Food Safety Quiz (extra credit)

People can get sick from food due to which of the following reasons?

• Eating food contaminated with bacteria or viruses

• Eating food that is too hot

• Eating food with a lot of spices

• Eating food that is too cold

Understanding food safety is important because:

• it helps prevent foodborne illnesses.

• it makes food taste better.

• it is only necessary for chefs.

• it is not required if food looks clean.

When you cook for people it is very important to understand food safety and food-borne illnesses so people do not get __________.

• sick

• happy

• tired

• excited

When a pathogen is transferred from a contaminated surface to food.

• Cross-contamination

• Fermentation

• Pasteurization

• Dehydration

Food that remains in the __________ can allow pathogens (a bacterium, virus, or another microorganism) that can cause illness.

• danger zone

• safe zone

• cold zone

• hot zone

3 Types of Food Hazards: There are three types of hazards that make food unsafe. There are: • biological • ________ • physical hazards

• chemical hazards

• nutritional hazards

• temperature hazards

• color hazards

All of these are examples of Biological Food Hazards except:

• mold on strawberries

• Salmonella

• food poisoning

• hair in soup

One of the three food hazards are ________ hazards. Examples of this hazard are - Bones in fish, hair in soup and band-aid in chili

• chemical

• biological

• physical

• nutritional

Pathogens grow in the danger zone range: _____________.

• 41°F to 135°F

• 0°F to 32°F

• 40°F to 140°F

• 32°F to 40°F

Foods Most Likely to Become Unsafe: Fill in the blank: Milk and Dairy items, _____________, Soy, Baked Potatoes, _____________, Shellfish, Rice, beans, Tofu, _____________,

• Eggs, Fish, Cheese

• Bread, Pasta, Cereal

• Chicken, Beef, Cereal

• Eggs, Oranges, Bananas