Food Safety Personal Hygiene & Handwashing 3

Question 1

Which of the following is a Big 6 illness requiring food handler exclusion?

Accepted Answer

E. coli O157:H7 infection

Answer

E. coli O157:H7 infection is one of the FDA's Big 6 illnesses that requires a food handler to be excluded from food handling duties.

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of an illness reporting policy for food handlers?

Accepted Answer

To ensure sick food handlers don't contaminate food before customers are harmed

Answer

Illness reporting policies ensure food handlers with symptoms or diagnoses of foodborne illness are identified and removed before they can contaminate food.

Question 3

How should a food handler dry their hands after washing?

Accepted Answer

With a single-use paper towel or an air dryer

Answer

Hands must be dried with a single-use paper towel or air dryer to avoid re-contamination from shared cloth towels.

Question 4

A food handler is experiencing vomiting and diarrhea. What is the correct action?

Accepted Answer

Notify the manager and leave the operation

Answer

A food handler with vomiting or diarrhea must notify their manager and be removed from food handling duties immediately.

Question 5

Which action is required after a food handler uses the restroom?

Accepted Answer

Wash hands in the restroom, then wash again at the kitchen handwashing sink

Answer

Handwashing must occur in the restroom and again at the designated kitchen handwashing sink before resuming food handling.

Food Safety Practice Test

Food Safety Practice Test

Food Safety Personal Hygiene & Handwashing 3