ServSafe Certification Personal Hygiene Practices 3

Question 1

A food handler has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A. What action must their manager take?

Accepted Answer

Exclude the employee from the operation

Answer

Hepatitis A is a regulatory authority-listed illness that requires the food handler to be excluded from the operation entirely.

Question 2

What is the difference between excluding and restricting a food handler?

Accepted Answer

Exclusion means no work allowed; restriction means no food-contact work allowed

Answer

Exclusion removes the worker from the operation completely; restriction limits them to non-food-contact tasks.

Question 3

A food handler reports sore throat with fever. Under what condition may they work with food?

Accepted Answer

If they are serving a primarily healthy population

Answer

A food handler with sore throat and fever may work with food only if the operation primarily serves a non-high-risk population; otherwise they must be restricted.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT one of the Big 6 pathogens that require exclusion under ServSafe?

Accepted Answer

Listeria monocytogenes

Answer

Listeria monocytogenes is a serious pathogen but is not among the Big 6 (Norovirus, Hepatitis A, Salmonella Typhi, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, Shigella, and Nontyphoidal Salmonella) that require mandatory exclusion.

Question 5

When can a food handler who was excluded for Norovirus return to work?

Accepted Answer

After 48 hours without vomiting or diarrhea

Answer

A food handler excluded for Norovirus may return after being symptom-free (no vomiting or diarrhea) for at least 48 hours.

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ServSafe Certification Personal Hygiene Practices 3