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Learn2Serve Food Manager Certification
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Thawing food can be part of the cooking process if - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cooked to the
requirements of the FDA food code
Foodborne Pathogens easily transmitted through food - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Salmonella, Shigella, Norovirus, E Coli, Hepatits A, Clostridium Botulinum
Salmonella - Cause - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Can be found on any food item exposed to
animal waste
Salmonella - Infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔immediate, develops within 12-72 hours
and lasts 4-7 days
Salmonella - Symptoms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔food poisoining
Salmonella - Prevention - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔avoid cross contamination, maintain
personal hygiene, clean workspaces, cook foods properly
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Shigella - Cause - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pests or human-to-human by infected feces.
Shigella is a bacteria found in the digestive tract of humans
Shigella - Infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔develops within 2-3 days of exposure
Shigella - Symptoms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔loose, watery stool. Dysentery in severe
cases
Shigella - Prevention - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔may spread to others through contaminated
stool up to 4 weeks after symptoms have passed
Norovirus - Cause - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔food items or water sources contaminated
with infected feces or fluids
Norovirus - Infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sudden onset, 1-2 days, extremely
contagious
Norovirus - Symptoms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔gastroenteritis or "stomach flu"
Norovirus - Prevention - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔can be infectious three days - two weeks
after recovery
E.Coli - Cause - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Poor processing and handling of food that has
been contaminated (i.e. manure-based fertilizers). Bacteria found in digestive tract
of humans, most strains harmless.
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E. Coli - Infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔develops within 3-4 days
E. Coli - Symptoms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔bloody diarrhea, severe cases cause blood
problems and kidney failure
E. Coli - Prevention - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔proper handling and cooking to safe
temperatures, proper hand washing after restroom, proper fruit and veg washing
Hepatitis A - Cause - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔raw or undercooked shellfish harvested from
polluted waters, other infected individuals, cold cuts, fresh squeeze juices, raw
fruits and veg, water contaminated with sewage
Hepatitis A - Infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sudden onset, lasts less than two months
Hepatitis A - Symptoms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔fever, nausea, loss of appetite,
abdominal discomfort, dark urine, jaundice
Hepatitis A - Prevention - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Proper sanitation, personal hygeine,
water treatment with chlorination, heating to 185 degrees for one minute
Clostridium botulinum - Causes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔occurs in badly packaged or
damaged canned and vacuum-sealed foods including canned vegetables
Clostridium botulinum - Infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔onset 4-6 hours, targets the
nervous system and may cause permanent damage if not treated immediately
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Learn2Serve Food Manager Certification
- Notes 2025 Complete Questions
(Frequently Tested) and Answers|
Already Graded A+
Thawing food can be part of the cooking process if - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cooked to the
requirements of the FDA food code
Foodborne Pathogens easily transmitted through food - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Salmonella, Shigella, Norovirus, E Coli, Hepatits A, Clostridium Botulinum
Salmonella - Cause - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Can be found on any food item exposed to
animal waste
Salmonella - Infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔immediate, develops within 12-72 hours
and lasts 4-7 days
Salmonella - Symptoms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔food poisoining
Salmonella - Prevention - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔avoid cross contamination, maintain
personal hygiene, clean workspaces, cook foods properly
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Shigella - Cause - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pests or human-to-human by infected feces.
Shigella is a bacteria found in the digestive tract of humans
Shigella - Infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔develops within 2-3 days of exposure
Shigella - Symptoms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔loose, watery stool. Dysentery in severe
cases
Shigella - Prevention - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔may spread to others through contaminated
stool up to 4 weeks after symptoms have passed
Norovirus - Cause - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔food items or water sources contaminated
with infected feces or fluids
Norovirus - Infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sudden onset, 1-2 days, extremely
contagious
Norovirus - Symptoms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔gastroenteritis or "stomach flu"
Norovirus - Prevention - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔can be infectious three days - two weeks
after recovery
E.Coli - Cause - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Poor processing and handling of food that has
been contaminated (i.e. manure-based fertilizers). Bacteria found in digestive tract
of humans, most strains harmless.
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E. Coli - Infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔develops within 3-4 days
E. Coli - Symptoms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔bloody diarrhea, severe cases cause blood
problems and kidney failure
E. Coli - Prevention - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔proper handling and cooking to safe
temperatures, proper hand washing after restroom, proper fruit and veg washing
Hepatitis A - Cause - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔raw or undercooked shellfish harvested from
polluted waters, other infected individuals, cold cuts, fresh squeeze juices, raw
fruits and veg, water contaminated with sewage
Hepatitis A - Infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sudden onset, lasts less than two months
Hepatitis A - Symptoms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔fever, nausea, loss of appetite,
abdominal discomfort, dark urine, jaundice
Hepatitis A - Prevention - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Proper sanitation, personal hygeine,
water treatment with chlorination, heating to 185 degrees for one minute
Clostridium botulinum - Causes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔occurs in badly packaged or
damaged canned and vacuum-sealed foods including canned vegetables
Clostridium botulinum - Infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔onset 4-6 hours, targets the
nervous system and may cause permanent damage if not treated immediately
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