CCA CCA Regulatory Compliance & Standards 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) primarily shifted food safety focus from:
- Reactive response to foodborne illness outbreaks to preventive controls (Correct answer)
- Voluntary compliance to mandatory certification
- Federal oversight to state-level enforcement only
- Restaurant inspections to farm-level audits exclusively
Correct answer: Reactive response to foodborne illness outbreaks to preventive controls
FSMA shifted the US food safety system from responding to foodborne illness outbreaks to preventing them through hazard analysis and preventive controls.
Question 2: A HACCP plan requires identifying Critical Control Points (CCPs). A CCP is defined as:
- Any step in food preparation
- A step where control can be applied to prevent, eliminate, or reduce a food safety hazard to an acceptable level (Correct answer)
- The final cooking step only
- The receiving and storage phase exclusively
Correct answer: A step where control can be applied to prevent, eliminate, or reduce a food safety hazard to an acceptable level
A CCP is a specific point in the food process where control measures can be applied to prevent, eliminate, or reduce a food safety hazard to an acceptable level.
Question 3: The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires a CCA to ensure compliance with:
- Equipment safety certification
- Minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor standards (Correct answer)
- Food labeling and allergen disclosure requirements
- Building and fire code compliance
Correct answer: Minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor standards
The FLSA establishes federal standards for minimum wage, overtime compensation, and restrictions on child labor that all employers must follow.
Question 4: Which US federal agency is responsible for regulating meat, poultry, and egg products in foodservice?
- FDA
- EPA
- USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) (Correct answer)
- CDC
Correct answer: USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) regulates and inspects meat, poultry, and processed egg products in the United States.
Question 5: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on:
- Age and disability
- Race, color, religion, sex, and national origin (Correct answer)
- Years of experience and educational background
- Citizenship status and criminal history exclusively
Correct answer: Race, color, religion, sex, and national origin
Title VII prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin in all aspects of employment.
Question 6: A Material Safety Data Sheet (SDS/MSDS) for cleaning chemicals used in a kitchen must be:
- Kept confidential in the manager's office
- Readily accessible to all employees who may be exposed to hazardous chemicals (Correct answer)
- Filed annually with OSHA headquarters
- Destroyed after the chemical container is empty
Correct answer: Readily accessible to all employees who may be exposed to hazardous chemicals
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard requires SDS to be readily accessible to employees who work with or near hazardous chemicals.
CCA CCA Regulatory Compliance & Standards 1
The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) primarily shifted food safety focus from: