ACS Certified Cheese Professionals® and ACS Certified Cheese Sensory Evaluators® are required to renew their certification with ACS every three years by demonstrating continued professional development in the cheese industry. After the three-year period, candidates must submit evidence of continuing education and involvement in the cheese industry.
2021 Recertification Period Is Now Closed
The 2022 recertification period will open in the fall. Eligible applicants will receive an email from ACS with a link to apply.
Recertification Requirements
Certified Cheese Professionals® applying for recertification must demonstrate:
- A total of one-thousand (1,000) hours of any combination of paid or unpaid work experience and formal education, continuing education, or professional development in the cheese industry.
AND
- At ACS’s sole discretion, CCPs® and CCSEs® may be required to complete continuing education credits to be eligible to recertify. CCPs® and CCSEs® will be notified via email, CheeseBytes, and Facebook of continuing education requirements and reasonable advanced notice will be given.
Deadlines
The 2022 recertification deadline will be announced soon.
Fee
The fee to recertify is $75 (USD). This fee is waived if an applicant has attended at least one ACS Conference in the past 3 years.
Apply for Recertification
Applications for recertification will be accepted online in the fall of the year the Certification expires.
| Class | Next Year Required to Recertify |
| 2012 | 2021, 2024 |
| 2013 | 2022, 2025 |
| 2014 | 2020, 2023 |
| 2015 | 2021, 2024 |
| 2016 | 2022, 2025 |
| 2017 | 2020, 2023 |
| 2018 | 2021, 2024 |
| 2019 | 2022, 2025 |
| 2020 | 2023, 2026 |