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Food Safety and Hygiene

You are helping prepare food for a community lunch. Use the information and scenarios to make safe choices. Answer every question; explain your reasoning where asked.

The lunch-prep challenge

Mere and her cousin are preparing chicken wraps and a salad. Their fridge should be kept below 5°C. Chilled food should not be left out longer than necessary; refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours. Wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially before preparing food and after touching raw meat. Keep raw and ready-to-eat foods and their equipment separate. Cook chicken thoroughly, and reheat leftovers until steaming hot.

1.The fridge thermometer reads 7°C. What is the best action before storing the chicken and other chilled food?
  • Store the food because any fridge temperature is safe.
  • Adjust or check the fridge so it is below 5°C, and keep the food chilled in the meantime.
  • Put the food in the freezer, even if it will be used in an hour.
  • Leave the fridge door open to circulate air.
2.Put these actions in a safe order for preparing salad after handling raw chicken: wash hands; put raw chicken on its own board; clean and sanitise the bench and equipment; prepare salad using clean equipment.
3.Mere cuts raw chicken, wipes the chopping board with a tea towel, then uses the board for lettuce. Explain the risk and give two changes that would make this safer.
4.Complete the safety rule: Wash hands with soap and water for at least seconds, including after touching raw meat and before handling ready-to-eat food.
5.The wraps are ready at 12:00, but lunch is delayed. At what latest time should the chicken wraps be refrigerated if they are not being eaten? What should happen before serving them later?
6.A sealed yoghurt is one day past its best-before date, but has been kept chilled and its packaging is undamaged. Is the date label a safety cut-off? Explain what the label means and what to check.
7.Decide whether each statement is true or false. (a) Washing raw chicken under the tap makes it safer. (b) A clean utensil should be used to check cooked chicken. (c) Food can look and smell normal and still contain harmful bacteria.
8.A friend says cooked rice left on the bench overnight is fine if it is reheated until hot. What is the safest reply?
  • Agree; reheating always makes food safe.
  • Do not eat it; rice left out overnight may be unsafe, and reheating may not remove all hazards.
  • Taste a spoonful to see if it is safe.
  • Mix it with fresh rice to dilute any bacteria.
9.Mere has 30 minutes to prepare wraps for a group. Write a brief plan that includes safe handwashing, keeping raw chicken separate, thorough cooking, and safe handling of any leftovers.
10.Give two reasons why food safety and hygiene are important when preparing food for other people.

3 printable pages

  • Food Safety and Hygiene, page 1 of 3: The lunch-prep challenge

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  • Food Safety and Hygiene, page 2 of 3: 5. The wraps are ready at 12:00, but lunch is delayed. At what latest time should the…

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  • Food Safety and Hygiene, page 3 of 3: 10. Give two reasons why food safety and hygiene are important when preparing food for…

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