Food Borne Illness
This crop is the most likely crop on Windy City Harvest farms to spread food borne illness
What is leafy greens?
Name two symptoms of illness that you need to notify your supervisor of before starting your shift.
What are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, cough, sore throat or jaundice?
This type of crop should be harvested first thing in the morning, before temperatures rise
Harvest containers should be cleaned with which color brush?
What is green
This tool tells you what temperature crops need to be refrigerated at
The Post Harvest Handling Guide
This type of contaminant is something that the harvester must look for and remove if necessary.
What is a physical contaminant (such as rocks, glass, or trash).
True or false: you don't need to wear a glove over a band-aid on your hand if you've changed that band-aid in the last 24 hours
False. Always wear a glove over a bandage to prevent the bandage from becoming a physical contaminant.
True or false: it's most efficient to harvest while sitting down
False; maintain 2 points of contact (i.e. both feet or kneeling) as much as possible
We spray harvest tools with this sanitizer after washing them with soapy water
What is Oxonia Active
List two things to consider when loading a harvest in a walk in cooler.
Possible answers:
Interlock the crates, cover with plastic or pallet liner, labels face out, crates are placed on the appropriate pallet for the market, all crates per market are together, crates are not stacked above an average height person's head, the floor of the cooler in cleaned after loading
This pathogen is a virus that is can be spread quickly by person to person contact and requires a mask and gloves as a preventative measure when harvesting.
What is COVID19 or Coronavirus?
Name two times when you are required to wash your hands.
This type of crop is sprayed with a hose to remove dirt and debris
What is a root crop?
True or false: Hose nozzles should never be submerged in water when filling bins for washing produce
True
True or false: when we don't have access to a refrigerator within 1 hour of harvest, we can load harvest into coolers filled with ice as long as we use a Styrofoam barrier so that the crops do not touch the ice
True
This food item is responsible for 46% of food borne illness
What is fresh produce?
True or false: it's ok to harvest without a mask on as long as you don't feel sick
False, all staff must wear a mask while harvesting
This tool will tell you how to pack a harvest for different markets.
What is the post harvest handling guide?
How long should greens sit in water when being dunked to wash?
10 seconds
Name the steps to sanitizing a vehicle for delivering harvest
Sanitize passenger area (steering wheel, handles, dashboard, seatbelts, windows, cupholders)
Sweep, wash, and sanitize produce storage area
Use a sanitized tarp, pallet liner, or crates to create a barrier between the floor and the crops
Cover produce with a pallet liner if using a pickup truck & secure the pallet liner by tucking it under crates AND using straps across the top
This is the biggest source of carrier of biological contamination
What is fecal matter?
How often should you change gloves?
When switching tasks or at any time that requires you to wash your hands (like looking at your phone or taking a drink of water).
This type of crop will rot in less than a day if stored wet
What are salad greens?
True or false: it's ok to set your bag down on the processing table as long as you are not sick and you're going to move it in a minute.
False, all personal belongings must stay off the processing area.
List ALL of the information that goes on a harvest crate label
Date of harvest, Farm location, Crop & Variety, Customer, Amount per case, Number of cases per crop.
Example;