Terms
A permit issued by a state that allows for the sale and/or service of alcoholic beverages. The entity holding the license is known as the licensee.
What is Liquor License
This term refers to the person who prepares and cooks food in a restaurant.
What is a chef?
What is the collective name given to various laws and regulations that have been implemented to ensure accuracy in the wording on menus?
What is Truth‐in‐menu laws
This amendment gave individual states, counties, towns, and precincts the authority to control the sale and use of alcoholic beverages within their jurisdiction.
What is the Twenty-First Amendment
Examples include “low fat,” “high fiber,” and “heart healthy.”
What are health benefit claims
Sickness or harm caused by the consumption of unsafe foods or beverages.
What is Foodborne Illness
What is the term for the process of preparing and presenting food to guests?
What is food service?
When did The Safe Drinking Water Act authorize the Environmental Protection Association (EPA) to establish standards for drinking water safety and water quality
What is 1974
The two areas of liability theory that a hospitality manager should be aware of focus on the duties of a host who holds a party where alcohol is served, and that of an establishment licensed to sell alcohol.
What is Third-party liability
Body weight, food consumption, age, health, medication, and general metabolism all affect this level in the body.
What is blood alcohol concentration or level
A measurement, expressed in a percentage, of the concentration level of alcohol in the bloodstream. Also known as "blood alcohol content" or "blood alcohol level"
What is Blood alcohol concentration (BAC)
This type of service involves food being placed on the table for guests to serve themselves.
What is buffet service?
When did the FDA's regulations for nutrition labeling of restaurant menu items that bear a nutrition or health benefit claim take effect?
What is 1997
On-premises liquor license and off-premises liquor license
What are the two general categories of Liquor licenses
Examples include TIPS and RAMP in Pennsylvania. Most jurisdictions in the US either mandate or strongly encourage programs for this.
What is responsible alcohol service training or responsible server training
A name given to a variety of state laws establishing a liquor licensee's third-party liability
What is Dram Shop
What is the term for a meal that is served before the main course?
What is an appetizer?
To help consumers choose heart‐healthy foods, when did the Department of Health and Human Services announce that the FDA would require food labels to include trans fat content, the first substantive change to the nutrition facts panel on foods since the label was changed in 1993
What is 2003
A popular alcohol server training tool the National Restaurant Association endorsed.
What is ServSafe Alcohol Training & Certification
In accordance with FDA regulations, restaurants must provide this information if a guest requests it.
What is nutritional information
A substance that lowers the rate of vital body activities
What is Depressant
What is the primary role of a sommelier in a restaurant?
What is to recommend and serve wines to guests?
What was signed by President Barack Obama in January 2011 to ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply by shifting the focus from responding to contamination to preventing contamination?
What is Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
When did the federal government pass legislation to establish a .08 blood alcohol level (BAL) as the standard determination of intoxication in all states?
What is October 2000
The legal obligation to sell food that is wholesome and deliver that food in a manner that is safe is mandated by this law.
What is the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)