Foodborne Illnesses
People with compromised immune systems, elders, and what other group of people are most at risk for a foodborne illness?
Young Children
Jewelry is a physical contamination hazard, and also may harbor bacteria and should not be worn when handling food, but this piece of jewelry is allowed.
a plain band
Leaving the dock door open can lead to...
an intruder or pests
What piece of uniform should you be wearing when handling a knife?
a cut glove
What kind of water do you use for walk n wash?
cold
Chicken commonly carries this foodborne illness
salmonella
When a food handler has a wound on their hand, what should they do?
Where an impermeable bandage and a single use glove
All drains must have this to prevent back flow and contamination
an air gap
Who cleans a knife?
The person who used it, they do not get sent to the dish room
What can other chemical can be mixed with glass cleaner to help get spots off glass?
None! Do not mix chemicals
How long should you wait before returning to work after being sick with a foodborne illness?
24-48 hours after the symptoms disappear
Finger nails should be these three things to keep food safe
short, clean, and unpolished
How high off the floor do shelves need to be?
6in
how do you carry a knife?
holding it by the handle straight down at your side so the tip of the blade is pointing to the floor
Multi Quat removes dirt from a surface
No, it only sanitizes
How many people does an outbreak have to consist of to determine a foodborne illness comes from the same restaurant?
two or more
Hair control consist of...
hats, hair nets, beard nets
What is a sign that a mouse has snuck in the building in a package from a vendor?
dropping and chew marks on a box
What knife should be used to core a tomato?
a pairing knife
What is orange force?
a degreaser and multi surface cleaner
Lilly is finishing cutting up raw chicken on a cutting board. She wraps up and puts the chicken on the bottom shelf of the cooler, and takes her cutting board to the dish room. She wipes off all debris off the counter and takes hot soapy water and a clean rag and starts cleaning the counter. She puts the rag back into the bucket and grabs a clean wet rag to rinse the counter. She then grabs her sanitizer bucket and another clean rag and sanitizes the counter and puts that rag back into the bucket. She then starts to cut onions, once she is done she restarts the process of cleaning using her same buckets of soap and sanitizer. How did she possibly spread a foodborne illness?
She put the dirty rags in the clean buckets contaminating them and is now using them to clean the counters again.
Josh gets up from bed and preforms his morning routine before work. He showers, brushes his teeth, pulls his long hair in a pony tail, clips his finger nails, puts on his hat, and dresses in a clean uniform, and puts on his shoes for crews non slip shoes. What did he do wrong?
Long hair should be in a bun or braided.
Sam is taking out trash. They roll the can to the dumpster and open the lid. They throw the trash inside the dumpster and then they notice that their trash can is gross on the inside so they take it to the mop closet and clean it out to prevent pest. What did they do wrong?
They didn't shut the dumpster lid
Rob is about to chop carrots, so he grabs a cutting glove and puts it on his dominate hand. He grabs his knife and cutting board and begins chopping. He keeps his fingers tucked into a fist and is holding down the carrot with his knuckles to prevent cutting off tips of fingers. What did Rob do wrong?
He should of put the cut glove on his non-dominate hand because that will be the hand holding the vegetable and the one closes to the blade.
Isabella grabs a red bucket and turns on the cold water and fills the bucket with cool multi quat. She grabs a test strip and dips it into the chemical until the strip changes color. The chemical reads at 500 parts per million (PPM). She writes it down and then takes the bucket to the counter she is cleaning. What did she do wrong?
The PPM was much too high. She should of not used the solution and report it to the manager.