Servsafe Chapter 7 (The Flow of Food: Storage)
Eggs should be stored at temperatures below _____.
45F
Ready-to-eat TCS foods can only be held for __________ _______ if it is held at 41F or lower.
7 days Ex: opened on the 1st, throw out on the 7th
should be stored on the bottom shelf of a cooling unit (refrigerator)
Chicken wings
appropriate location for food storage
Clean, dry location
when must you discard tuna salad that was prepped on July 19
July 25
should be stored on the top shelf of a cooling unit (refrigerator)
Tomatoes
date marking
an essential for ready to eat, TCS foods that will be held longer than 24 hours in cooler
foods stored on top shelf
ready to eat foods
First-In, First-Out (FIFO)
rotating foods, so the items with the earliest use by dare are used first
foods stored below ready to eat foods in fridge
seafood
foods stored on bottom shelf
shell eggs
If a food is going to be kept for more than _______ __________ it needs to be date marked.
24 hours
Meat/ Poultry/ Fish/ Shellfish/ Milk should be stored at temperatures below ______.
41F
Due to an operation's space limits, ready to eat and uncooked food must be stored in the same cooler. How should food be stored, in top to bottom order?
According to the minimum internal cooking temperatures, with ready to eat food on the top shelf and poultry on the bottom
How far from the floor should food be stored?
At least 6" (15 cm)
the problem with storing raw ground beef above prepped salads
Cross-contamination
must be included on the label of TCS food that was prepped in-house
Date that the food should be thrown out
When storing food using the FIFO method, where should the food with the earliest use-by-dates be stored?
In front of food with later use-by dates
when must you discard spaghetti that was prepped on July 18
July 24
The order for storing food in a cooling unit (refrigerator) is based on
The temperature foods need to be cooked to
Reduced-Oxygen Packaged (ROP) Food
always store at 41F or lower
where should dairy products be stored
away from door, in coldest part of cooler
Where in the cooler should dairy products be stored?
away from the door, in the coldest part of the cooler
the problem with storing raw ground turkey above raw ground pork
cross contamination
Storage Order (In Fridge)
from top shelf to bottom: - ready to eat foods - seafood - whole cuts of beef and pork - ground meats and ground fish - whole and ground poultry
Any time food is not stored in its ______________ _____________________, it must be labeled.
original container
When combining foods with different use by dates, which date should you use?
the soonest date; if they are the 8th and the 10th, the new overall use by date is the 8th