Handwashing
What food should you shop for last while at the grocery store?
Refrigerator, frozen, and deli foods
Raw meat should be stored on this shelf in the fridge
The bottom shelf
If food has an unusual color, odor, or texture you should do this.
Throw it out!!!! please!
What range is the temperature danger zone, in degrees?
5-60 degrees
Use this to wipe down aprons and bench tops
Bring an insulated cooler bag shopping if it takes more than this many minutes to get home from the grocery store (how many minutes?)
30 minutes
Wrapping foods properly for freezer storage will prevent what?
Freezer burn
What is the difference between best before and use by dates?
Best before is about the quality of the product. Use by means you should consume this product before this date.
100 degrees
Not washing your hands after using the bathroom could cause this.
A Food Borne Illness or Food Poisoning
Avoid buying bulging cans, this can be a sign of what toxin?
Botulism
Contrary to many peoples practice, avoid placing this item in the refrigerator door
Milk
You should do this with left overs that are more than 4 days old.
Throw them out
Pathogens
List three times when you should wash your hands:
After using the bathroom,
After touching hair or sneezing
And after handling meat
Ice crystals on frozen meat are a sign that the meat has done what?
Thawed and refrozen - this is no good!
Because these items heat up, you should not store food on or near these items
Refrigerator, stove, oven top
If you take food to a picnic on a warm day, but don't stay out too long outside. What should you do with leftover meat and dairy foods?
Throw them out
What food item can you use to smoother a grease/oil/fat fire?
baking soda, salt or flour - it eliminates the oxygen and smothers the fire.
Not washing your hands after handling raw chicken can cause this specific food borne illness.
Salmonella
Your raw meat should be wrapped in plastic so that is does not do what?
Drip raw juices onto other food.
Do not mix or chop raw and fresh foods on the same chopping board, this can lead to ______?
cross contamination
If a food is past its BEST BEFORE date what should you should do what with it?
Check for an expiration/use by date and assess the smell, appearance and texture. Most times this will be ok.
When bacteria grow and multiply they need 4 conditions to thrive. What are they?
Here is an acronym to help you....
F....
T....
T....
O.....
Food
Time
Temperature
Oxygen