Receiving Food
Ice crystals on this type of food will cause it to be rejected.
What is frozen food?
This is the correct temperature for receiving TCS food.
What is 41 F?"
During hand washing, hands and arms should be scrubbed thoroughly for this amount of time at minimum.
What is 10 to 15 seconds?
This food has been associated with Salmonella Typhi?
What are ready to eat foods and beverages?
These foods must be received at 41 F or lower unless otherwise specified.
What are TCS foods?
This is the amount of time food can be "held" before it needs to be discarded.
What is four hours?
Raw oysters, seed sprouts and undercooked meat and eggs should never be served to these populations.
What are high-risk populations? (the elderly, immunocompromised or preschool aged children)
These words create an acronym (FATTOM) that stands for the conditions that allow bacteria to grow.
What are food, acid, temperature, time, oxygen and moisture?
Milk, shucked shellfish and shell eggs must be received at this temperature.
What is 45 F or lower? (Note: must be cooled to 41 F or lower in 4 hours)
This is the correct temperature for cooking pork chops and samon.
What is 145 F?
This is the maximum internal temperature that cold TCS food should be held at.
What is 41 F?
temperatures between 41 F and 135 F (or 5 C and 57 C)
What is the temperature "danger zone" for bacteria to grow rapidly.
Deep dents, missing labels, and signs of leaking are all what?
What are signs of damage? (Note: items must be rejected)
When cooling TCS food, the temperature must go from 135 F to 70F in this amount of time.
What is four hours?
This is the maximum internal temperature that hot TCS food should be held.
What is 135 F?
Cutting fruit or vegetables with equipment that was uses to cut raw meat is an example of what.
What is cross contamination?
Foods subject to this may be contaminated and must be marked: do not use do not discard.
What are recalls?
Chicken, turkey and and duck must be cooked to this internal temperature.
What is 165 F?
Glass, metal shavings or fingernails are considered this kind of contaminant.
What are Physical Contaminants?
Raw chicken being left out at room temperature on a prep table could cause food-borne illness because of this concept.
What is time temperature abuse?