Quiz 12 Allergens Freq missed Q's

Question 1

The FDA requires Allergen PCs for processors who make ready-to-eat foods that are exposed to the environment in-between the kill step and the final packaging step, with a likelihood of environmental pathogen contamination.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

At least one Allergen PC at the final package-labeling step is required for any food processor using one of the 8 major allergens as an ingredient, even if the same allergen is used in all of the company’s food products

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Your instructors recommend using ELISA-based swabs for verifying that all traces of an allergen are removed from shared equipment, prior to running non-allergen products on it, but the FDA only requires documentation of Sanitation PCs designed to remove allergens from shared equipment to include that food-contact surfaces are at least ‘visually clean’ prior to a non-allergen being run on shared equipment.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

“Verification” that Allergen Preventive Controls are operating as intended might be accomplished by using micro-testing swabs to wipe the food contact surfaces of any shared equipment and sending the swabs out to an FDA-recognized microbiological testing lab.

Answer 4

False