- If you see signs of a pest on the premises what should you do?
- What is the best way to clean a fridge door handle
- Something with the potential to cause harm to a customer is called a ______
- What is the most accurate way to check food is cooked thoroughly?
- What type of plaster should be used on a food handlers cut finger?
- What is contamination?
- What happens to bacteria when you freeze it?
- What is the maximum recommended temperature of your fridge?
- Above what temperature should you store hot food?
- Who is responsible for enforcing food safety legislation?
- What is a ‘risk group’?
- Why should food handlers wash their hands?
- Under what conditions should you store dried foods?
- What two temperature extremes form the ‘Danger Zone’?
- Why should you wear protective clothing?
- What bacteria is commonly associated with raw poultry?
- What does ‘Due Diligence’ mean?
- What is the minimum temperature for cooking high risk food?
- What four things do bacteria need to multiply?
- Why should you be careful about storing items containing nuts and seeds?
- Give examples of ‘Physical’ contamination
- What is the maximum legal temperature of food in a fridge?
- What are the signs and symptoms of food poisoning?
- What does ‘incubation period’ mean?
- What is a ‘carrier’ in relation to food safety?
- What do we mean by the term ‘vehicle’ in relation to food safety?
- What is the shortest time period bacteria will double in number in ideal conditions?
- What is the best way to kill bacteria in food?
- What do we mean by ‘Use-By’ date?
- What do we mean by ‘Best Before’ date?
ANSWERS
- Report it to your manager immediately
- With a sanitiser spray and a cloth
- Hazard
- Using a temperature probe
- Brightly coloured and waterproof
- The presence or introduction of objectionable matter in food
- It becomes dormant
- Approx 5 Degrees Celcius
- 63 Degrees Celcius
- The Local Authority
- A person that is more vulnerable to food poisoning such as the young, elderly, ill, pregnant or people with allergies
- To reduce the number of harmful organisms
- In a sealed container in a cool, dry environment away from the floor and walls
- 5-63 Degrees Celcius
- To minimise the contamination of food from your own clothing
- Salmonella
- It is a legal defence to prove you have done all you reasonably can to keep food safe
- 75 Degrees Celcius (or 70 Degrees for 2 minutes)
- Warmth, moisture, time and food
- To reduce the possibility of contaminating other foodstuffs, which may result in allergic reactions
- Glass, hair, plastic, cardboard, plasters, nails, cling film etc.
- 8 Degrees Celcius
- Vomiting, diarrhoea, nausea, stomach ache
- The period of time between infection and symptoms
- A person who may not exhibit signs or symptoms of food poisoning but carries high levels of poison in their body
- Something which transports bacteria from one place to another i.e. hands, cloths, knives, chopping boards
- 10 minutes
- Thorough cooking
- Legal date up to and including which the food may be used safely and must not be exceeded
- Recommended date where the product quality will remain high, but consuming beyond this date may not be unsafe