HACCP Exam Questions and Answers
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What is considered the largest reform of food safety in the US and when did it occur?
a. HACCP in 2011
b. FSMA in 2011
c. FSMA in 2001
d. HACCP in 2001 - ✔✔B
T/F: HACCP was developed for NASA prior to it becoming widely used in the food
processing industry - ✔✔True
T/F: The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (FSMA) established new regulations
for the fresh product industry as well as the animal food industry - ✔✔True
What specific outbreaks in the early 1970s led to the implementation of a systems
approach to food safety management?
a. A foodborne botulism, caused by C. botulinum
b. Listeriosis caused by L. monocytogenes
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,c. Simultaneous outbreaks of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) or red toxic tide blooms
d. Foodborne illness caused by Salmonella
e. None of the above - ✔✔A
T/F: By the early 200s, high profile foodborne illness outbreaks did not happen
anymore, due largely to HACCP regulations for juice, red meat, seafood, and poultry
processing. - ✔✔False
What was the most significant food safety regulatory event in over 70 years that
provides requirements for comprehensive and science-based preventive controls across
the entire food supply?
a. FSMA
b. The evaluation of CCPs for preventing food processing failures
c. Systems safety in the aeronautical sciences
d. HACCP
e. MIL-S-38130
f. MIL-STD-882 - ✔✔A
What do WWII and the Space Race have to do with HACCP and FSMA?
a. Addressing the problems that arose during WWII and the Space Race are not related
to HACCP and FSMA so there is no connection
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,b. War, space exploration, and food safety systems such as HACCP and FSMA are all
tightly connected to international standards and controls and the world governing
organizations that controls food safety regulations.
c. The concepts developed to address industrial problems in the war production
industry during WWII were the precursor to the systems approach that was eventually
used to ensure food safety for US astronauts during the Space Race and in the HACCP
system and FSMA
d. The international nature of HACCP and FSMA came from lessons learned during the
war with Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII and the fierce competition between
the US and USSR during the Space Race - ✔✔C
Which agency or entity is credited as the first to publicly use and discuss the HACCP
system?
a. National Advisory Board on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
b. US National Academy of Science
c. Food and Drug Administration
d. Journal of Food Protection
e. National Aeronautics and Space Administration - ✔✔E
Which of the following food, agency, and regulations belong together?
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, a. Fish and fishery products; FDA; CFR Title 9, Part 417
b. Juice; FDA; CFR Title 21, Part 120
c. Meat and poultry; FDA; CFR Title 9, Part 417
d. Fish and fishery products; FSIS; CFR Title 21, Part 120 - ✔✔B
Which of the following agencies and CFRs regulate meat and poultry products?
a. FSIS; CFR Title 9, Part 417
b. FDA; CFR Title 21, Part 120
c. FSIS; CFR TItle 9, Part 123
D. FDA; CFR Title 21, Part 417 - ✔✔A
Which of the following regulations specify HACCP requirements for juice processing?
a. Title 21 Part 110
b. Title 9 Part 417
c. Title 21 Part 123
d. Title 21 Part 120 - ✔✔D
What government agency regulates the food safety of the meat and poultry processing
industries? - ✔✔FSIS
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100% Pass
What is considered the largest reform of food safety in the US and when did it occur?
a. HACCP in 2011
b. FSMA in 2011
c. FSMA in 2001
d. HACCP in 2001 - ✔✔B
T/F: HACCP was developed for NASA prior to it becoming widely used in the food
processing industry - ✔✔True
T/F: The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (FSMA) established new regulations
for the fresh product industry as well as the animal food industry - ✔✔True
What specific outbreaks in the early 1970s led to the implementation of a systems
approach to food safety management?
a. A foodborne botulism, caused by C. botulinum
b. Listeriosis caused by L. monocytogenes
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,c. Simultaneous outbreaks of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) or red toxic tide blooms
d. Foodborne illness caused by Salmonella
e. None of the above - ✔✔A
T/F: By the early 200s, high profile foodborne illness outbreaks did not happen
anymore, due largely to HACCP regulations for juice, red meat, seafood, and poultry
processing. - ✔✔False
What was the most significant food safety regulatory event in over 70 years that
provides requirements for comprehensive and science-based preventive controls across
the entire food supply?
a. FSMA
b. The evaluation of CCPs for preventing food processing failures
c. Systems safety in the aeronautical sciences
d. HACCP
e. MIL-S-38130
f. MIL-STD-882 - ✔✔A
What do WWII and the Space Race have to do with HACCP and FSMA?
a. Addressing the problems that arose during WWII and the Space Race are not related
to HACCP and FSMA so there is no connection
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,b. War, space exploration, and food safety systems such as HACCP and FSMA are all
tightly connected to international standards and controls and the world governing
organizations that controls food safety regulations.
c. The concepts developed to address industrial problems in the war production
industry during WWII were the precursor to the systems approach that was eventually
used to ensure food safety for US astronauts during the Space Race and in the HACCP
system and FSMA
d. The international nature of HACCP and FSMA came from lessons learned during the
war with Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII and the fierce competition between
the US and USSR during the Space Race - ✔✔C
Which agency or entity is credited as the first to publicly use and discuss the HACCP
system?
a. National Advisory Board on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
b. US National Academy of Science
c. Food and Drug Administration
d. Journal of Food Protection
e. National Aeronautics and Space Administration - ✔✔E
Which of the following food, agency, and regulations belong together?
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, a. Fish and fishery products; FDA; CFR Title 9, Part 417
b. Juice; FDA; CFR Title 21, Part 120
c. Meat and poultry; FDA; CFR Title 9, Part 417
d. Fish and fishery products; FSIS; CFR Title 21, Part 120 - ✔✔B
Which of the following agencies and CFRs regulate meat and poultry products?
a. FSIS; CFR Title 9, Part 417
b. FDA; CFR Title 21, Part 120
c. FSIS; CFR TItle 9, Part 123
D. FDA; CFR Title 21, Part 417 - ✔✔A
Which of the following regulations specify HACCP requirements for juice processing?
a. Title 21 Part 110
b. Title 9 Part 417
c. Title 21 Part 123
d. Title 21 Part 120 - ✔✔D
What government agency regulates the food safety of the meat and poultry processing
industries? - ✔✔FSIS
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