Receiving & StorageQuestion 396 of 500
During a walk-in check the manager finds a container of cooked pasta salad with no date mark and nobody remembers making it. What must happen?
a.Mark it with today's date and use it within seven days
b.Mark it with today's date and use it within three days
c.Discard it, because an unmarked container must be thrown out
d.Freeze it immediately and mark it when it comes back out later
Explanation
Ready-to-eat TCS food in a container or package that does not bear a date or day must be discarded, along with food that exceeds its time and temperature combination or is marked with a date that exceeds it. Backdating with today's date would restart a clock that has already been running for an unknown number of days.
Law Reference: FDA Food Code §3-501.18Practice all 500 questions free — no signup required.
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