No.

Issues Solutions

1 Frozen Meat was left in the Car Trunk for two hours Frozen foods should be
below -18 C(0 F) to avoid the
growth of bacteria. Never
thaw food at room
temperature.

2 Ground beef is fresh meat left without refrigeration Fresh meat must be stored in
the refrigerator. It must be
maintained at 4 C(40 F) or
lower

3 The chicken was partly defrosted and blood juices Frozen meats must be
were leaking- Saved in the refrigerator cooked as soon as they
defrost

4 Thawing food(chicken) on a plate in the refrigerator Always use deep, large

containers when thawing raw
meats, so that blood and
juices do not contaminate
other items.

5 The partly defrosted chicken might have been in the Frozen food must be packed
same bag as with other foods when she was hurriedly separately in order to avoid
packing cross-contamination and
avoiding dry food like rice
getting spoiled from the
moisture

6 Defrosted and leaking chicken was stored in the Defrosted chicken must be
refrigerator for the next day cooked on the same day to
avoid the growth of harmful
bacteria

7 Stewed beef stored at the bottom of the refrigerator- Read-to-eat foods must be
Juices from raw chicken above drip onto this stored above raw foods

8 Improper storage of food in the refrigerator- Partly Raw meat must be thawed at
thawed chicken is stored in the middle of the the bottom of the refrigerator
refrigerator to avoid cross-contamination
in case of fluid leakage

9 Improper cleaning and sanitization- Emptying all the Counters on which raw
groceries on the kitchen counter and just wiping with chicken is placed must be
the sponge when the thawed chicken was leaking cleaned properly and
sanitized in order to avoid
contamination

10 Adding onions, mushrooms without cooking them to Vegetables must be cooked

 the cooked beef. properly before

11 Time and temperature abuse- Cooling chilli for 3 Dense food like chilli takes
hours. longer to cool. Shallow pots
When food takes too long to cool, the temperature or containers must be used to
drops into the Temperature Danger Zone (TDZ) which cool the food faster.
is for much more than 2 hours.

12 Improper reheating- Boys might have consumed the Reheating the food until the
chilli without heating properly internal temperature is
perfect to kill the microbes,
which must have multiplied
when the food is cold, is
essential

13 Lack of personal hygiene- Checking the temperature The temperature of the food
of chilli with fingers after wiping tears off her face must be checked with a
thermometer after washing,
rinsing and sanitizing with
alcohol wipes to avoid
microbial infestation

14 Raspberry Jell-O stored at the bottom of the Ensure all raw foods are
refrigerator where the stew beef was placed. The stored at the bottom of the
defrosted chicken was above stew beef last night and refrigerator and cooked
this must have leaked onto beef stew. When Jell-O meats and Jell-O shouldn’t be
was placed next to it, the former will be contaminated. stored together.

15 The cleaned chicken was left on the kitchen counter Cleaned raw chicken should
while searching for the roasting pan not be left on the counters.
They must be placed on a
plate or in a container to
avoid contamination.

16 Cross-contamination of pathogens- Food handler Washing hands after cleaning

failed to wash hands after handling raw chicken and food preparation areas,
wiping the counter handling raw food and
touching hair, face or body

17 Lack of personal hygiene - Cooking with infected Proper handling of food is

hands or fingers necessary. When there is a
cut or infection to fingers or
hands, a bandaid along with
finger gloves or full gloves
must be worn to avoid the
infection passing onto food,
otherwise causing food
poisoning

18 Using leftover chicken for sandwiches from the fridge Food taken from the fridge
were taken for lunch must be reheated before
 consumption

1. Tom- Roast chicken, contaminated Jell-O

2. Nora- Roast Chicken, contaminated Jell-O
3. Betty- Chicken sandwiches
4. Boys- Chili