Bacteria and Food Safety Midpoint

"Never ..."

• throw water on a grease fire!
• use the stove.
• overheat your food.
• comb your hair in the kitchen.

"It's best to use ___________ when removing hot items from the oven."

• a dry dish towel
• a wad of paper towels
• insulated oven mitts
• baseball gloves

What must you do to the handles on pans prevent spilling hot contents on you or someone else?

• turn the handles in
• keep the handles sticking out

The best way to prevent the spread of bad bacteria is to...

• wear sterilized gloves and masks
• use only the strongest disinfectants available
• ignore them, bad bacteria never spread
• wash hands thoroughly 

If you are prepping food and the knife drops, what do you do?

• try and catch it
• let it fall
• scream and panic
• pick it up and continue using it

Always wash ____ separately?

• Knives
• Spoons
• Forks
• Spatulas

The majority of foodborne illnesses can be prevented by what practice?

• using bleach to wash dishes

• wearing an apron and a bandana

• using a meat thermometer

• proper hand washing

In order to properly wash your hands before or after handling food, what is the minimum amount of time you should wash your hands?

• 10 seconds

• 20 seconds

• 30 seconds

• 1 minute

The transfer of harmful bacteria from one food to another is called _____________ ______________________.

• cross contamination

• foodborne illness

• contaminated food

• yuck, gross!

"When in doubt, throw it out" means ______________________, then throw it away.

• if you are unsure if a food has been out too long

• if you are unsure if a food is safe to eat

• if you are unsure if a food looks or smells bad

• if you are unsure if it was cross contaminated