Food Handlers Card Practice Test· ANSI-accredited programs (FDA Food Code)
What is the difference between cleaning and sanitizing?
Choices
- AThey are the same thing
- BCleaning removes food and dirt; sanitizing reduces pathogens to safe levelsCorrect
- CSanitizing removes grease; cleaning kills germs
- DCleaning is only for floors; sanitizing is only for hands
Answer
Cleaning removes food and dirt; sanitizing reduces pathogens to safe levels
Cleaning removes visible food, soil, and grease from a surface. Sanitizing then reduces the remaining microorganisms to safe levels. A surface must be cleaned before it can be effectively sanitized.
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