FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
FOODBORNE ILLNESS AND FOOD SAFETY
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Question
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Which of the following is NOT an example of cross-contamination?
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forgetting to wash hands and then touching food
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using the same knife to cut raw chicken as you use to cut the lettuce
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not separating carrots and green peppers on a cutting board
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using the same plate to carry raw hamburgers as you did to carry the cooked hamburgers
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Using coloured boards helps to minimise the risk of cross-contamination by ensuring that high and low risk foods, such as raw meat and salad vegetables, are kept separate. In turn, this helps to prevent outbreaks of food poisoning and upholds a good business reputation.
Detailed explanation-2: -– Green cutting boards should only be used for salads, fruits and vegetables. – Blue cutting boards should only be used for raw fish. – White cutting boards should only be used for bakery and dairy items, like cheese and bread. – Brown or beige cutting boards should only be used for cooked meat.
Detailed explanation-3: -Red – raw meat. Blue – fish. Brown – vegetables. Green – fruit, herbs and salads.
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