Introduction to Food Hygiene

Which of the following is the importance of food hygiene?

• Increase food waste

• Pest infestation

• Extend food shelf life

• Producing unsafe food

"A collection of practices and guidelines to keep food safe from contamination and spoilage and keep the operations clean and under healthy conditions."

The following statement refers to

• Food hygiene

• Food infection

• Food intolerance

• Food safety

This term is used to describe a wide management system that is applied by a food business to ensure that hazards are controlled to acceptable levels. It includes the system of corrective actions, monitoring, and how to achieve safe operations. This term is referring to

• Food hygiene

• Food infection

• Food intolerance

• Food safety

Below are the behaviours that can lead to contaminating food EXCEPT

• Touching infected wound

• Wearing dirty clothes or uniforms

• Coughing or sneezing into the hand

• Washing hands regularly

Food handlers must wash their hands when needed and wash them well whenever they do. When do you need to wash your hands?

• After using the toilet

• After taking out the garbage

• After handling money

• After handling chemicals

Which of the following are the guidelines for hand care?

• Keep fingernails short & clean

• Wear false fingernails

• Wear nail polish

• Wear a bandage over hand and arm wound

Single-use gloves help keep food safe by creating a barrier between hands & food. As food handlers, when do you need to change gloves?

• As soon as the gloves torn

• Before beginning a different task

• Every four hours during continual use

• After handling raw meat and before handling ready-to-eat food

What are the things you must wear as food handlers?

• Apron

• Covered Shoes

• Leather shoes

• Wrist watch

• Hair net

Personal hygiene is important when working in the kitchen because

• You will look and feel clean

• You will smell fresh and clean

• Food will be protected from pathogen

• Food will taste and look better