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A covered food employee is on day 18 of employment without a food handler card. Pertinent training was completed before the employee's first food-handling duty, and the record is maintained. What does New Mexico require at this point?
Correct answer: C - The employee may continue while obtaining the card within 30 calendar days of starting work
Three guests develop flushing, headache, a rash, and a peppery or burning taste shortly after eating tuna from the same delivery. Which explanation best fits both the illness pattern and the decision about the remaining fish?
Correct answer: B - Scombrotoxin from temperature abuse; reject the fish because heat will not remove histamine
A receiving employee finds a swollen can that leaks and spurts liquid when moved. What should the employee do first?
Correct answer: D - Isolate and reject the can without tasting its contents
A trainee says potato salad becomes dangerous because Norovirus multiplies rapidly in food held in the temperature danger zone. Which statement correctly resolves the error?
Correct answer: C - Norovirus does not multiply in food; ill-worker controls and handwashing prevent its transfer
A server at a restaurant that does not serve a highly susceptible population reports a sore throat with fever but no diagnosis. Which assignment is permitted under the employee-health rule?
Correct answer: B - Reassign the server to duties with no exposed food, clean utensils, linens, or unwrapped single-use items
A food employee has a draining lesion on an index finger. After proper handwashing, which covering is required before the employee may handle exposed food?
Correct answer: A - An impermeable finger cover plus a single-use glove
During lunch service, a cook finishes portioning raw chicken and is immediately asked to plate washed lettuce. Which sequence should be used?
Correct answer: B - Discard the gloves, complete the 20-second handwashing process, dry, then use new gloves or clean tongs
An asymptomatic employee in an assisted-living kitchen reports a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of nontyphoidal Salmonella. What is the employee's initial work status?
Correct answer: D - Restrict the employee from exposed food and clean food-contact items
An infrared thermometer shows 142°F on the surface of chili in a steam table. Which check is necessary before concluding that the chili meets the hot-holding requirement?
Correct answer: A - Check the chili internally with a cleaned and sanitized penetration probe
A steak labeled mechanically tenderized reaches 146°F for 20 seconds. How should the cook interpret this result?
Correct answer: D - It is not compliant; non-intact meat must meet 155°F for 17 seconds or an approved equivalent
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