Acronyms
Foods that can be consumed without preparation or treatment
What is Ready to Eat foods?
When two or more people get the same illness after eating the same food
What is foodborne illness outbreak?
When food is left in the temperature danger zone for an extended period of time or does not reach its safe internal temperature
What is Temperature Abuse?
An employee that can’t work in the food establishment
What is excluded employee?
A food that requires strict control of time and temperature to limit bacteria growth
What is Time/Temperature Control for Safety (TCS)?
Hazards that include viruses, parasites, fungi, and bacteria.
What are biological hazards?
Foods cooked to 165 degrees
What is the internal cooking temperature of Poultry, Anything stuffed, Wild game animals and Reheated foods?
An employee that cannot work around food.
What is restricted employee?
Groups more at risk for foodborne illnesses
What is Young, Old, Pregnant, and Immunocompromised (YOPI)?
Illness-causing microorganisms are more frequently found on food that was once considered safe (ex. Salmonella)
What is pathogens?
Temperature in the last place of the food to be heated
What is Core/Internal temperature ?
The factors that influence microorganism/bacteria growth and control
What is Food, Acidity, Time, Temperature, Oxygen, Moisture (FATTOM)?
The first factor that cause foodborne illness according to the CDC
What is purchasing from unsafe sources?
Food that has undergone temperature treatments, processing and/or packaging by a government-inspected facility
What is Commercially Processed foods?
Food handlers must be excluded if diagnosed with these five illnesses.
What is Hepatitis A, E. Coli, Norovirus, Shigella, and Salmonella?
The protection of food from anything that could harm consumers’ health
What is food safety?
A bacteria found on human hands, skin, nose and throat. When the bacteria gets into food that is not kept hot or cold it grows and makes a poison
What is Staphylococcus aureus ?
The second step in effective hand washing.
What is rub soap into hands and arms for 10-15 seconds?