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module 15 - practice exam
chapter 9 practice hit exam
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in the refrigerator, you see that raw chicken juice is dripping onto an uncovered bowl of salad stored on the shelf below. you should:
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a) wash and rinse all the ingredients in the salad with cold water
b) move the bowl of salad above the raw chicken
c) throw out the salad
d) pick out the ingredients that were not touched by the raw chicken juice
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Explanation:

This is a food safety question. When raw chicken juice (which can carry harmful bacteria like Salmonella) drips onto salad, the salad is contaminated. Washing with cold water (A) may not eliminate all bacteria. Moving the salad above raw chicken (B) increases risk of more contamination. Picking out unaffected ingredients (D) is hard to do accurately. Throwing out the salad (C) is the safest to avoid foodborne illness.

Answer:

C) Throw out the salad