Food Safety Academy
Refund Policy
Standard refunds, business enrollments, and examination-related fees.
Version 1.0 · Effective May 2026 · Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
1. Standard Refund Policy
Food Safety Academy offers the following refund terms for individual course enrollments:
- Full refund: Available within 7 days of purchase if the student has not accessed any course content or started any module.
- No refund: Once the student has accessed course content, started any module, or attempted the final examination.
- No refund: After the examination has been attempted, regardless of outcome.
2. How to Request a Refund
Refund requests must be submitted by email to support@foodsafetyacademy.ca and include:
- Student full name.
- Account email address.
- Order date and amount.
- Reason for refund request.
FSA will review and respond within 5 business days.
3. Exceptions
FSA may consider refund requests outside of the standard policy in the following circumstances:
- Documented medical emergency preventing course completion.
- Confirmed technical failure on FSA's platform preventing course access.
- Duplicate payment or billing error confirmed by FSA.
Exceptions are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and are at FSA's discretion.
4. Business and Group Enrollments
For company or group seat purchases:
- Unused seats may be transferred to another employee within the same company at no cost.
- Seat transfers must be requested by the company manager through the business dashboard or by contacting support@foodsafetyacademy.ca.
- Refunds for bulk seat purchases are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
5. Certificate and Examination Fees
- There are no additional fees for certificate issuance or download.
- There are no additional fees for examination retakes within the maximum 3-attempt limit.
- Re-enrollment at the full course price is required after 3 failed examination attempts.
6. Certification and Examination Standards
The course is designed for 6+ hours of learning. The final examination uses a 70% passing score, equal to 35/50 correct answers. Students have a maximum of 3 attempts, with a 24-hour wait between attempts. Certificates are valid for 5 years, and students have free certificate access from the student dashboard during the validity period.
Food Safety Academy | Whitehorse, Yukon | Version 1.0 | May 2026