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ServSafe Study Guide Who are at risk for getting food borne illness? - ✔✔Elderly, pregnant women, children, & people with a weak immune system. What is a Foodborne Outbreak? - ✔✔An incident ... in which 2 or more people experience the same illness after eating the same food. What are bacteria? - ✔✔Microorganisms presenting the greatest concern to the FS manager. What are FAT TOM, food, pH, temp, time, oxygen, & water? - ✔✔6 elements needed for bacteria growth. What is Hepatitis A? - ✔✔Of all FBI, it is the only one that can be prevented by vaccination. What is 7 days? - ✔✔Food prepared in house can be stored for this length of time if held at 41 degrees or below before being discarded. What is 90 days? - ✔✔Food Service Operations must retain shellfish tags for this period of time after the product is used. What is 6 inches? - ✔✔Stationary equipment should be mounted on legs at least this high off the floor or sealed with 4 inches of toe space. What is 14 inches? - ✔✔Sneeze guards must be this far above the food. What is 20-30 minutes? - ✔✔The ideal training session lasts this long. What is >24 hours? - ✔✔PHF prepared on site held for longer than the amount of time must be labeled with the date it was prepared or date to be sold, consumed, or discarded. What is 135-70 degrees F within 2 hours and 70-41 degrees F within 4 hours? - ✔✔The 2 stage cooling process What is one day? - ✔✔Iced tea held at room temperature must be discarded after this length of time. What is thawing? - ✔✔The presence of ice crystals on frozen food. What is -4 F for 7 days or -31 F for 15 hours? - ✔✔Fish to be served raw or partially cooked should be frozen by the processor prior to shipment according to these directions to kill parasites. What is pork/beef/veal/lamb steaks or chops; fish; fresh shelled eggs for immediate service? - ✔✔145 degrees F for 15 seconds What is poultry, stuffing, and stuffed meats? - ✔✔165 degrees F for 15 seconds What are after 7 days if held at 41 degrees F or 4 days if held at 45 degrees F? - ✔✔Leftover meat and poultry handled properly should be discarded. What is the warmest part? - ✔✔Hanging thermometers should be hung in this part of the refrigerator. What is safely cooling food? - ✔✔Reducing the size of the food, ice water baths, blast chillers, are all methods of doing this. What are hand washing stations? - ✔✔These must be conveniently located in food prep areas, service areas, washing areas, and restrooms. What is a roach? - ✔✔Strong oily odor, droppings that look like pepper indicate the presence of this pest. What are: Purchased from unapproved sources, failing to cook properly, holding improperly, and using contaminated equipment, poor hygiene? - ✔✔CDC's most 5 common risk factors responsible for foodborne illness. What is: conduct hazard analysis, determine ccp's, establish critical limits, establish monitoring procedures, identify correction action, verify that the systems work, establish procedures for record keeping? - ✔✔The 7 steps to HACCP What is Iodine 12.5-25ppm, chlorine 50ppm, quaternary ammonium 200 ppm? - ✔✔The proper concentration of the three chemical sanitizers. What is 4 hours? - ✔✔Foods held without temperature control must be discarded after this length of time. What is coving? - ✔✔The curved sealed edge placed between the floor and the wall to eliminate sgarp corners and gaps. What are air gaps and vacuum breaks? - ✔✔These prevent back flow in the plumbing systems. What is 4 inches? - ✔✔Table top equipment should be this high off the table. What is a hygrometer? - ✔✔This instrument is used to measure relative humidity in the storage area. What are ideal dry stores conditions? - ✔✔50-70 degrees F and 50-60% relative humidity. What is first in/ first out? - ✔✔The method used to ensure refrigerated, frozen, and dry storage items are rotated during storage. What is 33-41 degrees F? - ✔✔Fresh produce is best when stored at this temperature. What is 0 degrees or colder? - ✔✔The temperature frozen foods should be delivered and stored. What are fish and poultry? - ✔✔These foods may be stored in self draining containers as long as the ice is changed and the containers are sanitized often. What is 2 degrees F? - ✔✔To hold food at the proper temperature, keep the air temperature in the refrigerator at least this many degrees colder than the desired temperature. What are pasteurized products? - ✔✔The only type of dairy products that should be purchased. What is 45 degrees F or colder? - ✔✔The temperature in which fresh shellfish should be received. What is inspection? - ✔✔This is a mandatory process to ensure safety of food while grading is voluntary. What is 45 degrees F or lower? - ✔✔Live shellfish should be stored in their containers at this ambient (air) temperature. What is 70-125 degrees F? - ✔✔To prevent spoilage, foods should be kept outside this temperature range where microorganisms grow most rapidly. What is sanitizing? - ✔✔The process of reducing harmful organisms on a clean surface to safe levels. What are characteristics of potentially hazardous foods? - ✔✔Moist food, high in protein, neutral or slightly acidic pH. What are pathogens? - ✔✔Disease causing microorganisms. What is foodborne intoxication? - ✔✔Results when a person eats foods that contain toxins. What are viruses? - ✔✔The smallest of the microbial contaminants transmitted person to person, person to food, person to contact surface. What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? - ✔✔The agency that writes the Food Code, which provides recommendations for restaurants and food service regulations. Who is the pest control officer? - ✔✔The o [Show More]

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