Chapter 4

What is the best thermometer for the air temp of a cooler?

Thermocouple with air probe

What is the best thermometer for internal temp of fryer oil?

Thermocouple with immersion probe

What is the best thermometer for a surface temp of a griddle?

Thermocouple with surface probe and infrared thermometer

What device can be used to monitor both time and temp abuse during the shipment or storage of food?

Time-Temp indicator

How far must a bimetallic stemmed thermometer be inserted into food to give an accurate reading?

To the dimple in the thermometer stem

Which practice can help prevent cross-contamination?

Using color-coded cutting boards

What helps prevent cross-contamination?

Using separate cutting boards for prepping raw meat and raw vegetables, buy diced onions instead of dicing them in the operation, prep salads before prepping raw meat, use green-handled knives to prep produce and yellow-handles knives to prep raw poultry

At what temps do most foodborne pathogens grow most quickly?

Between 70 degrees and 125 degrees F

What is the best thermometer to find the internal temp of a fish fillet and an internal temp for roast?

Bimetallic stemmed thermometer and thermocouple with penetration probe

Which thermometer is used to measure surface temps?

Infrared thermometerq

A food handler has finished trimming raw chicken on a cutting board and needs the board to prep vegetables. What must be done with the cutting board?

It must be washed, rinsed, and sanitized.

Which practice can help prevent time-temperature abuse?

Limiting the amount of food that can be removed from a cooler for prepping

Which probe should be used to check the temp of a chicken breast?

Penetration probe

A thermometer used to measure the temperature of food must be accurate to what temperature?

+2 degrees F or +1 degree C

How long can food stay in the temperature danger zone before it must be thrown out?`

4 hours