Salt Lake Valley Health Department

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Food Safety Quiz

Can Your Kitchen Pass the Food Safety Test?

Choose the answer that best describes the practice in your household, whether or not you are the primary food handler. Write down or keep track of your answers, correct answers are given at the end of the quiz.

1. The temperature of the refrigerator in my home is
  A) 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius)
  B) 41 F (5 C)
  C) I don't know; I've never measured it

2. The last time we had leftover, cooked stew or other food with meat, chicken or fish, the food was:
  A) Cooled to room temperature, then put in the refrigerator
  B) Put in the refrigerator immediately after the food was served
  C) Left at room temperature overnight or longer

3. The last time the kitchen sink drain, disposal and connecting pipe in my home were sanitized was:
  A) Last night
  B) Several weeks ago
  C) Can't remember

4. If a cutting board is used in my home to cut raw meat, poultry or fish and it is going to be used to chop another food, the board is:
  A) Reused as is
  B) Wiped with a damp cloth
  C) Washed with soap and hot water and sanitized with a mild chlorine bleach solution

5. The last time we had hamburgers in my home, I ate mine:
  A) Rare
  B) Medium
  C) Well-done

6. The last time there was cookie dough in my home, the dough was:
  A) Made with raw eggs, and I sampled some of it
  B) Store-bought, and sampled some of it
  C) Not sampled until baked

7. I clean my kitchen counters and other surfaces that come in contact with food with:
  A) Water
  B) Hot water and soap
  C) Hot water and soap, then a bleach solution
  D) Hot water and soap, then commercial sanitizing

8. When dishes are washed in my home, they are:
  A) Cleaned by an automatic dishwasher and then air-dried
  B) Left to soak in the sink for several hours and then washed with soap in the same water
  C) Washed right away with hot water and soap in the sink and then air-dried
  D) Washed right away with hot water and soap in the sink and immediately towel-dried

9. The last time I handled raw meat, poultry or fish, I cleaned my hands afterward by:
  A) Wiping them on a towel
  B) Rinsing then under hot, cold or warm water
  C) Washing with soap and warm water for 20 seconds

10. Meat, poultry and fish products are defrosted in my home by:
  A) Setting them on the counter
  B) Placing them in the refrigerator
  C) Using a microwave