Food Safety
Contaminants
FAT TOM
Hygiene & Cleanliness
Flow of Food
100

Hepatitis A is an example of what type of Biological Contaminant?

What is a virus?

100

Harmful things present in food, making it unsafe to eat.

What is a Hazard?

100

The temperature that cold TCS food should be stored / held.

What is 41°F?

100

The most important part of personal hygiene.

What is hand washing?

100
Supplies should be kept this many inches off the floor.

What is 6 inches?

200

Microorganisms that cause illness.

What is Pathogens?

200

What three hazards can contaminate food?

What is Biological, Physical, and Chemical?

200

The temperature that hot TCS food should be held at.

What is 135°F?

200

Removing food and other dirt from a surface.

What is cleaning?

200

Rotating food to ensure the oldest is used first and the newest is used last.

What is FIFO?

300
When pathogens spread from one surface or food to another.
What is Cross-Contamination?
300

What are the four Biological Contaminants?

What is bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites?

300

If FAT TOM conditions are right, bacteria will double their number as often as every how many minutes?

What is 20 minutes?

300

Reducing pathogens on a surface to safe levels.

What is sanitizing?

300

Food items that can be eaten without further preparation, washing, or cooking

What is Ready-to-Eat (RTE) food?

400

Pathogens grow well in between which two temperatures?

What is 41°F and 135°F? 

400

The transfer of allergens from food containing an allergen to the food served to a customer.

What is cross-contact?

400

The measure of acidity.

What is pH?

400

If all items are in constant use, all food-contact surfaces need to be cleaning and sanitized after how many hours?

What is 4 hours?

400

Before reading a temperature using a bimetallic stemmed thermometer, at least how much time should be allowed after inserting the thermometer stem into the food?

What is 15 seconds?

500

The minimum internal temperature for cooking poultry or reheating previously cooked food. 

What is 165°F?

500

Name four of the Big Eight.

What is Wheat, Dairy, Fish, Crustacean shellfish, Soy, Eggs, Tree nuts, Peanuts?

500
What is FAT TOM?

Food, Acidity, Time, Temperature, Oxygen & Moisture

500

Three things which contribute to sanitizer effectiveness? 

What is Contact Time, Temperature and Concentration.

500

Live shellfish must be received with shell stock identification tags, and operators must keep these tags on file for how many days from the due date written on them?

What is 90 days?