Buying and Storing Food

Question 1

Which food poisoning bacteria is carried by people?

Answer 1

Staphylococcus Aureus

Question 2

What is ambient storage?

Answer 2

Room Temperature in a cupboard

Question 3

How do you store meat?

Answer 3

• Store in the bottom of your fridge so juices cannot contaminate other food
• Cover
• Label with the best before date
• Keep your fridge at 1-5C or freezer at -18 C .

Question 4

What is the Danger Zone?

Answer 4

The temperature range where pathogenic (food poisoning ) bacteria grow rapidly. 5C to 63C.

Question 5

What is the temperature for a domestic freezer?

Answer 5

-18 C

Question 6

What should you look for when buying fresh fish?

Answer 6

• It smells good
• The eyes are bright and clear
• The gills a bright red / pink
• The storage temperature is 1-5C