d.
all of the above
Answers
1. d. Food poisoning is most likely to strike from two hours to two days after
eating. But some toxins work within minutes, and botulism could take up to a
week.
2. a. E. coli is destroyed at 160 degrees F, and the only way to be certain is
to use an instant read thermometer. New research suggests that when the pink
color disappears and the juices run clear, the meat may still not be hot enough
to kill E. coli.
3. c. Never cook dishes that contain meat or poultry at less than 325 degrees F.
At oven temperatures below 325 degrees F, the internal temperature of the food
can take too long to reach 140 degrees F.
4. b. Plastic, non-porous cutting boards are best. Also, remember these tips: 1)
keep a separate cutting board for meat and poultry, 2) keep your boards clean
(put them in the dishwasher or scrub them regularly with a mild bleach
solution), and 3) toss any board that has deep knife scars.
5. f. Roughly one out of every 10,000 eggs is contaminated with Salmonella
bacteria. And they needn't be cracked, soiled or unrefrigerated. All raw eggs
should be handled as if they were contaminated and should be cook
thoroughly...it's no longer safe to lick the batter off the beater, spatula or
your fingers.
6. d. Salmonella and other bacteria are killed when poultry reaches 160
degrees F. If you're cooking a whole chicken, all its meat should be at least
160 degrees F when the thigh reaches 180 degrees F. (Ground poultry needs to be
cooked to at least 165 degrees F.)
7. b. Raw shellfish accounts for more than 90% of seafood poisoning cases.
8. a. Forget what your mother told you. It's okay to re-freeze mean and poultry
that was thawed in the refrigerator. Just don't leave the food in the
refrigerator for more than a day or two before you re-freeze it.
9. a. Get leftovers cooled down below 40 degrees F as quickly as possible.
Shallow containers do that best.
10. a. Milk that has reached its expiration is still safe and nutritious, and
probably won't go sour for another week or so.
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