Personal Protective Equipment
This type of footwear helps protect employees from slips on wet or greasy kitchen floors.
What is slip resistant shoes?
Cleaning chemicals should never be stored above this because a leak or spill could cause contamination.
What is food or food contact items?
The accidental transfer of an allergen from one food, utensil, or surface to another is called this
What is cross-contact?
When removing a hot pan from the oven, employees should use this type of PPE instead of a towel.
What are heat-resistant gloves/oven mitts
What is the appropriate manufacturer/company labels?
If a guest ask whether a menu item contains an allergen and you're unsure, you should do this rather than guess.
What is stop and verify with a manager/chef or approved allergen information?
Before using a chemical employees can find the manufacturer's required PPE in this document.
What is the Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?
This document tells employees about a chemical's hazards, required PPE, first-aid procedures, and safe handling
What is Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
Before beginning an allergen order, an employee should wash their hands and do this before touching the food or clean equipment.
What is put on fresh gloves?
An employee is cutting food while wearing a cut resistant glove. After finishing, they immediately begin preparing ready-to-eat food while still wearing that same glove. This should happen first
What is remove cut glove, wash hands, and put on appropriate clean gloves?
An employee notices their sanitizer is stronger than the required concentration. Instead of correcting it, they decide stronger sanitizer will kill more germs. This is the problem
What is using sanitizer at improper concentration?
A cook receives an allergen order, changes gloves, cleans and sanitizes their workstation, and then grabs a utensil that was previously used during regular food preparation. This creates this hazard.
What is allergen cross-contact?
An employee puts on safety googles and gloves before using a chemical. The SDS also requires an apron, but the employee says googles and gloves provide enough protection. This is the mistake.
What is failing to wear ALL PPE required by SDS
An employee finds a spray bottle with damaged, unreadable label. They recognize the bottle and are certain they know what's inside. Even though the chemical itself may be correct, this Bon Appetit requirement means they still cannot use it.
What is having the appropriate readable label on the bottle?
A guest reports a dairy allergy. The cook changes gloves and use clean utensils but prepares the meal on the same cutting board that was used for cheese. The cook missed this critical step.
What is cleaning and sanitizing the food contact surface?