Food Safety
This is a food that requires time/temperature control for safety to limit pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin formation.
What is a TCS food?
This is where the same menu is used each day.
What is a static menu?
This is the process of securing the right product at the right time that meets the standards for quality, quantity, and price for a facility.
What is procurement?
A central production kitchen or food factory with centralized food purchasing and delivery to offsite facilities for final preparation
What is commissary?
This cyclical method includes devising a plan for improvement, implementing the plan, collecting and analyzing data to determine whether the plan worked, and taking action to standardize or improve the process.
What is PDCA?
You can remember which foods are TCS foods using this acronym
FAT-TOM
This is a menu planned for a certain day or event, like a holiday or special occasion.
What is a single menu?
This describes the journey of the food processing and distribution system, starting with the grower and ending at the final consumer.
What are market channels?
A food service preparation method where foods are prepared on the premises, then chilled or frozen and stored for use at a later time.
What is ready-prepared?
This is a management process and set of disciplines that are coordinated to ensure that the company consistently meets or exceeds quality standards as set by customers and other stakeholders.
What is TQM?
This foodborne pathogenic microorganism can cause miscarriages in pregnant people and sepsis, pneumonia, or meningitis in newborns.
What is listeria?
This is a planned menu that rotates at certain intervals, anywhere from a few days to several weeks.
What is a cycle menu?
These are established to determine what a food product must contain to be called by a certain name.
What are standards of identity?
Meals are assembled on trays in a central location in this model of service.
What is centralized?
This is a highly disciplined approach to performance improvement that helps organizations focus on developing and delivering near-perfect products and services.
What is Six Sigma?
This pathogenic microorganism can cause a bacterial toxicoinfection and is found in contaminated produce and ground raw beef. It can cause diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and kidney failure.
What is E. coli?
Also known as a house menu, this type of menu doesn’t allow selections in any category, but could offer a write-in request.
What is a nonselective menu?
This organization determines and enforces standards of identity, quality, and fill, as well as federal labeling requirements.
What is the FDA?
Food is transported to the service unit first, then meals are assembled using a wide variety of methods in this model of service.
What is decentralized?
This is a philosophy that focus on continuous improvement through small, incremental changes.
What is kaizen?
This pathogen can lead to a viral infection and is found in ready-to-eat food and contaminated shellfish.
What is norovirus?
Some of these include identifying an organizational mission and goals, identifying the customer, abiding by budgetary guidelines, and creating a plan based on production and service capabilities.
What are steps in menu planning?
This organization enforces the Meat Inspection Act, Poultry Products Inspection Act, and Egg Inspection Act.
What is the USDA?
These are the four types of food service operations in existence today.
What are conventional, ready-prepared, commissary, and assembly/serve?
This is a revised version of the PDCA cycle found in Six Sigma that is designed for improving existing processes. Bonus 100 points if you know what it stands for.
What is DMAIC? Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control