FCS8911

Food Safety: Ready-to-Eat Foods Fill in the Blank1

Emily Minton2

1. This document is FCS8911, one of a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2010. Reviewed April 2016. Visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

2. Emily Minton, ENAFS program coordinator, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension. Gainesville 32611.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other UF/IFAS Extension publications, contact your county’s UF/IFAS Extension office.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A & M University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Nick T. Place, dean for UF/IFAS Extension.

Put your knowledge of Ready-to-Eat foods to test with this fun fill in the blank activity.

1. Many older adults choose ready-to-eat foods for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a bacterium that can be found in ready-to-eat foods and can cause serioushealth problems.

3. Many ready-to-eat foods are considered high-risk foods for older adults. An example of ahigh-risk ready-to-eat food is a _ _ _ _ _ _ .

4. It is important to look for the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ on ready-to-eat foods before purchasing tohelp reduce health risks.

5. If ready-to-eat foods are not eaten immediately, they must be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or_ _ _ _ _ _ , and not be kept for too long.

Word Choices

Listeria, frozen, convenience, refrigerated, hot dog, sell-by date

Answers

1.Convenience2.Listeria3.Hot dog4.Sell-by date5.Refrigerated, frozen