SERVSAFE: "TEMPERATURES"
Receiving Temperature for "COLD TCS" Food - - - -Receive 41°F
Receiving Temperature for "Live Shellfish (oysters, mussels, clams, and scallops)" - - - -- 45 F
or lower and internal temperature
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SERVSAFE: "TEMPERATURES"
Receiving Temperature for "COLD TCS" Food - - - -Receive 41°F
Receiving Temperature for "Live Shellfish (oysters, mussels, clams, and scallops)" - - - -- 45 F
or lower and internal temperature no greater than 50 F
- Cool to 41 F in four hours
Receiving Temperature for "Shucked Shellfish" - - - -- 45 F or lower
- Cool to 41 F in four hours
Receiving Temperature for "Milk" - - - -- 45 F or lower
- cool the milk to 41 F in four hours
Receiving Temperature for "Shell Eggs" - - - -- AIR TEMPERATURE of 45 F or lower
Receiving Temperature of "HOT TCS food" - - - -- 135 F or higher
Receiving Frozen Food - - - -- Should be frozen solid when received
Reject:
- Fluids or water stains appear in case bottoms or on packaging
- Ice Crystals: Could be evidence of thawing and refreezing (shows Time Temperature Abused)
-Poultry including Whole or Ground Chicken, turkey, or duck
-Stuffing made with fish, meat, or poultry
-Stuffed meat, seafood, poultry, or pasta
-Dishes that include previously cooked TCS ingrdients - - - -165 F FOR 15 SECONDS
-Ground meat: Beef, Pork, and Other meat
-Injected Meat: Brined Ham and flavor-injected roasts
-Mechanically tenderized meat
-Ratites: Ostrich and emu
-Ground Seafood: chopped or minced Seafood
-Shell Eggs held for service - - - -155 F FOR 15 SECONDS
-Seafood: Fish, Shellfish, and Crustaceans
-Steaks/Chops of pork, beef, veal, and lamb
-Commercially raised game
-Shell eggs that will be served immediately - - - -145 F FOR 15 SECONDS
-Roasts of pork, beef, veal, and lamb - - - -145 F FOR 4 MINUTES
-Fruit, vegtables, grains (rice/pasta), and legumes (beans/refried beans) that will be held for hot
service - - - -135 F NO MINIMUM TIME
When Cooking TCS food (meat, seafood, poultry, and eggs) in a microwave oven it must be
cooked to a temperature of ____________, and must let the food stand for at least ________
minutes. - - - -165 F / 2 Minutes
Cool TCS food from _______ F to _________ F or lower within _________ hours. - - - -135 F to
41 F / 6 hours
First, cool TCS food from ________ F to _________ F within __________ hours - - - -135 F to
70 F / 2 hours
* IF NOT COOLED TO 71 F IN 2 HOURS, MUST REHEAT AND COOL AGAIN!!!
Next, cool TCS food from _________ F to _________ F within ___________ hours - - - -70 F to
41 F / 4 hours
* IF NOT COOLED TO 41 F WITHIN 4 HOURS, MUST REHEAT AND START THE
COOLING PROCESS AGAIN!!!
You can reheat food that will be served immediately, such as beef for a beef sandwich, to _____
temperature - - - -ANY
"You must heat TCS food for hot holding to an internal temperature of _______ F for _____
seconds. Make sure the food reaches this temperature within _______ hours - - - -165 F for 15
seconds / within 2 hours
"Reheat commercially processed and packaged ready-to-eat food to an internal temperature of at
least ________ F - - - -135 F
Holding Food: Temperature for Hot/Cold
- Hold HOT food at _____ F or higher
- Hold COLD food at _____ F or lower - - - -- 135 F
- 41 F
*** CHECK FOOD TEMPERATURES AT LEAST EVERY FOUR HOURS
*** THROW OUT FOOD'S THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE
TEMPERATURE'S LISTED ABOVE
*** CHECK FOOD EVERY 2 HOURS TO LEAVE TIME FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION (i.e:
TCS food that has been held below 135 F can be reheated and placed back in the hot-holding
unit.
You can hold COLD food WITHOUT Temp. Control for up to _____ hours if you meet these
conditions - - - -- 6 hours
- Held at 41 F or below before removing from refrigeration
- Label the time removed from unit and time you must throw it out (six hours from the time item
was removed)
- Food Temp. must never exceed 70 F while being served. THROW OUT ANY FOOD THAT
EXCEEDS 70 F.
- Sell, serve, or throw out food within 6 hours
You can hold HOT food WITHOUT Temp. Control for up to __________ hours if you meet
these conditions - - - -- 4 hours
- Hold at 135 F or higher before removing it from Temp. Control
- Label food with time you must throw item out (4 hours after removing item from Temp. Con.)
- Sell, Serve, or throw out the food within four hours
When a utensil is stored in water between uses, what are the requirements? - - - -Running water
at any temperature, or a container of water at 135 F or higher
Effective use of Chlorine - - - -- >100 F / pH <10 / 50-99 ppm / >7 seconds
- > 75 F / pH <8 / 50-99 ppm / >7 seconds
Effective use of Iodine - - - -68 F / pH <5 as per Manuf. Rec's / 12.5-25 ppm / >30 seconds
Effective us of Quats (Quaternary Ammonium Sanitizers) - - - -75 F / pH as per Manuf. Rec's. /
San. Con. as per maunf. rec's / >30 seconds
One way to sanitize items is to soak them in hot water. For this method to work, the water must
be at least _________ F, and must soak for at least ____ seconds - - - -171 F and 30 seconds
Machine Dishwashing:
- High-Temperature Machines use hot water to clean and sanitize. The temperature of the final
sanitizing rinse must be at least ____
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