Question

Why are pre-requisite programs said to be the foundation of HACCP’s integrated food safety?

Why menu is considered as the single most impactful management tool in a food service operation? Write down names of 2 basic menu pricing style?

Under the federal Food, drug, and cosmetic act, what conditions of food items may be considered as adulterated and misbranded?

Answer 1

Prerequisite programs are the steps or procedures to control the operational conditions within the food establishment and promote a good environment for the production of safe food and give no harm to consumers.  This program includes safe water, ice and steam are used in the for food processing for transportation, cleanliness of the utensil or materials where the food is going to place, prevention of cross-contamination, protection from adulteration, label if the toxin is placed nearby the food, exclusion of pest, etc. This all makes pre-requisite programs as the foundation of HACCP's integrated food safety.

The menu can provide the list of food that is available for the selection of the customer in terms of budget or in terms of the food items. It is the primary determinant of the operational budget and operational identification of the food items. So this menu is the best management tool for the food services operation.

The two basic menu pricing styles are Table d' hote and A la carte.

Under the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act, the food item is considered to be adulterated

-if the food contains any poisonous or substances which are injurious to health.

- the food contains any added poison,

- the food contains a food additive that is unsafe

- the food contaminated with a disease or decompose substances which harm to the body

-the food is stored, transport, the process, packed in an unclean or unsanitary manner

- the food is intentionally subjected to radiation, etc.

Misbranded food items include

- the food's label is wrong and misleading

- the labeling does not fulfill the rules given

- the food is offered for the sale of anther food

- misleading way of the food container, etc.