Food Safety

Question 1

What is food safety

Answer 1

It helps you advance in your food career and the knowledge will help you.

Question 2

What is food born illness

Answer 2

Eating contaminated, food and eating contaminated food with a foreign object. 

Question 3

What is contamination?

Answer 3

Unintended presence of harmful substances, or microorganisms in food 

Question 4

What kind of contamination is there?

Answer 4

Physical, chemical, and biological 

Question 5

What is physical contamination?

Answer 5

Stuff like dirt, broken glass pieces of hardware or other objects found in food

Question 6

How to prevent physical contamination 

Answer 6

Keep a jewellery at home, note any deterioration, cautiously open packages, and always wear a hairnet 

Question 7

What’s chemical contamination?

Answer 7

Pesticides, food additives, preservations, cleaning supplies and toxic metals found in food 

Question 8

How to prevent chemical contamination

Answer 8

Store and label chemicals and food, Use cleaning products safely and use safe containers for acidic food. 

Question 9

What is biological contamination?

Answer 9

Contamination by microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, parasites, molds, and yeast 

Question 10

How to prevent biological contamination

Answer 10

Prevent, delay and kill 

Question 11

How does cross contamination occur? 

Answer 11

Harmful microorganisms can travel from food handlers, equipment, and raw food to ready to eat food 

Question 12

What is the proper refrigeration storage internal product temperature? 

Answer 12

Four Celsius or 40 Fahrenheit for short periods 

Question 13

How do you store raw meat?

Answer 13

Cooked/ready to eat food, and below ready to eat/prepare food are kept separate 

Question 14

What temperature should it not be below and why?

Answer 14

0 to 4 Celsius. Because your food will freeze.

Question 15

Food shouldn’t be left out any more than what

Answer 15

4 hours

Question 16

How to properly serve 

Answer 16

Insist customers use clean plates each time they go back to the buffet, always wash hands and store single service items off the floor in closed containers 

Question 17

How to use a thermometer

Answer 17

Calibrate regularly and keep stem clean and sanitized to prevent cross-contamination 

Question 18

How to properly wash your hands 

Answer 18

1. Wet hands with hot running water.
2. Applies soap.
3. Scrub for at least 20 seconds.
4. Rinse hands.
5. Dry hands.
6. Turn off water with paper towel to avoid rec contamination.

Question 19

How to properly use gloves

Answer 19

Change gloves as often as you would wash your hands, hands must be washed before putting new gloves on

Question 20

How do allergies enter the body

Answer 20

Ingestion, inhalation and skin absorption 

Question 21

What is an allergen?

Answer 21

Any substance that causes a allergic reaction?

Question 22

Anaphylaxis

Answer 22

Shock induced by allergens that may cause a decrease in blood pressure

Question 23

What to do when shopping?

Answer 23

Purchase quality ingredients, don’t buy expired, damaged or foods of questionable freshness or quality, and keep cold foods, cold, and frozen foods frozen from store to destination 

Question 24

How to properly store foods?

Answer 24

Cold and frozen foods get put away immediately, always rotate food, cook or freeze perishable foods within a few days

Question 25

How do you control pests from getting in the kitchen?

Answer 25

Throw garbage out regularly, washngarbage bins and keep covered, have screens on windows and keep doors shut, and keep food covered and off the floor 

Question 26

How to properly thaw food

Answer 26

1. Under cold water.
2. Microwave
3. Fridge.

Question 27

What do you need to remember about thawing food in the microwave

Answer 27

Food that thawed in a microwave must be cooked immediately 

Question 28

Safe cooling tips

Answer 28

Cut/divide into small portions or put in shallow containers, use the ice water bath method, don’t cover food with a lid or plastic wrap until cooled and never put the hot food into the fridge or freezer

Question 29

How to properly clean dishes

Answer 29

1. Wash with warm water and dish soap.
2. Rinse and 45 Celsius/113 Fahrenheit water.
3. Sanitize with chemicals like bleach, iodine, and chlorine.