Time & Temperature
Examples: Thawing food in standing water & cooling leftover food on the counter
What is temperature abuse?
Examples: Metal shavings, Wood, Fingernails, Bandages, Glass, Jewelry and Dirt
What are physical contaminants?
Examples: Young children, the elderly and people with auto-immune diseases
What are high risk populations?
The type of thermocouple probe that should be used to check the internal temperature of a roasted chicken.
What is a penetration probe?
Gnawing, droppings and urine stains, tracks, nesting materials, and holes are signs of this.
What are signs of a rodent infestation?
Examples: Milk and dairy, Meat and Poultry, Fish and Seafood, Sliced Melons and Tomatoes, Eggs, Sprouts
What are TCS foods?
Examples: Cleaners, Sanitizers, Polishes, Pesticides, First-aid Products and Hand Lotions
What are chemical contaminants?
Examples: Failure to wash hands, coughing on food and touching or scratching your skin and then touching food
What is poor personal hygiene?
This can read the external temperature of an item without touching it.
What is an infrared thermometer?
A shipment of steaks covered in large ice crystals indicates this type of temperature abuse.
What is thawing/refreezing?
This type of meat should always be cooked to a minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
What is poultry?
Examples: Nausea, Wheezing, Shortness of Breath, Hives or Rash, Swelling, Vomitting and Abdominal pain
What are symptoms of food allergies?
The single-most important task for a food-handler to prevent contaminating food.
What is washing hands?
These are signs that a canned product is unsafe.
What are dents, rust, or bulging?
To prevent pests, this is how you should store food in dry storage areas.
What is 6 inches off the floor and away from the wall?
All cold, TCS food should be received below this temperature.
What is 41F?
Examples: Dairy, Eggs, Fish and Shellfish, Wheat, Soy, Peanuts, Sesame and Tree Nuts
What are the "Big 9 food allergens?
Examples: As soon as they become soiled or torn, before beginning a new task, after handling raw proteins
What is when you should change your gloves?
Birthday cake should be stored on this shelf of the refrigerator.
What is on the top shelf or above any raw foods?
FIFO is short for this.
What is first in / first out?
This is how long you should take to wash your hands.
What is 20 seconds?
If a food contact surface is in constant use, this is how often it should be cleaned & sanitized.
Every 4 hours
1.Wet hands and arms 2. Apply soap 3. Scrub hands and arms vigorously 4. Use an air dryer or single use towel to dry hands and arms
What are the steps to proper hand washing?
Receiving is an important step in the flow of food because of this.
What is food is inspected before it enters the establishment?
The food defense acronym A.L.E.R.T. is short for this.
What is Assure, Look, Employees, Reports, Threat?