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