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TAP Series Food Safety Training Exam Question And Answers 2025
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Highly Susceptible Populations - correct answers ✅-The very young -The elderly -The chronically ill -Those with immune problems 5 most common risk factors - correct answers ✅-Food from unsafe sources -Contaminated equipment -Poor personal hygiene -Inadequate cooking -Inadequate hot and cold holding USDA - correct answers ✅United States Department of Agriculture Regulates meat, poultry, eggs, and food crossing state boundaries/involves more than 1 state
FDA - correct answers ✅Food and Drug Administration Regulates all food other than meat, poultry, and eggs Publishes food code CDC and PHS - correct answers ✅Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Service Conducts research into causes of illness and assists in investigations Role of manager - correct answers ✅-Ensure safety of customers -Ensure food is safe from time it is delivered until food service -Ensure rules are in place and followed -Ensure staff knows their roles -Be prepared for inspection
Bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi Chemical Contaminants - correct answers ✅-Cleaners, sanitizers, poisons, pesticides -Can cause Vomiting and Diarrhea -Ready to eat food and acidic foods are at risk -Can be prevented by using approved chemicals, keeping chemicals in their original containers and stored away from food, following the manufacturer's directions, and using appropriate kitchenware Physical Contaminants - correct answers ✅-Hair, fingernails, bandages, glass, metal shavings, staples, bones, dirt, bits of packaging -Symptoms include cuts, dental damage, choking, bleeding, and pain -All foods are at risk -Can be prevented by watching for items that can spill into food, limit wearing jewelry (plain wedding band is permitted), wearing hair and beard nets, closely inspecting food when receiving and rejecting broken or damaged packaging, and
taking precautions when cleaning up broken glass and other broken packaging FATTOM: the 6 factors that affect bacterial growth - correct answers ✅Food Acidity Temperature Time Oxygen Moisture Consumer Advisory - correct answers ✅-Statements related to increased risk of eating raw or under cooked animal derived foods -Must be on menus and/or menu boards, placards, table tents, or accessible & readable materials Shigella spp. Characteristics - correct answers ✅-Found in human feces, remains for weeks after symptoms have ended
Characteristics - correct answers ✅-Bacteria found in blood and feces of humans infected with Typhoid Fever -Bacteria can remain in feces for weeks after symptoms have ended -Only a small amount is needed for infection Severity depends on health of infected individual -Found in ready to eat food and beverages Salmonella Typhi Prevention - correct answers ✅-Exclude food workers with diarrhea who have been diagnosed with illness caused by Salmonella Typhi -Use proper handwashing techniques -Cook foods to minimum internal temperatures Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Characteristics - correct answers ✅-Bacteria carried by farm animals -Only small amount is needed for illness
-Severity of symptoms is based on health of impacted person and amount ingested Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Food Most at Risk - correct answers ✅-Poultry and Eggs -Meat -Dairy -Produce (tomatoes, peppers, cantaloupe) Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Prevention - correct answers ✅-Cooking poultry and eggs to minimum internal temperatures -Prevent cross contamination between poultry and ready to eat foods -Exclude food workers vomiting or with diarrhea who have been diagnosed with illness caused by Nontyphoidal Salmonella Escherichia coli (E. coli)
-Exclude food workers with diarrhea who has been diagnosed with disease caused by E. coli Hepatitis A - correct answers ✅-Virus found in humans -Can contaminate water and food -Transferred by contact with food or equipment -Only small amount can cause illness -Very infectious -May not show up for weeks -Can be found in ready to eat foods or shellfish -Cooking does not destroy the virus Hepatitis A Prevention - correct answers ✅-Use proper handwashing techniques -Avoid bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods -Purchase shellfish from reputable suppliers -Exclude food workers diagnosed with Hepatitis A or who have had jaundice for seven days or less
Norovirus Characteristics - correct answers ✅-Virus transferred when infected humans touch equipment or ready to eat foods with fingers contaminated with feces -Linked to contaminated water -Only small amount can cause illness -Very contagious, can become contagious within a few hours -Virus remains in feces for days after symptoms have ended -Can be found in ready to eat foods or shellfish Norovirus Prevention - correct answers ✅-Use proper handwashing techniques -Avoid bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods -Purchase shellfish from reputable suppliers -Exclude food workers vomiting or with diarrhea diagnosed with Norovirus
Intentional Contamination - correct answers ✅Food can be contaminated by someone at any point in the food chain for dishonest reasons Steps for reporting an outbreak - correct answers ✅1. Identify the food involved
Employees Reports Threat 8 Most common Food Allergens (Big 8) - correct answers ✅1. milk
-Handling money -Using electronic devices -Handling service animals or aquatic animals -Handling chemicals Temperature for washing hands - correct answers ✅ 100 °F/38°C How long should you wash your hands for? - correct answers ✅10-15 seconds with soap and water Using single use gloves - correct answers ✅-Wash hands before putting on gloves -Only use once -Wear when handling ready to eat food When to change single-use gloves - correct answers ✅-If dirty or torn -Starting a new task
-After interruption during which contaminated items were touched -After handling raw meat, poultry, or seafood -Before handling ready-to-eat foods -After four hours of continuous use If a worker has vomiting and diarrhea... - correct answers ✅- Exclude from operation -Cannot return to work until they have no symptoms for 24 hours and/or medical doctor releases worker to return If a worker has jaundice... - correct answers ✅-Yellowing of the skin -Exclude from operation -Report to regulatory agency -Cannot return to work until written medical doctor release and regulatory approval If a worker has a sore throat with fever... - correct answers ✅- Restrict activity
Between which temperatures do bacteria grow the fastest - correct answers ✅ 70 ° & 125°F or 21° & 52°C Minimizing time that TCS food are kept at this temperature lowers the opportunity for bacteria to grow. bimetallic stemmed thermometer - correct answers ✅- Measures temperature through metal probe with sensor at the end -Good for checking temperatures during receiving and for large and thick foods -Can be calibrated digital thermometer - correct answers ✅Measures surface temp Thermocouple and Thermistor - correct answers ✅-Uses metal probe or sensing area with results displayed on digital readout -Doesn't need to be inserted as far so can be used for thick or thin foods
Surface Probe - correct answers ✅used to measure the temperature of flat cooking equipment, such as griddles and grills Air probe - correct answers ✅measure temp inside refrigerator or oven immersion probe - correct answers ✅use to check temperature of liquids (soups, sauces, frying oil) Penetration probe - correct answers ✅Measures internal temperature of food. Time and Temperature Indicator (TTI) - correct answers ✅Attaches to packaged food, color changes to indicate time and temperature abuse Maximum Registering Tapes - correct answers ✅-Used inside shipping containers