chapter 4 flow of food

1. Why is buying from an approved source so important?

• You can get a better deal from approved sources

• It saves money

• Unapproved sources can't guarantee sanitation and safety

• It costs more to buy from approved sources

When should you schedule deliveries to your establishment?

• Off peak hours

• When you are open for business

• any time is good as long as the restaurant is open

• During lunch to make sure all employees are there

Why don't you want to schedule deliveries during peak hours?

• You can't examine if you are in a hurry

• You might be too busy to pay attention to the delivery

• All employees are too busy

• all of the above

What are TCS foods?

• time/temperature controlled for safety foods

• foods that need refrigeration for storage to stay fresh

• example would be milk, eggs, dairy

• all of the above

What should you do to each box or container before you accept it?

• just check it off against the invoice

• put it directly in the storage shed

• inspect for signs of broken, contaminated, or pests

• put it directly in the refrigerator

What happens if you see chemicals near food items?

• accept and check to make sure nothing was infected

• reject the delivery

• reject the chemicals and the food items but take the rest

• Put it in the storage area

What should you do to the sealed boxes of frozen foods

• open them to inspect each

• take the temperature of a sampling of items

• check that it is frozen

• all of the above

Which description best describes how your delivery area should be kept?

• clean and well lit

• in the back of the restaurant

• large enough for a truck

• installed with flood lights.

If you find ice crystals on the food, what does this indicate?

• the food has been hard frozen

• the food could have been totally thawed then refrozen

• It could have had pests

• it might not be clean

What is the harm of serving food that has ice crystals on it?

• it could cause a foodborne illness in the food

• it had a chance to grow bacteria due to being thawed completely

• it might be infected

• all of the above