Module 2 Inspectors and procedures

Question 1

Foods that require special attention

Answer 1

• Meats and Poultry
• Milk and dairy
• Fish and seafood
• Eggs
• Leafy greens (this is probably not one for this course)
• Cooked Rice

Question 2

Food is regulated by which levels of government?
What roles do they play?
What are the sub levels.

Answer 2

Fed-
CFIA (canadian food inspection) food manufactured or sold inspected. Get food off shelf that doesn’t mean guidelines.

Prov/terr-
Ministry or health and long term care. Public health inspectors inspect. Ministry of agriculture.
Ministry of Agriculure licenses inspects and carries out enforcement of producers of farm products and process meat products

Mun-
municipal governments look after local bylaws. Rules around home base businesses, licenses.

Question 3

What’s the health protection and promotion act?

Answer 3

Health inspectors given power to eliminate health hazards in community. Anything that causes illness. Pests in restaurants, tattoo needles, chlorine in pools.
It’s pretty general, so they have lots of power.

Question 4

Food premises regulation within previous act?

Answer 4

Food safety rules. Must abide by food safety standards in it.

Question 5

What do we have to take care of to meet guidelines for food premises regulation?

Answer 5

Cooking, storage temp, food handling practices, employee hygiene and sanitization.

Question 6

Where are exemptions?

Answer 6

Religious organziations
Fraternal organizations
Service clubs

They have to post a special notice that the kitchen isn’t health inspected.

Question 7

Roles of health inspector?

Answer 7

• Inspet food premises to ensure food is safe to eat
• safety resource/education. Can be approached at any time
• enforce food safety regulation act, closures and fines (HACCP)
• assist operators with food safety plan

Question 8

What is the most important temperature measurement?

Answer 8

temperature of food