Safe Facilities & Equipment
Types of Cleaners
Flow of Food
Food-borne Illness
ServSafe Terms
100

Air space used to separate a water-supply out let from potentially contaminated source.

What is an Air Gap?

100

Cleaners designed to penetrate and soften dirt to help remove it from a surface

What is detergents?

100

Process of gradually thawing frozen food in preparation.

What is Slacking

100

The yellowing of the eyes and skin

What is Jaundice?

100

Federal agency responsible for the inspection and quality grading of meat, meat products, poultry, dairy products, eggs and egg products, and fruit and vegetables shipped across state lines.

What is U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)?

200

Devices installed above or alongside doors that blow a steady stream of air across an entryway, creating and air shield

What is an Air Curtian?

200

Detergents that contain a grease-dissolving agent.

What is degreasers?

200

Eggs that are cracked open and combined in a common container.

What is pooled eggs?

200

Linked to Ground Beef & Contaminated produce, Diarrhea & abdominal cramps are the most common symptoms

What is Escheichia (E.Coli)?

200

Licensed professional who uses safe, current methods to prevent and control pests.

What is a Pest control operator (PCO)

300

Is a curved, sealed edge placed between the floor and the wall to eliminate sharp corners or gaps that would be impossible to clean

What is coving?

300

Cleaning agents used on mineral deposits and other soils that cleaners can not remove, such as scale or rust.

What is a delimer/

300

The method of stock rotation is in which products are shelved based on their use-by or expiration dates, so the oldest products are used first. 

What is First-in, First-out (FIFO)?

300

Commonly linked to poultry, eggs, and cantaloupes, common symptoms are diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomiting, and fever

What is Nontyphoidal Salmonella?

300

Physical objects, such as hair, dirt, metal staples, and broken glass, as well as bones in fillets, which have contaminated food.

What is a Physical contaminants?

400

Unwated reverse flow of contaminats through a cross-connection into drinkable-water system.

What is Backflow?
400

Cleaners containing a scouring agent for scrubbing off hard to remove dirt

What is Abrasive Cleaners?

400

When food has stayed too long at temperatures that are good for the growth of pathogens

Time-temperature abuse

400

Commonly linked to Ready to eat food(RTE) & Beverages, Common Symptoms are High Fever, Weakness, Abdominal pain, Headache

What is Salmonella Typhi?

400

Chemical substances, such as cleaners, sanitizers, polishes, machine lubricants, and toxic metals that leach from cookware and equipment, which have contaminated food.

What is a Chemical contaminants?

500

Is the extent to which a material will absorb liquids

What is Porosity?

500

The amount of minerals in Water

What is water hardness?

500

Document issued by a regulatory agency that allows a regulatory requirement to be waived or changed

What is a Variance?

500

Commonly linked to food easily contaminated by hands, RTE Foods, fCommon symptoms Bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain and cramps and fever

What is Shigellosis?

500

Microorganisms, such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi, as well as toxins found in certain plants, mushrooms, and seafood, that have contaminated food.

Biological contaminants