Safe Mark
Food safety auditor questions
Critical Or General
Allergen Awareness
Bazinga
100

Name the 4 Biological Hazards?

•Bacteria

•Viruses

•Parasites

•Fungi


100

What are the 8 major allerigens?

Bonus Question- what is going to be the 9 major allerigen? 

Milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, and soybean.

Under the FASTER Act of 2021, sesame is being added as the 9th major food allergen effective January 1, 2023.

100

Mold build up present on blast chiller rack

General, unless observed coming in contact with food


100

What are the 8 Major allergens?

Milk-Eggs

Shellfish-Fish

Wheat-Soy

Tree nuts -Peanuts

100

What does HAACP stand for?

Hazardous Analysis and Critical Control Points

200

What are the two types of Bacteria?


Bacteria are classified as 

1 vegetative (non-spore forming) 

2 spore forming


200

What are the 6 reportable food- boorne illnesses. 

• Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (E. coli O157:H7) • Norovirus • Hepatitis A • Shigella • Salmonella typhi (any species of Salmonella must be reported) • non-typhoidal Salmonella (any species of Salmonella must be reported)


200

4 rounds of late holding temps over a 7 day period with same verification present

General. Ineffective preventive measures, problem still persists. Lack of managerial control.

200

What is going to be the 9th major allergen next year?

Under the FASTER Act of 2021, sesame is being added as the 9th major food allergen effective January 1, 2023.

200

White or grayish film found on a Hershey's Chocolate Bar, is it safe to eat?

Yes, this process occurs when cocoa butter fats separate from the cocoa.

300

What is the water activity(Aw) that Disease-causing bacteria can grow in?

 Water activity (Aw) that is higher than .85

300

What FBI's associated with raw oysters ?

Vibrio

Norovirus

Hep A


300

Onions found with heavy fruit/drain fly contamination.

Critical, fruit/drain flies carry heavy bacteria due to breeding in drains, and decaying fruit.

300

Consumer advisories shall be posted conspicuously as required by local, state, regional or federal requirements on what items?

WPR - 4.02 Items that are cooked to order and may be consumed raw or undercooked or may contain ingredients that are raw or undercooked. Consuming raw or undercooked foods of an animal origin may pose a food safety risk for some consumers.

300

What is the difference between Cross Contamination and Cross Contact?

Cross Contact occurs when an Allergen is inadvertently transferred from a food containing an allergen to a food that does not contain the allergen.

Cross Contamination is the physical movement or transfer of harmful bacteria from one person, object or place or place to another.

400

What is the pH level that Disease-causing bacteria grow best in? 


Bacteria grow in mildly acidic food 

pH level of 4.6-7.0

400

What are the common food vehicles(types of food) of Bacillus Cereus?  

(Diarrheal)-Meats, stews, gravies, vegetables, fish, vanilla and milk.

(Emetic) Rice, potato, pasta and cheese.

400

Sashimi Tuna temping at 41 degrees

Critical, Tuna is a histamine producing fish and needs to be kept at 40 or below

400

What must be present on all packaging labels?

All ingredients must be listed in descending order, and all the major allergens must be called out on the label.


400

What movie is this quote from?

"Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart kid, and you'll never go wrong"


The Sandlot

500

Name the 3 different Foodborne Illness Types?

Foodborne Infection

Foodborne Intoxication

Toxin-mediated infection



500

Name 2 FBIs that are viruses?

Norovirus

Hepatitis A 


500

Product packaged on sales floor with no cook and cool log.

Double Critical, 1 would be a cooking violation, and the other would be a HAACP violation.

500

How will employees provide accurate ingredient information?

- showing ingredient labels,

- printing out scale labels,

- contacting the Wegmans Labeling team or,

- any other means possible to convey accurate information to allow the customer to make their own buying or tasting decisions.

"Employees shall not make any guarantee that any food exposed or produced in the retail food production areas is free of any allergen."

500

What is the final sanitation temperature in our Ware washing machines (dish washers)?

180F

(Cannot exceed 195F- this will create steam causing sanitation to be less effective.)