Catering Craft Practice WAEC

Sanitation And Hygiene

Overzicht

Food that looks perfect on the plate can still send a whole party to the hospital. The difference between a caterer people trust and one they avoid is almost never the taste of the food. It is whether the kitchen is clean, the water is safe, the cook washes her hands, and the jollof was kept hot instead of standing warm on a bench for three hours. That is what sanitation and hygiene are about: keeping food safe from the invisible germs that cause food poisoning.

In this lesson you will learn what sanitation and hygiene mean, how the food handler, the kitchen, the surroundings and the water supply each keep food safe, and how food becomes contaminated in the first place. You will meet the bacteria that cause food poisoning, the four things they need to multiply, and the single temperature rule that stops them. Master this and you protect your customers, your reputation and your licence to trade.

Doelstellingen

  1. Define sanitation and hygiene as they apply to catering
  2. Explain the importance of personal hygiene for the food handler
  3. Describe kitchen and environmental hygiene practices
  4. Explain how a safe water supply and waste disposal protect food
  5. Identify sources of food contamination and how to prevent food poisoning

Lesnotitie

A caterer in Ibadan is hired for a wedding of two hundred guests. She cooks a fine pot of fried rice and chicken the night before, covers it, and leaves it standing on the kitchen table overnight because the freezer is full. By the afternoon of the wedding the food still smells and tastes normal, so she serves it. That evening dozens of guests fall sick with vomiting and diarrhoea, two are hospitalised, and the story is on social media by morning. Nothing was wrong with the recipe. What failed was hygiene: the food sat for hours at the warm temperature bacteria love best, and the invisible germs multiplied into millions. Sanitation and hygiene are not a box to tick for the examiner. They are the daily habits that decide whether your kitchen feeds people or poisons them.

Lesevaluatie

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Je zult een mix van vraagtypen tegenkomen, waaronder meerkeuzevragen, korte antwoordvragen en essayvragen. Elke vraag is zorgvuldig samengesteld om verschillende aspecten van je kennis en kritisch denkvermogen te beoordelen.

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  1. The temperature range in which bacteria multiply most rapidly, called the danger zone, is: A. Minus 18 C to 0 C B. 5 C to 63 C C. 63 C to 100 C D. 75 C to 120 C Answer: B
  2. Which of the following is the single most important personal-hygiene practice for a food handler? A. Wearing a wristwatch B. Washing the hands with soap and water C. Tasting the food with the fingers D. Wearing perfume Answer: B
  3. The transfer of bacteria from raw meat to cooked or ready-to-eat food is called: A. Sanitation B. Fermentation C. Cross-contamination D. Pasteurisation Answer: C
  4. Which set correctly lists the four conditions bacteria need to multiply? A. Warmth, moisture, food and time B. Salt, sugar, acid and light C. Oxygen, cold, dryness and time D. Heat above 75 C, moisture, food and salt Answer: A
  5. A stone, a hair and a piece of glass found in food are examples of which type of contamination? A. Chemical B. Biological C. Physical D. Bacterial Answer: C

Eerdere Vragen

Benieuwd hoe eerdere vragen over dit onderwerp eruitzien? Hier zijn een aantal vragen over Sanitation And Hygiene van voorgaande jaren.

Vraag 1 Verslag

(a) Mention three main ways that food can be contaminated.

(b) State five thickening agents for sauces.