SERVSAFE TEMPERATURES UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Receiving Temperature for "COLD TCS" Food - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Receive 41°F
Receiving Temperature for "Live Shellfish (oysters, mussels, clams, and scallops)" -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - 45 F or lower and internal temperature no greater than 50 F
- Cool to 41 F in four hours
Receiving Temperature for "Shucked Shellfish" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - 45 F or lower
- Cool to 41 F in four hours
Receiving Temperature for "Milk" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - 45 F or lower
- cool the milk to 41 F in four hours
Receiving Temperature for "Shell Eggs" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - AIR
TEMPERATURE of 45 F or lower
Receiving Temperature of "HOT TCS food" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - 135 F or higher
Receiving Frozen Food - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 145 F FOR 15
SECONDS
-Roasts of pork, beef, veal, and lamb - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 145 F FOR 4 MINUTES
-Fruit, vegtables, grains (rice/pasta), and legumes (beans/refried beans) that will be held for
hot service - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 165 F / 2 Minutes
Cool TCS food from _______ F to _________ F or lower within _________ hours. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 135 F to 41 F / 6 hours
First, cool TCS food from ________ F to _________ F within __________ hours -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 135 F to 70 F / 2 hours
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Receiving Temperature for "COLD TCS" Food - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Receive 41°F
Receiving Temperature for "Live Shellfish (oysters, mussels, clams, and scallops)" -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - 45 F or lower and internal temperature no greater than 50 F
- Cool to 41 F in four hours
Receiving Temperature for "Shucked Shellfish" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - 45 F or lower
- Cool to 41 F in four hours
Receiving Temperature for "Milk" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - 45 F or lower
- cool the milk to 41 F in four hours
Receiving Temperature for "Shell Eggs" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - AIR
TEMPERATURE of 45 F or lower
Receiving Temperature of "HOT TCS food" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - 135 F or higher
Receiving Frozen Food - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 145 F FOR 15
SECONDS
-Roasts of pork, beef, veal, and lamb - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 145 F FOR 4 MINUTES
-Fruit, vegtables, grains (rice/pasta), and legumes (beans/refried beans) that will be held for
hot service - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 165 F / 2 Minutes
Cool TCS food from _______ F to _________ F or lower within _________ hours. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 135 F to 41 F / 6 hours
First, cool TCS food from ________ F to _________ F within __________ hours -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 135 F to 70 F / 2 hours
