Chemical contaminants
Chemical substances, such as cleaners, sanitisers, polishes, machine lubricants, and toxic metals.
What is chemical contaminant?
When an object gets into food and when a natural object is left in the food.
What is physical contamination
The body's negative reaction to a particular food protein
What is a Food Allergy?
Viruses, bacteria, parasite, and fungi
What are the four types of pathogens?
List 2 ways food handlers can contaminate food.
When they have foodborne illness.
When they open a wound.
When sneezing or coughing.
When the contact person who is ill.
Lead, Copper, & Zinc
What are three toxic metals.
Metal shaving, staples, glass from a broken light bulb, plastic or rubber scraper, fingernails, hair, and bandages, dirt, bones, jewelry, fruit pits
What are some common physical contaminants.
Nausea, wheezing, hives, swelling of various parts of the body, vomiting, abdominal pain, Itchy throat
What are some symptoms of an allergic reaction?
Food Acidity Time Temperature Oxygen Moisture
What does FAT TOM stand for?
Observe the performance on the job, test food safety knowledge, and identify the areas of weakness.
What are three ways to evaluate your employee on their food safety skills?
Store chemicals away from food (separate area). Follow the manufacturer's directions when using chemicals Be careful while using chemicals around food that is being prepared. Label the containers or bottles clearly. Only use lubricants that are made for food equipment
What are some ways to keep chemicals from being mixed with the food?
What are 3 physical contaminants?
What are hair, nails, plastic, glass, paper, bones, bugs, metal shavings
- Milk and dairy products? - eggs or egg products - fish and shellfish - wheat -soy and soy productions - peanuts and tree nuts
What are some common food allergies?
Time and Temperature
What are two things we can control to keep food safe
Bare hand contact is not allowed with what kind of food
What is ready-to-eat food.
It's an illness caused when toxic metals are leached from utensils or equipment containing them.
What is a toxic metal poisoning?
Food Defense Program
What should you have in place as the best way to protect the food from somebody who wants to tamper with it?
Call 911, stay with the person or have someone do so, and complete an incident report
What should you do if someone is having an allergic reaction?
Raw meat, dairy products, and ready-to-eat-foods (such as Deli meat, hot dogs, and soft cheeses).
What are food that need to be refrigerated.
On-the-job training is where you teach the employee while on the job or as you go throughout your day. Activity-based training is providing activities for your employees to do.
What is the difference between on-the-job training and Activity based training?
They can be improperly installed so the carbonated water is allowed to flow back into the copper supply line. The copper and the water could mix which would contaminate the beverage.
What is carbonated beverages hazard.
Human elements, interior elements, and exterior elements
What are three things to address in the food dense threats in your operation?
- Describes the dishes - identify ingredients - suggest simple menu items
What should a waiter or waitress be able to tell the customers about the menu?
What are 2 examples of Cross-Contact?
What is cooking different types of food in the same frier oil.
What is letting food touch surfaces, equipment or utensils that have touched allergens.
They must document it or record they have done it
What do you need to do to ensure that your employees are updated with food safety skills?