TOLEDO – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Tama County will be hosting a ServSafe® food safety certification class in Toledo on Aug. 12. Holly VanHeel, Human Sciences Extension and Outreach Specialist, will be teaching the class. VanHeel has been a ServSafe® instructor since 2010 and has trained over 2,000 food service professionals in ServSafe®.

This class will prepare individuals to become a Certified Food Protection Manager (CFPM), a requirement for retail food establishments in Iowa. The ServSafe® program blends information from the latest FDA Food Code, food safety research, and years of food sanitation training experience and is administered through the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.

This class will be held in the meeting room at the Tama County Extension and Outreach office in Toledo. Registration is due three weeks before the class date by registering online at: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/humansciences/servsafe. For more information about the class, contact the Tama County ISU Extension and Outreach Office at (641) 484-2703, email VanHeel at vanheel@iastate.edu, or stop at the Tama County Extension Office located at 203 W. High Street in Toledo. Office hours are Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to noon.