After a table leaves, a server finds an opened squeeze bottle of ketchup, a sealed jam packet, and an uncovered dish of butter pats. Which items must be discarded rather than re-served?
a.The jam packet only; the opened ketchup bottle and the uncovered butter pats may both go straight back out to the next party seated there
b.The uncovered butter pats only; the ketchup bottle may continue in service at tables and the sealed jam packet may be re-served
c.All three items; anything left behind on a guest's table, packaged or not, has to be thrown out before the table is reset for the next party
d.Nothing needs to be discarded, because condiments of any kind are exempt from the re-service rules and may go straight back out to the next party seated there
Explanation
Exposed, unpackaged items like open butter pats cannot be re-served, so the answer is not "nothing." The sealed jam packet qualifies for re-service as an unopened prepackaged item, so it is not discarded and the answer is not "all three." A condiment squeeze bottle is a serving container that stays in table service and is cleaned and refilled by the operation, not re-served food in itself.
Law Reference: FDA Food Code §3-306.14Practice all 500 questions free — no signup required.
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