General Food Safety
True or False?
If you use hand sanitizer, it is unnecessary to wash your hands.
False
Using hand sanitzer is not as effective as washing your hands with soup and water.
Eggs must be cooked to this internal temperature in order to be safe to eat.
What is 160 degrees F?
True or False?
Cutting up lettuce for a salad on a cutting board that you used to cut up raw chicken is safe.
FALSE
The cutting board has germs from the raw chicken.
True or false?
Meat can be thawed safely on the countertop.
FALSE
Germs can quickly grow on meat left at room temperature.
It is best to defrost meat in the refrigerator.
True or false?
Before cooking raw meat, it is safest to rinse it with water in the sink before cooking it.
False
Rinsing raw meat is unnecessary because cooking it will kill off any germs.
Rinsing raw meat also increases the risk of cross-contamination.
Chicken and turkey must be cooked to this internal temperature in order to be safe to eat.
What is 165 degrees F?
True or False?
After marinating raw meat, the marinade can be reused as a dipping sauce as long as you boil it before serving it.
True
When washing your hands, this is the recommended amount of time you should scrub your hands with soup.
What is 20 seconds?
Pork, beef, and lamb must be cooked to this internal temperature in order to be safe to eat.
What is 145 degrees F?
True or False?
Leftover foods should be cooled at room temperature before putting them in the refrigerator.
False
Leftovers should be cooled as soon as possible
True or false?
Freezing meats will kill off any bacteria.
False
Freezing meat will slow the growth of bacterial, but does not kill the bacteria.
True or False?
Rinsing pre-washed, ready-to-eat greens is necessary to wash off any remaining bacteria.
False
Washing pre-washed greens increases the risk of cross-contamination.
Leftovers that have been refrigerated overnight must be reheated to this temperature in order to be safe to eat.
What is 165 degrees F?
David is making tacos and uses a spatula to stir as he cooks a pan of ground beef. Once the beef is fully cooked, he uses the same spatula to transfer the ground beef into tortillas.
Is this safe?
NO
The spactual is contaminated with bacteria from stirring the ground beef.
Fresh meat from the grocery store can stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to this many days before it needs to be cooked or frozen.
What is 3-5 days?
This term refers to the temperature range between 40 and 140 degrees F, which is where bacteria grow most rapidly.
What is the "danger zone?"
True or False?
Once meat is no longer red, it is safe to eat.
False
A brown color doesn't mean the meat has been cooked to a safe temperature.
The only sure way to know is by taking its temperature.
Jack goes grocery shopping and buys a pack of raw porkchops, a fresh loaf of bread, and a head of cauliflower. He decides to put all his groceries into one bag to save time and money.
Is this safe?
NO
This method is the quickiest way to defrost frozen meats safely.
What is submerging in cold water?