Safe Sandwich Making

1. Safe Sandwich Making Retail Meat & Poultry Processing Training Modules

2. Produced under a Cooperative Agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Developed by: Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Dairy and Food Inspection Division Hennepin County Environmental Health Minnesota Department of Health University of Minnesota Extension Service September 2004

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4. Sandwich Types Sandwich Safety Concerns Bare Hand Food Contact Alternatives Hand washing Steps Single-Use Glove Avoid Cross Contamination Temperature control—cold & hot Cooling Methods 5 Steps to Effective Cleaning Storing Wiping Cloths Washing Raw Produce Listeria Control Self-Service Sandwich Items Packaging & Labeling Requirements Safe Vending Storage Topics

5. Learning Objectives • Identify personal hygiene practices that prevent foodborne illness. • List alternatives to bare hand contact with ready-to-eat food. • List 3 ways to prevent cross-contamination. • Recite cold holding and hot holding temperature requirements. • Explain the difference between cleaning and sanitizing. • Apply food safety practices to make sandwiches safely.

6. Sandwich Types Cooked Ready-to-Eat (RTE)

7. Sandwich Safety Concerns • Ready-to-eat sandwiches will not have a cook step or a “kill step.” • Making sandwiches may involve bare hand contact by the food handler. • Ingredients may include raw produce such as lettuce, sprouts and tomatoes which may carry disease causing organisms.

8. Bare Hand Food Contact • Eliminate use of bare hands where possible when handling ingredients. • Effective hand washing is essential when bare hands are used to handle ingredients. • Glove use is one option to avoid bare hand contact with food. What are other options?

9. Hand Washing Steps • Wet hands using warm water. • Apply soap. • Work up a soapy lather. • Rub lathered hands together for 20 seconds. • With fingernail brush, work lather under fingernails. • Rinse well and dry with single-use towel.

10. Single-use Gloves • Never reuse gloves. • Always change gloves between handling raw foods and cooked or ready-to-eat foods. • When do you need to change your gloves? • Change gloves hourly when doing the same task.

11. Hand washing with Single-use Gloves • Wash hands before and after wearing gloves. • Wash hands when changing to a new pair of gloves. • Sufficient time is always needed for effective hand washing.

12. Avoid Cross Contamination • Improper storage of ingredients can result in contamination. • Store ready-to-eat ingredients separate from raw ingredients. • Cover ready-to-eat ingredients properly.

13. Raw Versus Ready-to-Eat • Use separate cutting boards for raw food and ready-to-eat ingredients. Why? • Use clean and sanitized equipment for each different task.

14. Temperature Control • Keep hot foods hot and keep cold foods cold to control microorganism growth. • Pre-chilling of ingredients is a key to temperature control during some sandwich making.

15. Cold Holding Temperature • If you are “cold holding” a sandwich ingredient, it must be stored at 41º F or below.

16. Hot Holding Temperature If you are “hot holding” a sandwich ingredient, it must be held at 140º F or above.

17. Cooling Requirements Cooked foods must be cooled: • To 70°F or lower in 2 hours. AND • From 70°F to 41°F or below in 4 more hours.

18. Cooling Requirements • Foods at room temperature must be cooled to: • 41°F or below within 4 hours. • In summary, different handling processes may require different cooling processes.

19. Cooling Methods • Shallow pans • Separate Foods • Rapid cooling • Ice Baths • Addition of ice • Other effective means: • Loosely cover or uncovered if protected from overhead contamination

20. Cleaning Food Contact Surfaces • Clean and sanitize slicers, choppers, and other equipment after each use, before next use. • Cleaning and sanitizing is required between raw animal species.

21. 5 Steps to Effective Cleaning • Pre-clean • Wash • Rinse • Sanitize • Air dry

22. Cleaning Ingredient Storage Areas • It is important to clean sandwich ingredient storage areas such as: • Full service display cases • Refrigeration areas • Self service display cases

23. Cleaning Packaging Equipment • Properly clean and sanitize packaging equipment and packaging areas. • Properly store all packaging materials to protect from contamination.

24. Storing Cleaned Equipment • Store cleaned and sanitized equipment so surfaces are protected. • Avoid storing already cleaned and sanitized items where they may get recontaminated.

25. Wiping Cloths • Store wiping cloths in properly mixed chemical sanitizer when not in use. • Store wiping cloths and sanitizer in properly labeled containers when not in use. • Change sanitizer in container when necessary.

26. Sandwiches with Raw Produce • Fresh produce must be thoroughly washed in water to reduce contaminants before use. • Use a clean produce sink for this step.

27. Raw Produce Washing • If chemicals are used in the washing step, the final step must be a rinse with water to remove residues as much as possible.

28. Pre-washed Produce Ingredients • Pre-washed produce must be prepared and stored safely

29. Fresh Ingredients • Do not exceed the manufacturer’s use-by-date for each ingredient such as ready-to-eat deli meats. • Do not combine “old” sandwich items with “new” ones. • Some prepared sandwich items held more than 24 hours, may require date marking.

30. Transportation • Properly protect sandwiches while being transported to prevent any environmental contamination. • Provide proper temperature control for sandwiches while in transport.

31. Listeria Concerns • 95% of individuals who are infected with Listeria monocytogenes are hospitalized • This disease is the leading cause of death from a foodborne illness

32. Listeria Control in Sandwich Making • Listeria is a microorganism that is associated with ready-to-eat sandwich ingredients. • Clean and sanitize to eliminate Listeria.

33. Listeria Controls • Effective and frequent cleaning process. • Cleaning “Flow” • Effective sanitizer use. • Safe product storage.

34. Environmental Sources of Listeria • Contaminated equipment • Raw product and ingredients • Air • Water • Sewage • Pests • People • Dirt/soil

35. Facility Sources of Listeria • Floors • Drains • Moisture from cooling units • Cleaning Tools • Walls • Ceilings • Hollow equipment parts • Slicers/Dicers • Underside of conveyors

36. More Facility Sources of Listeria • Knives/Holders • Air ducts • Refrigerated areas • Wooden Pallets • Cracks in storage equipment • Movable equipment • Maintenance tools

37. Self-Service Sandwich Displays • Food handlers should minimize bare hand contact with ready-to-eat food. • Instruct consumers to use utensils provided for handling condiments by posting signs.

38. Self-Service Sandwich Condiments • Monitor temperatures of condiment display units. • Condiments such as ketchup may be individual packages. • Bulk ingredients must be filled and dispensed to prevent contamination.

39. Cleaning Self Service Sandwich Displays • Clean and sanitize at least every 4 hours: • Utensils • Tongs • Food contact surfaces—counter tops, cutting boards • What else?

40. Consumer Reheat of Sandwiches • Clean and sanitize microwave as needed. • Make sure sandwich labels include proper reheat instructions.

41. Labeling Prepackaged Sandwiches • Product identity • Complete ingredients and possibly nutrition facts • Address information of manufacturer • Net weight

42. Labeling Prepackaged Sandwiches Continued • Quality assurance dating for the consumer and for proper rotation with prepackaged product. • Lot coding/production dates for recall purposes. • Consumer reheat instructions for immediate consumption if applicable.

43. Safe Vending Storage • Good sanitation and servicing practices are key to safe products. • When loading, keep product out of refrigerator for as short a time as possible. • Rotate product so that quality assurance dates are not exceeded.

44. Vending Storage of Sandwiches • Machine must have easily readable thermometers. • Maintain cold foods at 41°F or below and hot foods at 140°F or above. • Some machines may have automatic shutoff.

45. General Vending • Condiments—individual or dispensers. • All food must be properly labeled. • Only a properly working machine can vend a safe product.

46. Summary for Safety • Ready-to-Eat (RTE) sandwiches do not have a “kill step” or a cook step. • 5 step cleaning process of equipment is needed for thorough cleaning. • Controls includes effective employee hygiene, safe use of single-use gloves and safe ingredient storage. • The food handling process must controlmicroorganisms such as Listeria.

47. Wrap-Up • Do you have any questions? • What information was new? • How will you apply what you learned today? • Posttest