Temperatures
TCS Food
Bacteria
Forms of Contamination
Flow of Food
100

This is the range in which food is unsafe.

41-135

100

What does TCS stand for?

Time Temperature Control for Safety

100

Lives only in humans. Found in those infected with this in their bloodstream and intestinal tract.

Salmonella Typhi

100

Require a living host

Parasite

100

ROP food should be verified and checked like this

Insert thermometer between two packages.
200

Temperature range in which food thrive and grow bacteria.

70-125

200

Submerge food under drinkable running water that is 70-degree F.

Thawing out food.

200

Farm animals are known to have this.

Nontyphodial Salmonella

200

Leading cause of foodborne illness.

Norovirus

200

Cold TCS food should be received at

41 or lower

300

Temperature for cooked pork.

145

300

Hold hot food at this temperature.

135 or higher.

300

Found in human feces with this illness. Flies carry this from one place to another.

Shigella spp.

300

Found in feces infected with it. Transfers to food when infected food handlers touch food or equipment with fingers that have feces on them. 

Hep. A

300

Shucked shellfish should be received at

45 or lower

400

Temperature for cooked ground beef.

155

400

Hold cold food at this correct temperature.

41 or lower.

400

Found in the intestines of cattle

E. coli
400

Yeast, molds, mushrooms

Fungi

400

Shell eggs received at

45 or lower

500

Temperature for cooked ground bison burger.

145-165

500

Amount of hours one has to verify temperatures of food. 

4 - recommended 2 hours.

500

The six conditions in which food grow.

FATTOM

500

3 common types of contamination

Biological, physical, chemical

500

Two ways in which one rejects food items

Fluid stains and ice crystals

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