Providing safe food

Question 1

True or False

A food handler’s hands can transfer pathogens from one food to another?

Answer 1

True (Cross-contamination)

Question 2

True or False

Food handlers who don’t wash their hands correctly can cause a foodborne illness (FBI)?

Answer 2

True (Cross-contamination)

Question 3

True or False

A foodborne illness (FBI) outbreak is when two or more people get sick after eating at the same place?

Answer 3

False

Question 4

True or False

Adults are more likely than preschool aged children to get sick from contaminated food?

Answer 4

False (Preschool aged children, Elderly people, Immune deficient people)

Question 5

Which way has the food become unsafe for consumption (Cross-contamination, Poor personal hygiene, Time-temperature abuse)

Leftover chili is cooled on the counter.

Answer 5

Time-temperature abuse

Question 6

Which way has the food become unsafe for consumption (Cross-contamination, Poor personal hygiene, Time-temperature abuse)

A food handler wearing gloves a chicken breast on the grill and then puts tomato on a bun.

Answer 6

Cross-contamination

Question 7

Which way has the food become unsafe for consumption (Cross-contamination, Poor personal hygiene, Time-temperature abuse)

A food handler prepping a salad stops to scratch on her arm then returns to making the salad.

Answer 7

Poor personal hygiene

Question 8

Which way has the food become unsafe for consumption (Cross-contamination, Poor personal hygiene, Time-temperature abuse)

A server setting table touches the food-contact surfaces of a water when placing it on a table.

Answer 8

Cross-contamination