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True or False: HACCP/Food Safety Plans are optional programs
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Required for food safety, it's the law, customer required, DSM required
Name the food safety certification that we comply with and have annual audits for
FSSC 22000
True or False: My actions can't hurt the product because we have a HACCP/Food Safety Plan
Answer: False
Explanation: Preventing contamination starts with food safety behaviors (GMPs)
Where do I document cleaning of equipment that has a sanitation preventive control?
Correct answer is one of the following:
Cleaning Ticket
UF Cleaning Log
How many business days are allowed to complete a review of a preventive control record?
Seven Business Days
TRUE or False: The food safety policy describes management's commitment to making product efficiently
FALSE
Explanation: Food Safety Policy describes management's commitment to making food safe products
Metal or plastic found in the product are examples of what category of hazard?
Physical Hazard and/or Foreign Material
List three times when hand washing is required
Correct Answer is three of the following:
Entering a blue or red zone
After eating
After using restroom
After touching the floor or other contaminated surface
After a smoking break
After coughing/sneezing/blowing nose
Name two CCPs/PCs in any of the HACCP plans in Waukesha
Correct answer is any two of the following:
Micro Testing
10 mesh Packaging Screen
20 mesh Screen
40 mesh Filter
Allergens, cleaning chemicals, and pesticides are examples of what category of hazard?
Chemical Hazard
Why are there more requirements to enter a red zone than a gray zone?
The red zone needs the highest level of protection because this is where finished product is openly handled and has the highest risk of product contamination
What should you do if you pass a foot foamer jug and it's empty?
Refill the jug
Name two of the four oPRPs/PCs in any of the HACCP plans in Waukesha
Correct answer is any two of the following:
Tongue Root Receiving Inspection
Filtration at the filter press and disk stack
Refrigerated storage of liquid lipase intermediates
Micro Testing of Liquid lipase
Rare earth Magnet
You've finished a CIP and taken the ATP swab which verifies the equipment is clean. The swab result is 1200 and the spec is <1000. What do you do?
Reclean the equipment and check the ATP again because the verification showed the original cleaning didn't remove all the soil.
Sneezing onto your hands and then touching equipment would spread what category of hazard?
Biological Hazard
TRUE or FALSE: Holey uniforms cannot stop contamination and may allow it
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Intact uniforms are a physical barrier against contaminants
What are the four categories of preventive controls?
Allergen PC
Sanitation PC
Supply Chain PC
Process PC
Describe where each item is required to be stored in the locker room: clean uniform, work boots, personal clothing, personal shoes
Clean Uniform: on the uniform rack (not in locker)
Work Boots: inside the locker
Personal clothing: Inside the locker
Personal shoes: beneath the locker
You're asked to do the second party review on a magnet check form and you notice that the operator didn't circle "no metal found" on the end of run. What should you do?
Point out the miss to the operator and ask them to complete the missing entry before you sign the second party review.
You're prepping tongue roots for grinding and something just doesn't seem right about them. They're not the usual color and there's a funny smell. What should you do?
Don't process questionable tongue roots because they can contaminate the system with harmful bacteria. Contact your manager and QA to assess the situation and decide how to move forward.