Terms
A permit issued by a state that allows for the sale and/or service of alcoholic beverages. The entity holding the license is known as the licensee.
Liquor License
This term refers to the person who prepares and cooks food in a restaurant.
Chef
What is the collective name given to various laws and regulations that have been implemented to ensure accuracy in the wording on menus?
Truth‐in‐menu Laws
This amendment gave individual states, counties, towns, and precincts the authority to control the sale and use of alcoholic beverages within their jurisdiction.
Twenty-First Amendment
Examples include “low fat,” “high fiber,” and “heart healthy.”
Health Benefit Claims
Sickness or harm caused by the consumption of unsafe foods or beverages.
Foodborne Illness
What is the term for the process of preparing and presenting food to guests?
Food Service
True
What is the two areas of liability theory that a hospitality manager should be aware of focus on the duties of a host who holds a party where alcohol is served, and that of an establishment licensed to sell alcohol.
Third-party liability
Body weight, food consumption, age, health, medication, and general metabolism all affect this level in the body.
Blood Alcohol Concentration or Level
A measurement, expressed in a percentage, of the concentration level of alcohol in the bloodstream. Also known as "blood alcohol content" or "blood alcohol level"
Blood alcohol concentration (BAC)
This type of service involves food being placed on the table for guests to serve themselves.
Buffet Service
[True or False] Before the passage of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, restaurants were not required to divulge their ingredients list to their guests
True
What are the two general categories of Liquor licenses?
On-premises liquor license and off-premises liquor license
Examples include TIPS and RAMP in Pennsylvania. Most jurisdictions in the US either mandate or strongly encourage programs for this.
Responsible Alcohol Service Training or Responsible Server Training
A name given to a variety of state laws establishing a liquor licensee's third-party liability
Dram Shop
What is the term for a meal that is served before the main course?
Appetizer
The term requires restaurants and similar retail food establishments with 20 or more locations operating under the same name and serving substantially the same menu items to post calorie information for standard menu items and provide guests with a list of nutritional information upon request.
Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA)
What is a popular alcohol server training tool the National Restaurant Association endorsed.
ServSafe Alcohol Training & Certification
In accordance with FDA regulations, restaurants must provide this information if a guest requests it.
Nutritional Information
A substance that lowers the rate of vital body activities
Depressant
What is the primary role of a sommelier in a restaurant?
What is to recommend and serve wines to guests
Which Act was signed to ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply by shifting the focus from responding to contamination to preventing contamination?
Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
When did the federal government pass legislation to establish a .08 blood alcohol level (BAL) as the standard determination of intoxication in all states?
2000
What is the term that legal obligation to sell food that is wholesome and deliver that food in a manner that is safe is mandated by this law?
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)