Cleaning and Sanitizing

what is the difference between cleaning and sanitizing?

• Sanitizing removes food and other dirt from surfaces

• Cleaning reduces pathogens on surfaces to safe levels

• Cleaning removes food and other dirt from surfaces

• Sanitizing reduces pathogens on surfaces to safe levels

Surfaces that must be cleaned and rinsed...

True or False: Surfaces that do not touch food will not need to be sanitized

• True

• False

what surfaces must be cleaned and sanitized?

• Everything

• Anything

• any surface that touches food

• ALL THE ABOVE

What's the first step to cleaning and sanitizing surfaces?

• rinse the surface

• scrape or remove food from the surface

• sanitize the surface

• allow the surface to air-dry

Correct step to cleaning and sanitizing surfaces

• scrape or remove food, rinse, wash, sanitize, and let air-dry

• wash, scrape or remove food, rinse, sanitize, and let air-dry

• wash, rinse, sanitize, and let air-dry

• scrape or remove food, wash, rinse, sanitize, and let air-dry

when should items be cleaned and sanitized?

• after you are done using an item

• ALL THE ABOVE

• any time you are interrupted during a task

• before you start working with a different type of food

which situation does not require the food handler to clean and sanitize the item being used?

• Maria has been slicing cheese on the same slicer

• Jorge has used the same knife to dice onions for an hour

• Shelly walks away to talk to manager

• Bob finishes trimming a roast

True or False: Use a test kit to check the sanitizer's strength

• True

• False

Which actions prevent a sanitizer from working well?

• Letting the items make contact with the sanitizer solution

• Putting extra sanitizer in the solution

• Testing the sanitizer strength with a test kit

• Making the sanitizer temperature too high