Food Temperatures
Chartwells Operations
Personal Hygiene
Indiana Health Code
Kitchen Safety
100

What is 135°F?

What is the minimum hot holding temperature for cooked foods on a serving line. 

100

What is a Production Record?

This document must be completed daily to verify menu items and meal counts.

100

Employees must wash their hands for at least this many seconds.

What is 20 seconds?

100

This certified person must be available during food operations in most school kitchens.

What is a Certified Food Handler

100

The safest direction to carry a knife is with the blade...

What is pointed down at your side

200

What is 41°F to 135°F?

What is the danger zone

200

What is HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point)?

This Chartwells process helps ensure food safety by monitoring critical control points.

200

What ring jewelry if any is approved for food service 

What is a plain wedding band

200

Sanitizer concentration should be verified using this tool

What are test strips

200

This phrase should be used when walking behind someone carrying hot food.

What is "Behind!"

300

What is 165°F for 15 seconds?

This is the minimum internal cooking temperature for poultry served in a school cafeteria.

300

What are temperature logs?

During a state review or a food illness, this documentation proves temperatures were monitored.

300

After handling raw chicken, an employee must do this before touching ready-to-eat foods.

What is wash hands and change gloves

300

Ready-to-eat, TCS foods held longer than 24 hours must be marked with this.

What is a date mark/discard date?

300

The most effective way to prevent slips in a kitchen.

What is cleaning spills immediately

400

What is 41°F or below?

This is the maximum temperature cold foods should be held at during service.

400

What is See Something, Say Something?

This Chartwells expectation requires employees to stop and report unsafe conditions immediately.

400

An employee has vomiting or diarrhea. Indiana health regulations require them to..

What is report the illness and be excluded from food handling duties?

400

Food stored in a refrigerator must be arranged so this product is stored below ready-to-eat foods.

What is raw poultry

400

This type of fire extinguisher is required for grease fires in commercial kitchens.

What is a Class K fire extinguisher

500

A pan of chili cooled from 135°F to 70°F in 2 hours but took another 5 hours to reach 41°F. This cooling process was...

What is out of compliance because it exceeded the 6-hour cooling limit

500

A manager discovers a refrigerator has been above 41°F overnight. The first action should be...

What is evaluate food temperatures and discard unsafe food before service

500

This foodborne illness is commonly associated with poor handwashing and infected food workers.

What is Norovirus

500

Indiana inspectors find a container of cleaner stored above apples. This is considered...

What is a chemical contamination violation

500

A greasy pan catches fire. The first thing an employee should NEVER do is...

What is throw water on the fire