Cross Contamination (Demonstration Lesson)
Exercise

The aim of this exercise is to check what you learnt in the Cross Contamination module.

Please ensure that you read all questions carefully and spell all answers correctly! Once you have completed the exercise, please click the submit button to find out how you did.
 
Outbreak
 
1.

What is cross contamination?

Bacteria being transferred from a food to your hands
Bacteria being transferred from your hands to someone else's hands
Bacteria being transferred from a knife to a chopping board
Bacteria being transferred from one food to another

   
2.

Some chicken is chopped up on a chopping board. Immediately afterwards, the same board is used to chop cooked ham. The cooked ham now contains salmonella from the chicken. What type of contamination is this? (Just enter the one word used to describe it)
   
3.

What must you do to your hands and kitchen equipment before preparing food?

Wash them in very hot water
Wash them in very cold water
Wash and disinfect them
Make sure there are no visible stains on them

   
4.

You want to store this cooked chicken

in the fridge below. Click on the shelf you think it should go on:
   

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