At least one managerial employee must be currently certified under a personnel certification program accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), per Conference for Food Protection standards

Correct. MCL 289.2129 requires covered food establishments to employ at least one managerial employee currently certified under an ANSI-accredited personnel certification program using Conference for Food Protection standards, effective June 30, 2009.

• B: Incorrect. The requirement is tied to a certified managerial employee, not necessarily the owner personally; a hired certified manager satisfies the statute.
• C: Incorrect. This is a statewide statutory requirement under Act 92, not merely a local-option add-on.
• D: Incorrect. Michigan has no statewide mandate that every food employee individually hold a food handler card; the statutory requirement targets a certified managerial employee, not all staff.