Food Safety

Question 1

What should be at the top shelf of your fridge?

Answer 1

Ready to eat food.

E.g. Diary products, yoghurt, cream etc.

Question 2

What should be on the second shelf of your fridge?

Answer 2

Some of these products can also be placed on the top shelf as well.

Cream cakes,
Butter, Margarine,
Cooked meat, 
Left over- covered,
Packaged food - coleslaw, tomato ketchup, jam.

Question 3

What should be on the bottom shelf of your fridge?

Answer 3

Raw meat, poultry and fish.

Always cover your food and keep in sealed containers.

Question 4

What should be in the salad draws I’m your fridge?

Answer 4

Ready to eat fruit and vegetables in sealed bags and containers.

Question 5

What temperature your your fridge be kept at?

Answer 5

Between 0 - 5 degrees.

Question 6

What temperature should your freezer be kept at?

Answer 6

-18c degrees

Question 7

When cooking what temperature is know as the danger zone?

Answer 7

5 - 63 c degrees

Question 8

What degree is know as the hot holding temperature?

Answer 8

63c degrees

Question 9

What temperature should the meat be cooked and reheated to?

Answer 9

75c degrees

Question 10

What degree is know as boiling point?

Answer 10

100c degrees

Question 11

What is food poising caused by?

Answer 11

Bactria

Question 12

What are the symptoms of food poisoing?

Answer 12

Nausea 
Mild fever 
Headaches 
Diarrhoea 
Vomiting 
Abdominal cramps
Weakness

Question 13

What are the different causes for food poisoning?

Answer 13

Campylobacter
E.coli
Salmonella 
Listeria.
You can not see, taste or smell Bactria or other germs.