HANDWASHING & HYGIENE
TEMPERATURE DANGER ZONE
EQUIPMENT & CROSS CONTAMINATION
FOOD DEFENSE & ALLERGENS
GENERAL FOOD CODE STANDARDS
100

The amount of time hands and arms must be scrubbed with soap during proper handwashing.

What is 20 seconds?

100

The temperature at or below which all cold Time/Temperature Control for Safety (TCS) foods must be kept.

What is 41F degrees?

100

The minimum height, in inches, that food and supplies must be stored off the floor.

What is 6”?

100

Dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, Soybeans, eggs,  fish.

What are food allergens?

100

The sanitizing concentration level for Chlorine.

What is 50-100 mg/L (ppm)

200

A written policy that allows food handlers to touch RTE foods with their bare hands.

What is Bare Hand Contact?

200

What do you call the range of temperatures between 41°F and 135°F where bacteria multiply rapidly.

What is the Danger Zone?

200

These are stored in sanitizing buckets.

What are linen wipes?

200

An item that protects foods from cross contamination.

What are lids/covers?

200

Includes the name and address of distributor.

What is a manufacturer label?

300

The 3-compartment sink washing process must be done in this exact order.

What is wash, rinse, sanitize, air dry?

300

The minimum internal cooking temperature for poultry, stuffed meats, and stuffed pasta.

What is 165F degrees?

300

The deep cuts in cutting boards where bacteria multiplies.

What is scoring?

300

An item that is used in self-service areas that provides a barrier between the customer and the food.

What is a sneeze guard?

300

The item that has all the food items listed for sale.

What is a menu?

400

A self-closing, slow-closing, or metering faucet shall provide a flow of water for at least _______ without the need to reactivate the faucet

What is 15 seconds?

400

The temperature that raw shelled eggs may be stored at.

What is 45F?

400

At least every _____________, TCS food equipment food-contact surfaces & utensils shall be cleaned.

What is 4 hours?

400

The notification that must be on Buffet Signage.

What is informing consumers that clean tableware is to be used upon return to self-service areas.

400

Raw animal foods cooked in a microwave oven shall be __________.

What is rotated or stirred.

500

This illness is recognized as the most common cause of epidemic and sporadic gastroenteritis across all age groups worldwide. 

What is norovirus?

500

The temperature comminuted meats must be cooked at for 15 seconds.

What is 68°C or 155°F?

500

During pauses in food preparation or dispensing, food preparation and dispensing utensils shall be stored in a container of water if the water is maintained at a temperature of at least _____________. 

What is 57 degrees Celsius or 135 degrees Fahrenheit.

500

The four safe and legal ways to thaw frozen TCS food.

What are resubmerged under cold running water, refrigeration, in the microwave, or part of the cooking process?

500

Name of the tag that can be stored for 90 calendar days.

What are shellshock tags?