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COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE FOOD HANDLERS
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Question 1: Where food that is sold or given away to the public
is made. Approved sources are regulated by the government and inspected for food safety.
Correct answer: Approved source
Question 2: Germs that are found on and in food that can make
you sick.
Correct answer: Bacteria
Question 3: When something dangerous gets into food.
Correct answer: Contamination
Question 4: When germs are transferred from a food or surface
to another food.
Correct answer: Cross-contamination
Question 5: When someone gets sick from something that they
ate or drank.
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Correct answer: Foodborne illness
Question 6: Bacteria, viruses, and protozoa that cause disease or
sickness.
Correct answer: Pathogens
Question 7: Term that is used when measuring the level of
sanitizer. The number of parts of sanitizer that will be added to a million parts of water.
Correct answer: Parts per million
Question 8: Food that can grow bacteria and must be kept under
temperature control (perishables).
Correct answer: Potentially hazardous foods (PHF)
Question 9: Food that will not be cooked. It is to be served to the
customer the way it is.
Correct answer: Ready to eat
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Question 10: When germs have been killed. Anything that
comes in contact with food must be cleaned and sanitized before being used.
Correct answer: Sanitized
Question 11: Temp range between 41 degrees F and 135 degrees
- This is where bacteria will grow the quickest. P.H.F should
not be held at temps in danger zone.
Correct answer: Temperature danger zone
Question 12: Poison produced by pathogens.
Correct answer: Toxin
Question 13: Follow company food defense plan and
procedures. Inspect your work area and surroundings.Recognize anything out of the ordinary. Secure all ingredients, supplies and finished product. Tell management if you notice anything unusual or suspicious.
Correct answer: F.I.R.S.T
Question 14: Requires everyone who works in public food
service to get a food handlers card within 1 week of being hired.
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Correct answer: Riverside County
Question 15: Flu-like, upset stomach, vomiting, diarrhea, fever,
chills.
Correct answer: Symptoms of foodborne illness
Question 16: Happens when something you can see and feel gets
into a food item (hair, glass, metal, fingernail, flies).
Correct answer: Physical contamination
Question 17: Can occur when a chemical gets into food item
(bleach).
Correct answer: Chemical contamination
Question 18: Most dangerous and impossible to see. Can end up
to be thousands of germs. Some most dangerous.
Correct answer: Pathogenic contamination
Question 19: It is hard to tell whether food is contaminated
with?