Chapters 5 Review for Foods II
Which practice can help prevent time-temperature abuse?
Limiting the amount of food that can be removed from a cooler for prepping
What do time-temperature indicators do?
Show if food has been time-temperature abused during shipment
Used to check the temperature inside coolers and ovens
air probe
Pathogens are likely to grow well in a meat stew that is
between 41ºF and 135ºF (5ºC and 57ºC)
At what temperatures do most foodborne pathogens grow most quickly?
between 70 and 125 degrees Fahrenheit
Checks temperatures from 0°F to 220°F through a metal stem
bimetallic stemmed thermometer
Calibrates thermometer based on 212°F
boiling point method
A thermometer for measuring food temperatures should be accurate to ± 2°F (± 1°C), easy to read, and
calibrated
A foodhandler would use a surface probe to measure the temperature of which piece of equipment?
flat grill
Food monitoring thermometers can be checked for accuracy using the _________________ method.
ice point
Calibrates thermometer based on 32°F
ice point method
Used to check temperatures of liquids
immersion probe
What probe should be used to check the temperature of a large stockpot of chili?
immersion probe
Which type of thermometer can read temperature without touching the item's surface?
infrared
Measures the surface temperatures of food and equipment
infrared thermometer
A food handler has finished trimming raw chicken on a cutting board and needs it to prep vegetables. What must be done to the cutting board?
it must be washed, rinsed, and sanitized
What is the calibration nut on a bimetallic stemmed thermometer used for?
keeps it accurate
Which probe should be used to check the temperature of a pork roast?
penetration
Used to check the internal temperature of food
penetration probe
When does food safety start in the flow of food?
purchasing
Used to measure the temperature of flat cooking equipment
surface probe
Checks temperatures through a metal probe
thermocouple/thermistors
Tags that are attached to food packaging by the supplier
time-temperature indicator
What device can be used to record time-temperature abuse during the delivery of food?
time-temperature indicator
How far must a bimetallic stemmed thermometer be inserted into food to give an accurate reading?
up to the dimple of the thermometer stem
Which practice can help prevent cross-contamination?
using color-coded cutting boards
A thermometer used to measure the temperature of food must be accurate to what temperature?
+/-2°F
A thermometer used to measure the temperature of air must be accurate to what temperature?
+/-3°F
