Contamination Flashcards
Food can be contaminated: A) Accidentally B) During processing and manufacturing C) From Chemical or Physical hazards D) From poor personal hygiene of food handlers E) All the above
Answer: E
A food handler spills sanitizer into the fryer and then lets its soak into the grease. What type of hazard is this?
Answer: Chemical
A food handler uses different cutting boards to chop raw beef and slice melons. What is this an example of?
Answer: Preventing cross contamination
Food handlers must tell the manager when they have what symptom?
Answer: Diarrhea
the transfer of pathogens from one surface to another is known as what?
Answer: Cross-contamination
If you suspect that juice from raw ground beef has dripped onto strawberries, what should you do?
Answer: set the strawberries aside and ask the manager what to do
If you suspect that a food item has been contaminated, what should you do?
Answer: Label it, set it aside, and notify the manager
what must be stored away form all food?
Answer: Chemicals
Droppings that look like grains of black pepper are a sign of what?
Answer: cockroaches
For a food-borne illness to be considered and “outbreak”, a minimum of how many people must experience the same illness after eating the same food?
Answer: Two
Which pathogen is primarily found in the hair, nose, and throat of humans?
Answer: Staphylococcus aureus
Viruses such as norovirus and hepatitis A can be spread when food handlers fail to…
Answer: Wash their hands
What are the 2 viruses that typically contaminate our food supply through fecal contaminated waters or food?
Answer: Hepatitis A and Norovirus
Food handlers should be excluded from working with or around food if they are experiencing which of the following symptoms? A) Fever, vomiting, diarrhea B) Headache, irritability, thirst C) Soreness, itching, fatigue D) Muscle cramps, insomnia, sweating
Answer: A (Fever, vomiting, diarrhea)
