Cooking Safety Standards Pre-test

What are the 4 Cooking Safety Standards?

• 1. Salmonella

  2. Bacteria

  3. Kitchen Safety

  4. Not playing with your food

• 1. Rare Steak

  2. Medium-Rare Steak

  3. Medium-Well Steak

  4. Well-Done Steak

• 1. Cooking Temperatures

  2. Cross Contaminations

  3. Temperature Danger Zone

  4. Food-borne illness

Answer explanation

The 4 Cooking Safety Standards are:

1. Cooking Temperatures

2. Cross Contaminations

3. Temperature Danger Zone

4. Food-borne illness prevention

COOKING TEMPERATURES: What SHOULD you do to minimize health risks when cooking food to the proper temperature?

• Use a instant-read thermometer

• Cooking everything to at least 145 degree Fahrenheit.

• Reference a Cooking Temperature chart.

• Guess-ta-mate

Answer explanation

Both Referencing a Cooking Temperature Chart, and using an instant-read thermometer are ways you can prevent getting sick when cooking food.

CROSS CONTAMINATION: How many ways can cross contamination spread?

• 1 way

• 2 ways

• 3 ways

• 4 ways

Answer explanation

The three ways cross contamination can spread are:

Food <-> Food

Equipment <-> Food

Humans <-> Food

TEMPERATURE DANGER ZONE: At what temperature range can bacteria grow more rapidly. (Degrees Fahrenheit)

• 32 to 40

• 40 to 140

• 140 to 212

• 40 to 212

Answer explanation

40 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit is known as the Temperature danger zone and promotes exponential bacteria growth.

FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS: Are food-borne illnesses preventable?

• YES

• NO

• SOME ARE, SOME ARE NOT

• I SURE HOPE SO

Answer explanation

Food-borne illnesses ARE PREVENTABLE health challenges.