The Safe Food Handler

Question 1

A personal hygiene program should include these hygiene policies:

Answer 1

Following hygienic hand practices
Maintaining personal cleanliness
Wearing clean and appropriate clothing, restraining hair, and removing jewelry
Avoiding certain habits and actions
Maintaining good health
Covering wounds
Reporting health issues

Question 2

Restrict the food handler from working with or around food. The food handler can work with or around food when he or she has a written release from a medical practitioner after having these symptoms:

Answer 2

Sore throat with a fever

Question 3

Exclude the food handler from the operation if you primarily serve a high-risk population. The food handler much be cleared by his or her medical practitioner before returning to work after having these symptoms:

Answer 3

Sore throat with a fever

Question 4

Exclude the food handler. Food handlers must have had no symptoms for at least or a written release from a medical practitioner when they have these symptoms:

Answer 4

Vomiting and diarrhea

Question 5

Food handlers with _____ must be reported to the regulatory authority. Food handlers who have had _____ for less than seven days must be excluded from the operation. Food handlers must have a written release from a medical practitioner and approval from the regulatory authority before returning to work when they have ______.

Answer 5

Jaundice

Question 6

Exclude the food handler from the operation. Work with the food handler’s medical practitioner and the local regulatory authority to decide when the person can go back to work when they have been diagnosed with a foodborne illness caused by one of these pathogens and has symptoms:

Answer 6

Hepatitis A
Salmonella Typhi
Enterohemorrhagic and shiga toxin-producing E. coli
Norovirus
Shigella spp.