Safe OR Sorry: Food Safety

What is a foodborne illness?

• An illness which makes you too sick to eat

• An illness caused by eating too much food

• An illness caused by eating foods high in fat & cholesterol

• An illness caused by disease causing microorganisms in food

What is the temperature danger zone?

• The temperature range where food is too hot to eat safely

• The temperature range where bacteria can multiply rapidly

• The temperature range where food will get freezer burn if kept too long

• The temperature range where food will dry out, resulting in poor quality

For the past 4 hours, leftover's from your family's big holiday dinner have been sitting out in the kitchen for guest to eat. Which foods are still safe to eat?

• Fudge

• Roasted Turkey

• Mashed potatoes

• Baked ham

Unsafe food will always have a strange appearance and odor.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Last night it was your turn to clear the dinner table & clean the kitchen. At midnight, you woke up and realized that you had forgotten to refrigerate the leftover potato salad. If it had been left out since 7pm, what should you do?

• Put it in the fridge immediately because will kill any bacteria that grew in the salad.

• Taste the salad & if it tastes okay, put it in the fridge to eat the next day.

• Throw the salad away, because there is no way to make it safe to eat again.

• Feed it to the dog, and if he likes it, it is still safe.

When refrigerating raw chicken, where should you store it to prevent cross-contamination of other foods?

• On the top shelf inside fridge

• On the bottom shelf inside fridge

• In the drawer with your other meats, such as salami and leftover ham

If you were preparing a sub sandwich for your family, what should you do first?

• Wash & cut lettuce and tomatoes

• Wash your hands

• Cut the bread

• Lower the periscope on the sub

If your friend was grilling burgers and asked how you wanted yours cooked, how SHOULD you respond?

• Rare

• Medium rare

• Well done

When you were helping make chocolate chip cookies, you ate a large spoonful of the raw cookie dough. The next day you were sick with diarrhea & stomach pain. Why do you think that you became sick?

• Because the flour wasn't cooked & formed a ball of dough in your stomach

• Because the cookie dough had too much sugar in it

• Because the cookie dough had uncooked eggs in it

• Because the cookie dough had uncooked margarine in it

After you use a cutting board for cutting raw meats, what do you do with it? You wash it with soap & water.

• Always

• Sometimes

• Never

• Rarely