Preventing Cross Contamination: Keep Your Food Safe and Healthy!

What are ways cross contamination can occur?

Select all that apply.

1. Using a knife to cut raw chicken breast and then using the same knife to cut a vegetable without washing and sanitizing the knife.
2. Storing raw products above or next to ready-to-eat and cooked products.
3. If ready-to-eat products are touched without first washing hands after handling raw chicken.
4. Not washing, rinsing, and sanitizing all equipment, utensils, and surfaces used during raw food preparation.

Final answer:

Cross contamination can occur by using a contaminated knife, storing raw and cooked products together, touching ready-to-eat foods with unwashed hands after handling raw chicken, and not properly cleaning equipment, utensils, and surfaces.

Cross contamination can occur in several ways:

1. Using a knife to cut raw chicken breast and then using the same knife to cut a vegetable without washing and sanitizing the knife. This can transfer bacteria from the raw chicken to the vegetable.
2. Storing raw products above or next to ready-to-eat and cooked products. If juices from the raw products drip onto the ready-to-eat foods, it can contaminate them.
3. If ready-to-eat products are touched without first washing hands after handling raw chicken. This can transfer bacteria from the chicken to the ready-to-eat products.
4. Not washing, rinsing, and sanitizing all equipment, utensils, and surfaces used during raw food preparation. Bacteria can be left behind on these surfaces and contaminate other foods.