Chapter 14- Food Safety Regulations and Standards Flashcards
The _________ (FDA) and the ___________ (USDA) inspect food and perform other critical duties. Both of these agencies are at a federal level.
Food and Drug Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
______ and _______ regulatory agencies create regulations and inspect operations.
State, Local
The FDA inspects all food but what?
Meat, poulty and eggs
The FDA issues the _____________ which is recommendation for food safety regulation.
FDA Food Code
Agencies such as city, ________, state, and tribal regulate food service for: restaurants + food retail, vending operations, schools/daycare, ___________.
County, hospitals
The FDA can recommend the food code but can _______ it.
Require
The USDA regulates and inspects meats, ________, and eggs.
Poultry
What does the CDC stand for?
Center of Disease Control
What are the services the CDC provides:
Investigate food borne illness outbreak
Study the cases and center of disease
Publish a weekly report
provide educational in the field of sanitizaton
What are the responsibilities of the sate and local authorities:
Inspecting operation Enforcing regulation Investigating complaints/ illness Issuing licences and permits Approving construction Reviewing HACCP plan
Who is the person that comes to you operation to inspect it?
A health inspector
Having an health inspection is important because?
It lets you know if you meet the minimum food safety standards.
Health inspectors usually use these five factors:
Purchasing from an unsafe source Failing to cook food properly Holding food at the wrong temperature Using contaminated equipment Practicing poor personal hyginen
The FDA recommended that you pay close to these critical items such as hand washing, ___________ items such as soap, as well as core like keeping items in good condition.
Priority Foundation
You will get more visits from an health inspector if you serve ________.
High risk populations
When an inspection takes place follow these guild lines:
Ask for identification
Never refuse entry (They can take away your permit if you do)
Be respectful
Take notes
Be able to provide records
Ask for the time frame you have before you have a fine or have to close
Closure or suspension will happen if
Significant lack of refrigeration Back up of sewage or water supply Significant infestation Clear evidence of food born illness Emergency- fire/flood
A suspension notice will be posed at you door if you don’t have the problem fixed with in a time frame. The notice in not required if you ________.
Volunteer
After you eliminate the hazards you have to go through a
Reinspection
In between health inspections you should have ________.
Self inspections
Self inspections are good because:
They keep you operation clean
Customers happy
Less likely that you have to close by health inspector
When doing a self inspection use the same _________ a health inspector would/
Checklist
