FOODSAFE Level 1 meets the food safety training requirements of the following provinces and territories:
- Manitoba: Certified Food Handler Training Program
- New Brunswick: Recognized Courses
- Newfoundland and Labrador: Approved Food Safety Courses (PDF)
- Northwest Territories: Food Establishment – Inspections and Permits
- Nova Scotia: Environment and Climate Change
- Nunavut: Food Safety
- Prince Edward Island: Approved Food Safety Training Programs
- Quebec: Recognition of prior learning, acquired skills and equivalents
- Saskatchewan: Approved Safe Food Handling Courses in Saskatchewan (PDF)
Alberta recognizes the combination of both FOODSAFE Level 1 and Level 2 certificates as equivalent to its food handler training requirement.
Ontario uses FOODSAFE teaching and learning materials.
Each province and territory has its own regulations for food safety in the food service industry.
Food safety and the law identifies which government agencies are responsible for food safety in different parts of industry for each jurisdiction.