Kitchen Safety
This type of kitchen hazard includes slipping on a wet floor.
What is a fall?
This occurs when bacteria transfer between foods or surfaces.
What is cross-contamination?
What does the term nutrition mean?
This term means allergen proteins transfer when foods touch.
What is cross-contact or cross-contamination?
What are the three main categories of food hazards?
You can prevent burns by using these dry kitchen tools.
What are dry oven mitts?
Raw meat should never be stored with or come in contact with these foods.
What are ready-to-eat foods?
This is a chemical substance in food that helps maintain the body and provides energy.
What are nutrients?
Food allergies occur when the body reacts to this part of food.
What is protein?
What are two of the four common causes of foodborne illness?
Poor hygiene, cross-contamination, temperature abuse, and poor sanitation
This is the correct way to put out a grease fire.
What is smother it with a lid or cookie sheet and/or fire extinguisher?
What does the acronym FIFO stand for, and what purpose does it serve?
First in, first out. Store older foods in front of newer foods. To use older foods first.
Compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes.
What are vitamins?
This agency requires allergen labeling on packaged foods.
What is the FDA, or the Food and Drug Administration?
A foodborne illness happens when food is contaminated with what?
Harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, or toxins.
You should never try to catch this if it falls while cooking.
What is a knife?
The temperature danger zone ranges from these two temperatures.
What is 40°F to 140°F?
These two categories describe how vitamins are classified.
What are fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins?
List three possible symptoms of an allergic reaction.
Hives, Lips Swelling, Anaphylaxis, Upset Stomach, Vomiting, or Difficulty Breathing
What conditions does the acronym FATTOM help us remember?
Conditions that increase bacterial growth in food.
This method helps prevent electrical shock when cleaning appliances.
What is unplugging the appliance first?
What are the four methods of thawing frozen meats/foods?
Fridge, 70°F or below water, thaw while cooking, and microwave (if cooking right away)
What are three of the six essential nutrients your body needs?
vitamins, minerals, water, protein, carbohydrates, and fats
List four of the nine major food allergies.
Milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, or sesame.
What is the acronym for Time/Temperature Control for Safety?
TCS