Holding Food

When cooking turkey for Thanksgiving you must cook the turkey to what minimum temperature?

• 125 F

• 145 F

• 225 F

• 165 F

You should never "hold" food at a place that would be serving food at a place where people are considered high risk for a foodborne illness.

• True

• False

A power outage has left hot TCS food out of temperature control for 6 hours. What must be done with the food?

• Cool the food to 41 F

• Serve the food immediately

• Cook the food to 165 F

• Throw the food away

With approved procedures in place, cold food can be held intentionally without temperature control for _____ hours as long as it doesn't exceed 70 F.

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

When delivering food for off-site service, raw poultry must be

• at a lower temperature then ready to eat

• Keep separate from ready to eat food

• without temperature control

• above raw beef

Sweet potato casserole that has been cooked is a TCS food

• True

• False

Soup that is being hot held on a buffet should be labeled with the

• name of the food

• prep date

• soup's ingredients

• use-by-date

Hot TCS food being hot held for service must be at what temperature?

• 70 F

• 125 F

• 135 F

• 155 F

With approved procedures in place, cold food being held without temperature control for up to 6 hours

cannot exceed which temperature while it is being served?

• 41 F

• 50 F

• 60 F

• 70 F

What does TCS stand for?

• Time controlled for standing
• Temperature controlled for safety
• Take control for safety
• Time and Temperature controlled for safety