ServSafe Cheat Sheet Exam with verified detailed solutions || || || || || || ||
Biological Contaminants - ✔✔pathogens, viruses, etc.
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Chemical Contaminants - ✔✔cleaners, sanitizers, toxic metals
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Physical Contaminants - ✔✔hairs, nails, nail polish flecks, bones
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Unsafe food practices include: - ✔✔purchasing from unsafe sources, failing to cook
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food correctly, time-temp abuse, using contaminated equipment, poor personal
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hygiene
TCS foods include: - ✔✔Time-Temp Control Safety
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Ex: Milk/Dairy, sliced melons, cut tomatoes, tofu/soy protein, poultry, sprouts,
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untreated oils, heat treated plant food
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High Risk Populations - ✔✔elderly, pregnant women, preschool aged children, people
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with compromised immune systems
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USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) - ✔✔inspects/regulates meat,
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poultry, and eggs || ||
FDA (Food and Drug Administration) - ✔✔inspects/regulates all food except meat,
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poultry, and eggs || ||
CDC (Center for Disease Control) - ✔✔conducts research regarding food-borne illness
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outbreaks and investigates them || || ||
, True or False: Bacteria grows best when FAT TOM conditions are correct. - ✔✔True
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FAT TOM stands for: - ✔✔Food, Acidity, Time, Temperature, Oxygen, and Moisture
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Salmonella is a bacteria linked with: - ✔✔ready-to-eat foods and beverages
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E-Coli is a bacteria linked to: - ✔✔ground beef and contaminated produce
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Shigella is a bacteria transferred by: - ✔✔flies in the operation
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Viruses can be prevented by: - ✔✔good personal hygiene (including frequent hand
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washing)
Viruses require: - ✔✔a living host to grow/live
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Viruses are carried by: - ✔✔humans and animals
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Hepatitis A is a virus linked to: - ✔✔ready-to-eat food and shellfish from
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contaminated water (feces) || ||
A symptom of Hepatitis A is: - ✔✔Jaundice
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Norovirus is a virus linked to: - ✔✔ready-to-eat food and shellfish from contaminated
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water (feces) ||
Biological Contaminants - ✔✔pathogens, viruses, etc.
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Chemical Contaminants - ✔✔cleaners, sanitizers, toxic metals
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Physical Contaminants - ✔✔hairs, nails, nail polish flecks, bones
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Unsafe food practices include: - ✔✔purchasing from unsafe sources, failing to cook
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food correctly, time-temp abuse, using contaminated equipment, poor personal
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hygiene
TCS foods include: - ✔✔Time-Temp Control Safety
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Ex: Milk/Dairy, sliced melons, cut tomatoes, tofu/soy protein, poultry, sprouts,
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untreated oils, heat treated plant food
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High Risk Populations - ✔✔elderly, pregnant women, preschool aged children, people
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with compromised immune systems
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USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) - ✔✔inspects/regulates meat,
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poultry, and eggs || ||
FDA (Food and Drug Administration) - ✔✔inspects/regulates all food except meat,
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poultry, and eggs || ||
CDC (Center for Disease Control) - ✔✔conducts research regarding food-borne illness
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outbreaks and investigates them || || ||
, True or False: Bacteria grows best when FAT TOM conditions are correct. - ✔✔True
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FAT TOM stands for: - ✔✔Food, Acidity, Time, Temperature, Oxygen, and Moisture
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Salmonella is a bacteria linked with: - ✔✔ready-to-eat foods and beverages
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E-Coli is a bacteria linked to: - ✔✔ground beef and contaminated produce
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Shigella is a bacteria transferred by: - ✔✔flies in the operation
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Viruses can be prevented by: - ✔✔good personal hygiene (including frequent hand
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washing)
Viruses require: - ✔✔a living host to grow/live
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Viruses are carried by: - ✔✔humans and animals
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Hepatitis A is a virus linked to: - ✔✔ready-to-eat food and shellfish from
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contaminated water (feces) || ||
A symptom of Hepatitis A is: - ✔✔Jaundice
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Norovirus is a virus linked to: - ✔✔ready-to-eat food and shellfish from contaminated
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water (feces) ||
