Sickness
Who should you tell if you are sick?
The person in charge
How long should you wash your hands?
20 seconds
food poisoning (sickness) from eating contaminated food
What should you wash dishes in?
Hot soapy water
What is an example of a reason to stay home?
diarrhea, vomiting, jaundice, or fever with sore throat
warm water and soap
How can germs get into food?
By not keeping food hot or cold enough, by exposing it to your germs when sick, etc.
What is one example of something that causes foodborne illness?
What is contamination?
When non-food objects get into food
How long should you wait after feeling better to go back to work?
24 hours
What should you do while washing your hands?
Scrub your hands and rinse
What is bacteria and what does it do?
Germs that can get in food and make you sick by making toxins (poisons)
What is sometime you can do to prevent this?
What is cross contamination?
When germs are transferred from one food to another food
When should you not touch food?
You have a cut, burn, boil, or sore on the hand or wrist
What is double handwashing?
When you wash your hands again after touching something/ exposing them to germs
What is another example of a germ that causes sickness?
Viruses or parasites?
What is the "danger zone?"
any temperature between 41 degrees F and 135 degrees F that can lead to bacteria growing in food
True or False You should properly label al chemicals, cleansers, and pesticides.
True!
Why should you not come to work sick?
You can get other people sick and transfer germs to the food
What is an example of when you would need to double handwash?
After using the toilet, after blowing nose, sneezing, coughing, or touching eyes, nose or mouth, before starting work again after a break, any time hands come into contact with body fluids, after smoking or using tobacco products or after eating or drinking
True or False
Food is safe to eat when it has been in the danger zone for more than 4 hours
False!
What is one way to prevent this?
HOW CAN YOU PREVENT THIS?
Washing, rinsing, and sanitizing utensils, work surfaces and equipment between uses
Throw away contaminated food!