Answer to Question 1
Making sure that your food is safe to eat can be especially difficult at a restaurant, picnic, potluck, or buffet. However, by considering a few simple questions, you can minimize your risk of foodborne illness in these environments. To gauge the safety of a food, ask yourself whether the four basic FightBac guidelines have likely been followed:
Clean: How likely is it that the people handling and preparing this food used sanitary practices?
Separate: Is there evidence that raw ingredients were kept separate from cooked ones?
Cook: Is it likely that this food was cooked properly and kept out of the thermic danger zone?
Chill: Is there evidence that cold ingredients were kept cold?
Answer to Question 2
A