SERVSAFE: TEMPERATURES
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Receiving Temperature for "COLD TCS" Food ✔✔Receive 41°F
Receiving Temperature for "Live Shellfish (oysters, mussels, clams, and scallops)" ✔✔- 45 F or
low
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SERVSAFE: TEMPERATURES
QUESTIONS ANS ANSWERS ALREADY
PASSED
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 ____ F
- Stationary-rack, single-temperature machines, must have a final sanitizing rinse of at least
_____ F ✔✔- High-Temp. Machine: 180 F
- Stationary-Rack, Single Temp. Machines: 165 F
Manual Dishwashing: 3 part compartment sink
1. Clean and sanitize each sink and drain board
2. Fill the first sink with detergent and water. The water temperature must be at least _____ F.
(follow Man. Rec's)
3. Fill second sink with clean water. NOT NECESSARY IF SPRAY-RINSED
4. Fill the 3rd sink with water and sanitizer to the correct concetration
5. Provide a clock with a second hand, so food handlers cna time how long items have been in
the sanitizer ✔✔- 110 F
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