Tx Food Handler Training Course

14 Tx Food Handler Training Course Questions & Answers 1.What is food safety?Answer Its the practice of eliminating harmful agents from food, preventing food contamination and ensuring that the food is fit for consumption 2.High standards help to Answer reduce lawsuits and criminal prosecutions caused by poor standards, provide a cleaner work environment 3.Chicken hatchery, chicken farming, chicken packaging, eating chicken Answer Is not regulated by legal standards and guidelines but it must be done in a clean and safe environment 4.CDC (Center for Disease Control) Answer Poor personal hygiene, contaminated equip- ment, improper holding, inadequate cooking and unsafe sources are all contributors to foodborne illness 5.food safety policies Answer a statement that lists the manner in which an establish- ment will maintain a food safe environment. All operating procedures 1 / 2

14 required by the food code are developed and implemented all employees are informed, any food establishment that receives product after operating hurs has it delivered in a manner that doesnt create a food safety hazard 6.HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) Answer this system is used for exam- inning and managing the way in which food is handled in a food establishment 7.CCPs (critical control points) Answer Points of food handling most likely to be vulner- able to hazards. Pests, time and temp, corss-contamination, cleaning and sanitza- tion, personal hygiene. Receiving, storing, thawing, cooking, hot holding, cooking, reheating 8.3 levels of Regulation and legislation of safety standards Answer Federal, State, local government agencies 9.Federal(FDA)Food and drug administration Answer USDA EPA CDC NMFS OSHA CPSC Regulates most food processing, regulates shipping and manufacturing,