What can go wrong with poor cleaning and sanitizing?
Pathogens can be spread to food if equipment ahs not been cleaned and sanitized correctly between uses.
What is time temperature abuse?
Food has stayed too long at temperatures that are good for the growth of pathogens.
How many people contract foodborne illness each year?
Millions
What populations are at high risk for foodborne illness?
Preschool age children
Elderly people
People with compromised immune systems due to illness , aids, hiv, cancer or chemotherapy patients
When is a foodborne illness considered an outbreak?
when two or more people are affected with the same symptoms after eating the same food from the same place at the same time
What is Cross-contamination?
Pathogens transferred from one food surface (or food) to another
What is the unsafe temperature zone?
41-135 degrees fahrenheit
What is a three letter word that is food most likely to become unsafe?
TCS Food
How can cross-contamination cause foodborne illness? Name 5 ways
1) Contaminated ingredients are added to food that receives no further cooking
2) Ready to eat food touches a contaminated surface
3) Contaminated food touches or drips fluid onto cooked or ready to eat food. (4 or food handler)
5) dirty wiping cloths
What are the three contaminants that can cause foodborne illness?
1) Physical (metal shavings, fingernails, etc)
2) Biological (pathogens, parasites)
3) Chemical (cleaner spilled into food, etc)
