Safe Food Handler
Where should personal items, like a coat, be stored in the operation?
In a designated area
What are the most important food safety features to look for when selecting flooring, wall, and ceiling materials?
Smooth and durable
The first step in cleaning and sanitizing items in a three-compartment sink is
rinsing, scraping, or soaking items.
The 6 conditions bacteria need to grow are food, acidity, temperature, time, oxygen, and
moisture.
Meat cooked in a microwave oven must reach an internal temperature of
165°F (74°C)
In addition to other criteria, how many people must have the same symptoms in order for a foodborne illness to be considered an outbreak?
At least 2
What should food handlers do after prepping food and before using the restroom?
Take off their aprons
A handwashing station should have running water supplied at a temperature of at least
85°F (29°C)
After scraping and washing, what is the third step in cleaning and sanitizing a prep table?
Rinsing
Which is an example of physical contamination?
A Sneezing on food
B Touching dirty food-contact surfaces
C Bones in fish
D Cooking tomato sauce in a copper pan
Bones in fish
When must a consumer advisory be provided for menu items containing TCS food?
When the item is raw or undercooked.
Using the same knife to chop carrots for a salad immediately after cutting up raw chicken is an example of
cross-contamination.
What should a manager do with a food handler who has diarrhea
Exclude them from the operation
A food handler drops the end of a hose into a mop bucket and turns the water on to fill it. What has the food handler done wrong?
Created a cross-connection
In a heat-sanitizing dishwasher, what is the minimum temperature for the final rinse?
180°F (82°C)
Which symptom could mean a customer is having an allergic reaction to food?
Swollen tongue
TCS food that will be reheated for hot holding must reach a temperature of at least
165°F (74°C) for 15 seconds within two hours
An operation has a buffet with 8 different items on it. How many serving utensils are needed to serve the items on the buffet?
8
Which food item may be handled with bare hands?
Chopped carrots for stew
Which piece of equipment does not meet the appropriate standards for contact with food?
Water glass with a CSA Star mark
A food-contact surface must be cleaned and sanitized
before working with a different type of food.
To prevent food allergens from being transferred to food,
clean and sanitize utensils before preparing an allergen special order.
What is the minimum temperature that must be maintained when holding hot chicken soup for service?
135°F (57°C)
How high must legs be on table-mounted equipment?
At least 4 inches (10 centimeters)
A cook wore single-use gloves while forming raw ground beef into patties. The cook continued to wear them while slicing hamburger buns. What mistake was made?
The cook did not wash hands and put on new gloves before slicing the hamburger buns.
Which individual should apply pesticides in a foodservice operation?
A pest control operator
What information must a master cleaning schedule contain?
What should be cleaned, when, by whom, and how
Which is a Big Nine food allergen?
A Broccoli
B Sesame
C Grapes
D Pork
Sesame
With approved procedures in place, cold food being held without temperature control for up to six hours cannot exceed which temperature while it is being served?
70°F (21°C
A food handler has been holding chicken salad for sandwiches in a cold well for five hours. When she checks the temperature of the chicken salad, it is 54°F (12°C). What must the food handler do?
Discard the chicken salad