ServSafe Food Protection Manager Receipt, Storage, and Disposal

1.Nora checks a delivery of sliced turkey held as cold TCS food. The turkey is 48°F. What should Nora do?

2.Marcus is offered a case of shrimp from an unmarked car at the back door. The kitchen has no order with that seller. What should Marcus do?

3.Ingrid is loading a refrigerator with cooked pasta, raw salmon, a whole beef roast, ground beef, and raw chicken. What goes on the top shelf?

4.Blake has two cans of the same tomato sauce. One was packed on March 2 and the other on May 14. Which can does he open first?

5.Helen prepared tuna salad on Monday and has held it at 40°F. On Thursday a cook asks if the salad is still inside the date mark. What is the answer?

6.Rita served the last oysters from a bushel on March 1. How long does she keep that shellstock tag?

7.Abby finds raw chicken on the shelf directly above a ready-to-eat garden salad. What should she do?

8.Jade has an open bin of peanut butter cookies on the shelf above plain dinner rolls. What should she do?

9.Tara sees a spray bottle of sanitizer on the shelf above an open pan of soup. What should she do?

10.Farah finds cooked noodles that sat at 70°F all afternoon. The manager wants to taste them before deciding whether to serve them. What should happen?

11.Olga is thawing raw chicken on the top shelf, and the drip has fallen into cooked carrots on the shelf below. What should she do with the carrots?

12.Cy meets a produce truck whose floor is dirty. Boxes of lettuce are sitting in muddy water. What should Cy do?

13.Luis checks a delivery of hot beef stew. The stew is 131°F. What should Luis do?

14.Rosa's approved dairy vendor is at the dock. Before she signs, she sees one milk carton with a torn seal. What should Rosa do?

15.Malik is putting food away and has one shelf left at the very bottom of the cooler. Which food must go on that lowest shelf?

16.Diana finds a case of flour sitting directly on the floor of the dry-storage room. What should she do?

17.Ivan made chicken soup on Monday and is holding it at 40°F. What is the last day the 7-day date mark allows?

18.Seth's clam tag shows a delivery date of June 1. The last clams from that container were served on June 10. When does the 90-day hold begin?

19.Ben stored raw chicken breasts above washed lettuce that will be served without cooking. Juice can drip down. What should Ben do?

20.Ken finds a can of peaches bulging at both ends in dry storage. What should he do with that can?

21.Uri rinsed an empty bleach bottle and poured vegetable oil into it. The bottle is not a food container. What should happen to the oil?

22.Gil is holding chili at 120°F. He tastes a spoonful and says the flavor is fine. What should the kitchen do with that chili?

23.Pete is thawing ground beef in an open, unlabeled pan on the shelf above washed berries. What should he change?

24.Ed's delivery truck has raw chicken in the cargo area and a leaking case of insecticide beside it. What should Ed do?

25.Priya inspects a case of frozen berries. She sees large ice crystals and a pool of red fluid in the case. What should Priya do?

26.Devon is offered ground beef from a neighbor's personal car. The neighbor says a grocery store sold it this morning. What should Devon do?

27.Celia must store raw shrimp, a raw pork chop, and a pan of washed lettuce. Where does the shrimp belong?

28.Chris finds a box of rice stored against a pipe, and the pipe is dripping onto the box. What should he do?

29.Joy cut melon at 9 a.m. for a 6 p.m. banquet the same day. She is holding it at 40°F and it will be served tonight. Does it need a 7-day date mark?

30.Tina served the last mussels from a container on August 1. She wants to throw the shellstock tag away on August 31. What is the right decision?

31.Cora finds a pan of raw duck stored above a pan of ready-to-eat tuna salad. What should she do?

32.Leah's torn bag of wheat flour is spilling into a bin of rice labeled wheat-free. What should she do with that rice?

33.Vera keeps a jug of sanitizer on the same shelf as canned peaches, in front of the cans. Where should that sanitizer go?

34.Hope finds sliced turkey at 50°F in a prep pan. The manager says it still smells like turkey. What should happen to the turkey?

35.Rhea thaws shrimp in a colander above a container of soup, and the drip runs under the soup lid. What should she do?

36.Fay's milk arrived in a refrigerated truck, but a sanitizer jug tipped and sanitizer is on the cargo floor under the crates. What should Fay do?

37.Owen checks a delivery of cold potato salad. The salad is 41°F. What should Owen do?

38.Hana's regular produce supplier is unloading. The driver asks her to sign the invoice before she looks in the boxes. What should Hana do?

39.Felix has a whole beef brisket and a pan of ground beef to store in the same cooler. Which one is stored higher?

40.Paula receives lettuce today. The bin already holds lettuce that arrived two days ago. How does she store the new case?

41.Karl prepared lasagna on Monday and held it at 39°F. It is now the following Monday. Can the kitchen still use it under the date mark?

42.Uma served the last oysters from a container on January 5. How many days must she keep the shellstock tag?

43.Drew stored raw turkey above a ready-to-eat pasta salad. He says the turkey is on a tray, so it is contained. Is he right?

44.Miles finds a package of shredded cheese that is swollen with gas. The package is still cold. What should he do?

45.Walt finds sugar stored in a jug that used to hold floor cleaner. The jug was never a food container. What should he do?

46.Ian left a pan of cooked rice at 90°F. He wants the manager to taste it before anyone throws the rice away. What should the manager do?

47.Sol stored labeled, airtight chili on the top shelf and is thawing raw fish in a deep pan on the bottom shelf. Which part of this setup should stay?

48.Hal's bread truck smells like garbage, and old food waste is on the floor beside the bread racks. What should Hal do?

49.Camille checks a delivery of hot gravy. The gravy is 138°F. What should she do?

50.Andre's approved supplier delivers canned tomatoes. Three cans are deeply dented on the seams. What should Andre do with those three cans?

51.Naomi must stack sliced melon, raw cod, ground pork, and raw duck. Which top-to-bottom order is right?

52.Eddie sees a sealed case of cooking oil sitting on the kitchen floor beside the fryer. What should he do?

53.Lena prepared coleslaw on Wednesday and is holding it at 41°F. What is the last day of its 7-day date mark?

54.Vince has two shellstock tags. The last shellfish from container A were served on April 2, and the last from container B were served on April 20. How does he count the 90 days?

55.Eve has raw chicken on one cooler shelf and a ready-to-eat chef salad on another. Which food goes on the higher shelf?

56.Nia has a cracked bottle of soy sauce above plain grilled chicken for a guest who must avoid soy. Sauce has splashed the chicken. What should she do?

57.Amy finds a gallon of bleach on the top shelf of the prep table, next to an open container of breadcrumbs. What should she do?

58.June finds milk for the service line at 48°F. The manager drinks a sip and says it still tastes sweet. What should happen to the milk?

59.Tess is thawing a turkey in a pan that overflows onto uncovered stuffing on the shelf below. What should she do with the stuffing?

60.Ivy's frozen vegetables share a truck with a leaking container of window cleaner, and cleaner is on two cases. What should Ivy do?

61.Hector inspects frozen fish fillets. Each package is solid, with no ice crystals on the fish and no liquid in the package. What should he do?

62.Lila is offered oysters from a personal SUV. The driver has no invoice and says he is a new partner of the usual fish company. What should Lila do?

63.Omar has raw chicken thighs and a tray of ready-to-eat sliced cheese. Where does the cheese go?

64.Yuki has milk to use by the 3rd stored behind milk to use by the 9th. Staff keep taking the cartons dated the 9th. What should she do?

65.Marco cooled cooked chicken and has held it at 40°F for 30 hours. There is no date mark, but he knows it was prepared yesterday. What should he do?

66.Willa served the last clams from a container on May 1. She plans to keep the shellstock tag until July 30. Is that date right?

67.Finn stored raw chicken wings above ready-to-eat coleslaw, and chicken juice dripped into the slaw. What should he do with the slaw?

68.Otto finds a can of tomatoes with a deep dent on the side seam. The ends of the can are flat. What should he do?

69.Beau must put away a new jug of delimer. Which storage spot is right?

70.Kit left gravy at 100°F and says the kitchen can boil it, then taste it, to decide if it can be served. What is the right action?

71.Vic cooled leftover stew and will hold it in the refrigerator for three days. The pan has no lid and no label. What should he do before it is stored?

72.Jim's seafood truck has fish in iced totes, but the totes sit in dirty standing water and the walls are coated with old slime. What should Jim do?

73.Amina checks a delivery of cut melon held as cold TCS food. The melon is 45°F. What should she do?

74.Samir's approved bakery drops off rolls. One bag is open, and those rolls are touching the floor of the truck. What should he do with that bag?

75.Ruth must store a raw whole pork loin and a pan of raw ground beef. Which item goes on the higher shelf?

76.Grant finds a carton of dry pasta pressed against a condensate line that drips during lunch. The carton is wet. What should he do?

77.Nadia prepared rice on Monday and held it at 40°F. A server wants to use it on Thursday. Is Thursday still inside the 7-day mark?

78.Ximena is sure a shellstock tag that fell beside an oyster container belongs to those oysters. The last of them will be served tonight. What should she do?

79.Gia wants to store raw Cornish hens above a wrapped ready-to-eat fruit plate overnight. Should she do that?

80.Pia has tree-nut pesto with the lid off in the same cold well as plain pasta. What should she do?

81.Cleo stored marinade overnight in a bottle labeled only as glass cleaner. She washed the bottle first. What should happen to the marinade?

82.Lou held cut tomatoes at 60°F and asks the manager to taste them for sourness before they are discarded. What should the manager do?

83.Wes is thawing raw pork in a leaky bag above covered ready-to-eat noodles. Juice is running under the noodle lid. What should he do?

84.Kim's driver set a box of detergent pods on top of wrapped sandwiches. One pod broke, and powder is on the sandwich box. What should Kim do?

85.Jonah checks a delivery of hot cooked rice. The rice is 134°F. What should he do?

86.Grace has not signed for vacuum-packed cheese from the approved supplier. One seal is broken, and the cheese smells sour. What should she do?

87.Victor must store cooked ham, raw oysters, a whole beef ribeye, ground lamb, and raw chicken. Which top-to-bottom order is right?

88.Nina has crackers packed on January 8 and crackers packed on January 20. Both dates are still inside the code. Which case does she use first?

89.Oscar prepared beans on Friday and has held them at 38°F. On the next Thursday a cook asks if they are still inside the date mark. What is the answer?

90.Yara served the last scallops from a tagged container on October 1. A coworker says to file the shellstock tag for 60 days. What should Yara do?

91.Hugo stored ready-to-eat egg salad on the bottom shelf and raw poultry on the top shelf. What should he change?

92.Ray finds a vacuum package of smoked fish that is swollen, and the plastic is tight with gas. What should he do?

93.Dan stored insect spray on the floor of the dry-food room, directly under the bottom food shelf. Is that spot acceptable?

94.Meg, the manager, finds a hotel pan of beans at 80°F and picks up a tasting spoon. What should she do?

95.Ann has cut lettuce in a sealed, labeled container. She is thawing raw chicken in an open tray on the shelf above that lettuce. What should she change?

96.Lee inspects a meat truck. The cargo area is clean, the meat is at a safe receiving temperature, and no chemicals are stored with the meat. What should Lee do?

97.Elena's driver delivers raw chicken at 52°F and says the truck cooler just broke. What should Elena do?

98.Theo is offered frozen steaks from the trunk of a sedan. The staff do not know the driver, and the paperwork has no company name. What should Theo do?

99.Wendy finds raw turkey stored on the shelf above raw salmon. What should she do?

100.Ruben has one case of canned beans on the floor and an older pack date of the same beans on a shelf. He needs beans for today's soup. What should he do?

101.Quinn prepared potato salad on Monday and has held it at 41°F. On Thursday, how many days of the 7-day mark have been used, counting Monday as day 1?

102.Zach's oysters arrived on September 1, the container was opened on September 3, and the last oysters were served on September 8. Which date starts the 90-day shellstock hold?

103.Iris finds raw chicken that a cook set above an uncovered ready-to-eat salad and then left there. What should she do about the salad?

104.Sue stored an open bin of sesame breading above sesame-free cutlets, and sesame crumbs are on the cutlets. What should she do?

105.Enid poured lemonade into an old pesticide jug that was never labeled for food. She rinsed the jug first. What should happen to the lemonade?

106.Ned held macaroni and cheese at 110°F. He says service can continue if the manager tastes it and it feels hot on the tongue. What should the manager do?

107.Bo is thawing a roast on the top shelf, and it is dripping onto an unlabeled open tray of cooked green beans below. What should he do?

108.Mo finds grease, spilled raw juices, and a loose bottle of pesticide in the produce truck. Apples are in open crates in that same cargo space. What should Mo do?