STUDY Premier Food Safety Food
Manager Certification Study Guide
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foodborne infection - correct answer...✔✔delayed onset- up to 72 hours; salmonella
and E.Coli are examples
foodborne intoxication - correct answer...✔✔from ingesting toxins or excrements in
food, or chemical, or from food left in TDZ, RAPID onset, Staphylococcus Aureus and
Clostridium Botulinum are examples
3 areas of food safety and sanitation - correct answer...✔✔Time and Temperature
(T&T), Heat and Cold, Washing of hands and ware-washing
PIES (high risk populations) - correct answer...✔✔pregnant/nursing, infants/children,
elderly, systems (immune) compromised
4 categories of food contaminants - correct answer...✔✔biological (anything living),
physical, chemical, cross contamination
4 kinds of biological hazards - correct answer...✔✔bacteria, viruses, parasites fungi
What accounts for 90% of foodborne illness? - correct answer...✔✔bacteria
How fast does bacteria grow? - correct answer...✔✔doubles every 20 minutes if in the
danger zone
toxins - correct answer...✔✔waste products that come from bacteria consuming the
nutrients in foods, and then giving off waste; may feel/look like slime; can NOT be killed
with heat or cold; SOME are good (yogurts, cheese, sour cream)
spores - correct answer...✔✔resistant to heat and dry; thick 'shell". will not reproduce
but can go back to growth state if conditions are right; common in home canned foods
E. Coli - correct answer...✔✔in human intestines (and other animals), can hur food and
water, some can cause death to PIES group, commin ground beef, raw fruits/veggies,
What are 90% of E.Coli outbreaks due to? - correct answer...✔✔undercooked ground
beef
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, Salmonella - correct answer...✔✔foodborne infection; often in eggs/poultry, human
intestines, animals, to prevent: cook poultry to 165 for 15 secs
1 in 10,000 eggs - correct answer...✔✔is infected with salmonella
Clostridium Botulinum - correct answer...✔✔ANaerobic growth; can form spores;
affects CNS- rare but deadly; foudn in soil, lakes, human intestines, fish, smoked meats,
vacuum packed foods, swollen cans MOST DEADLY bacteria Foodborne intoxication
leftover baked and wrapped potatoes - correct answer...✔✔must be refrigerated to
avoid botulism
MAP - correct answer...✔✔Modified Atmosphere Packaging are precooked and O2 is
taken out
Listeria - correct answer...✔✔lunchmeat, soil water, animal feed, intestines Grows well
even under 41 degrees Up to 70% of refrigerators have listeria MUST keep all foods
covered
Causes abortion in pregnant women
Shigella - correct answer...✔✔in human intestines; may produce dysentery; usually
passed from not washing hands after bathroom use; passed from human to human; in
ready to eat foods such as beans, pudding, raw oysters, deli meat, raw spinach and
strawberries
Staphylococcus Aureus - correct answer...✔✔most common foodborne illness; on skin
in noses of 50- 70% of all people; pass through sneeze cough, scratching facial hair;
heat CANNOT kill toxins unusual because it grows in foods that do not have much
water Also likes to grown in salads, cheeses, raw dried or processed foods, eggs
Foodborne INTOXICATION improper cleaning and sanitizing of food prep utensils and
eqpt also causes this
Bacillus Cereus - correct answer...✔✔in soil where vegies and grains grow; forms
spores; found in rice, cooked meat and veggies, custards, soups, raw vegetable sprouts
(like alfalfa sprouts)
Vibrio - correct answer...✔✔in raw underprocessed of poorly handled fish and shellfish
requires SALT to grow
Do not serve raw oysters and clams to people with - correct answer...✔✔liver disease,
diabetes, HIV/AIDS, kidney disease, stomach problems
Conditions for Bacterial Growth - correct answer...✔✔FATTOM food high in protein,
acid of 4.6- 7.5, temp 41- 135, time of at least 4 hours, Oxygen (or not), Moisture (Ax
.85 or more)
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