PREMIER FOOD SAFETY LATEST EXAM TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Do not serve raw oysters and clams to people with - ✔✔liver disease, diabetes,
HIV/AIDS, kidney disease, stomach problems
✔✔Conditions for Bacterial Growth - ✔✔FATTOM food high in protein, acid of 4.6- 7.5,
temp 41- 135, time of at least 4 hours, Oxygen (or not), Moisture (Ax .85 or more)
✔✔Potentially Hazards Foods (PHF) - ✔✔PAM Protein, Acidity, Moisture) beef poultry
tuna cut cantaloupes honeydew watermelons
✔✔pH - ✔✔< 7- acid, >7= alkaline, 7= neutral
low acid foods: meats, seafood poultry, produce
alkaline foods: food rick in acid such as pickles, citric juice, mayo, tomatoes, jams, fruit
butters
✔✔What WON'T kill bacteria? - ✔✔freezing, refrigerating, drying
✔✔What are viruses? - ✔✔microorganisms that cause illness but do not reproduce on
food; use food for transport; 100 times smaller than bacteria, spread through feces,
urine, or respiratory tract; in kitchen is spread through dirty dishes and water
, ✔✔Hepatitis A (infectious hepatitis) - ✔✔affects liver; poor hygiene is cause, jaundice;
can appear in 14 days and las as long as 6 wks
✔✔Norwalk/Norovirus - ✔✔fecal-oral or vomit-oral transmission CHECK recent medical
records of food handlers to make sure they haven't had this
✔✔When do food service workers have to go home? If they have - ✔✔Hepatitis A virus,
E.Coli, Salmonella, Shigella, or Norovirus. Need doctor's okay to return. Report to
Health Dept.
✔✔Parasites - ✔✔need host; can move human to human to animal If in worm state, will
be visible
✔✔Trichinella - ✔✔roundworm in pork, mice, fats, horses, wild animals
burrows in muscles
Kill by cooking pork to 145 for 15 sec OR if freozen at -4 for 7 days or -31 for 15 hours
✔✔Anisakis - ✔✔in fish rare in USA; tickling in throat that makes person throw up worm;
burrows in digestive tract Cook fish to 145 to kill. NO RAW FISH FOR PREGNANTS.
✔✔Giardia - ✔✔parasite in water- drink only treated water
✔✔Ciguatera - ✔✔seafood poisoning; from what the fish ate blurry vision, numbness
around mouth, even paralysis
✔✔Scombroid Poisoning - ✔✔need anti-histamine to treat swelling/rash around neck,
etc Mahi-mahi, anchovies, skipjack tuna, herring, sardines with time and temperature
abuse
✔✔Toxic Metals- can cause Toxic Metal Poisoning - ✔✔copper brass tin galvanized
metal pewter: don't use these with acidic foods- lemonade, sauerkraut, drewwing,
vinegar
✔✔Physical contamination - ✔✔you can see the offender
✔✔Cross Contamination - ✔✔microorganisms cross from one place to another
✔✔cutting boards- how to prevent cross contamination
WRSA - ✔✔wash, rinse, sanitize, air dry- in that order
✔✔Refrigerator storage - ✔✔Do not overload- do not put carrots bananas onions
apples pears citrus fruits and potatoes in
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Do not serve raw oysters and clams to people with - ✔✔liver disease, diabetes,
HIV/AIDS, kidney disease, stomach problems
✔✔Conditions for Bacterial Growth - ✔✔FATTOM food high in protein, acid of 4.6- 7.5,
temp 41- 135, time of at least 4 hours, Oxygen (or not), Moisture (Ax .85 or more)
✔✔Potentially Hazards Foods (PHF) - ✔✔PAM Protein, Acidity, Moisture) beef poultry
tuna cut cantaloupes honeydew watermelons
✔✔pH - ✔✔< 7- acid, >7= alkaline, 7= neutral
low acid foods: meats, seafood poultry, produce
alkaline foods: food rick in acid such as pickles, citric juice, mayo, tomatoes, jams, fruit
butters
✔✔What WON'T kill bacteria? - ✔✔freezing, refrigerating, drying
✔✔What are viruses? - ✔✔microorganisms that cause illness but do not reproduce on
food; use food for transport; 100 times smaller than bacteria, spread through feces,
urine, or respiratory tract; in kitchen is spread through dirty dishes and water
, ✔✔Hepatitis A (infectious hepatitis) - ✔✔affects liver; poor hygiene is cause, jaundice;
can appear in 14 days and las as long as 6 wks
✔✔Norwalk/Norovirus - ✔✔fecal-oral or vomit-oral transmission CHECK recent medical
records of food handlers to make sure they haven't had this
✔✔When do food service workers have to go home? If they have - ✔✔Hepatitis A virus,
E.Coli, Salmonella, Shigella, or Norovirus. Need doctor's okay to return. Report to
Health Dept.
✔✔Parasites - ✔✔need host; can move human to human to animal If in worm state, will
be visible
✔✔Trichinella - ✔✔roundworm in pork, mice, fats, horses, wild animals
burrows in muscles
Kill by cooking pork to 145 for 15 sec OR if freozen at -4 for 7 days or -31 for 15 hours
✔✔Anisakis - ✔✔in fish rare in USA; tickling in throat that makes person throw up worm;
burrows in digestive tract Cook fish to 145 to kill. NO RAW FISH FOR PREGNANTS.
✔✔Giardia - ✔✔parasite in water- drink only treated water
✔✔Ciguatera - ✔✔seafood poisoning; from what the fish ate blurry vision, numbness
around mouth, even paralysis
✔✔Scombroid Poisoning - ✔✔need anti-histamine to treat swelling/rash around neck,
etc Mahi-mahi, anchovies, skipjack tuna, herring, sardines with time and temperature
abuse
✔✔Toxic Metals- can cause Toxic Metal Poisoning - ✔✔copper brass tin galvanized
metal pewter: don't use these with acidic foods- lemonade, sauerkraut, drewwing,
vinegar
✔✔Physical contamination - ✔✔you can see the offender
✔✔Cross Contamination - ✔✔microorganisms cross from one place to another
✔✔cutting boards- how to prevent cross contamination
WRSA - ✔✔wash, rinse, sanitize, air dry- in that order
✔✔Refrigerator storage - ✔✔Do not overload- do not put carrots bananas onions
apples pears citrus fruits and potatoes in
