Food Safety: Unit 7: Serving Food Safely

Why must customers use a new, clean plate when returning to a buffet?

• To prevent cross contamination

• To allow the restaurant to accurately count customers

• To make sure the used plates get washed more quickly

• To make sure the dishwasher stays employed

What are the 2 biggest concerns for food safety with a buffet?

• Food & Time

• Time & Temperature

• Temperature & Oxygen

• Time & Oxygen

Buffets need to limit the amount of food put out to food that will be eaten within ____ hours.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

A customer comes to a sit down restaurant and only has coffee. Does the restaurant have to change ALL the dishes and cutlery, even if the customer didn't use it?

• Yes

• No

Why should servers place glasses and cups upside down on a table for customers?

• Looks fancier

• Prevents customers from putting their fingers in the glass or cup

• Reduces the risk of contamination

Why should kids always be supervised by an adult when getting food from a buffet?

• They might put their fingers in the food

• They might sneeze or cough near the food without covering their nose/mouth

• They might move serving spoons between dishes

• All of the above

True or false: it's safe to add fresh food to a buffet dish that has previously cooked food in it.

• True

• False

True or false: you can dip a glass into the ice bucket to fill it with ice as long as you wash your hands first.

• True

• False

A customer gets their meal, and before they can eat, they get an emergency call and have to leave. What needs to happen with their meal?

• Refrigerate it and serve it to someone else

• Throw away the meat but save the potatoes & vegetables for other customers

• Wrap up the plate and give to a homeless shelter

• Throw all that food away

You're catering a picnic. You notice you're running out of plastic disposable drinking cups. What should you do?

• Tell customers to reuse their cups when they refill them

• Offer to wash customers' plastic cups between refills

• Send another worker to the store for more cups- now!

• Send someone for more cups AND stop drink service if the cups run out before new cups are brought in