2.5 Food Safety Work File
Directions: Read the lesson and answer the following questions in sections 1 - 4.
Section 1
Review the four simple food safety steps of clean, separate, cook, and chill. Use
Resource 1 to complete this section. (40 points)
Explain how your household manages these steps. Provide details explaining how
your household is successful and unsuccessful below. Use at least 2 complete,
detailed sentences for each of the 4 steps.
A. Ways my household is successful
1.
2.
B. Ways my household is unsuccessful
3
4.
Section 2
Review the Baby Boomers and Food Safety digital poster. Use Resource 2 to
complete this section. (30 points)
Learn how you can help grandparents, older relatives and neighbors stay
safe. Answer the following 2 questions using at least 2 complete, detailed
sentences.
A. Explain why older adults have greater foodborne illness risks.
B. List and discuss at least one food pathogen that causes sickness and a way to
prevent this from happening.
Section 3
Review the Seven Food Safety Steps for Successful Community Meals digital
flyer. Use Resource 3 to complete this section. (15 points)
A. Discuss a time when you observed at least one safety step that was not followed
when you attended a group meal. Provide a solution to solve the safety issue
using at least 2 complete, detailed sentences.
Section 4
Review the Food Safety Chain of Prevention digital flyer. Use Resource 4 to
complete this section. (15 points)
A. Discuss which of the four phases in the food chain you think is the most
important part of the chain. Explain why you believe this is true using at least 2
complete, detailed sentences.