Food Safety Revision & Practice Questions

Exam-style Food Safety practice questions with full teaching explanations — revise anywhere, free on iOS and Android.

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Topics covered

Level 1 Food Safety for Manufacturing — 60 questions
Level 1 Food Safety for Catering
Level 1 Food Safety for Retail
Level 2 Food Safety for Manufacturing — 80 questions
Level 2 Food Safety for Catering — 80 questions

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Level 1 Food Safety for Manufacturing

Why is good personal hygiene important for people who work with food?

It helps stop harmful bacteria spreading to food
It makes the food look more colourful
It makes food cook more quickly
It improves the flavour of the food

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Correct answer: It helps stop harmful bacteria spreading to food

Level 2 Food Safety for Manufacturing

Why should waste be removed from a food production area regularly?

To make the bins last longer
To use up cleaning chemicals
To stop it building up and attracting pests
To keep the food warmer

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Correct answer: To stop it building up and attracting pests

Level 2 Food Safety for Catering

The use of pesticides in a food room is most likely to result in which type of contamination?

Physical
Chemical
Allergenic
Microbial

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Correct answer: Chemical

Level 1 Food Safety for Manufacturing

Which of these is a common symptom of food poisoning?

A sore knee
Improved eyesight
Vomiting and diarrhoea
Faster heartbeat from exercise

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Correct answer: Vomiting and diarrhoea

Level 2 Food Safety for Manufacturing

If a food handler sees signs of pests, they should:

Wait to see if it gets worse
Open doors to let pests out
Clean up and say nothing
Report it to their supervisor straight away

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Correct answer: Report it to their supervisor straight away

Level 2 Food Safety for Catering

What does 'first in, first out' (stock rotation) make sure of?

Newer stock is always used first
Older stock is used before newer stock
Stock is never checked
Food is stored at room temperature

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Correct answer: Older stock is used before newer stock

Level 1 Food Safety for Manufacturing

What is a safe practice when storing raw and cooked foods in the same fridge?

Store raw food above cooked food
Mix them on the same shelf
Leave both uncovered
Store raw food below cooked food

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Correct answer: Store raw food below cooked food

Level 2 Food Safety for Manufacturing

Keeping doors closed in a food factory helps to:

Stop pests getting in
Make the room warmer for staff
Speed up the production line
Keep the lights brighter

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Correct answer: Stop pests getting in

Level 2 Food Safety for Catering

Why is correct labelling of stored food important?

So food can be identified, dated and used within date
So it weighs less
So it looks more colourful
So it cooks faster

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Correct answer: So food can be identified, dated and used within date

Level 1 Food Safety for Manufacturing

Why is it important to keep food work areas clean and free from pests?

To make the room smell of cleaning products
To reduce the risk of food becoming contaminated
To make staff work faster
To save money on lighting

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Correct answer: To reduce the risk of food becoming contaminated

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