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Avoiding Bare-Hand Contact with Ready-to-Eat Foods

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Use a barrier (gloves, tongs, deli paper) for all ready-to-eat food contact.

About this skill

FDA Food Code prohibition on bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat foods. Use single-use gloves, tongs, forks, spoons, deli paper, or approved dispensing utensils.

11 total steps
6 critical steps
Time limit: 2 min

What graders are watching for

  • 1
    Use tongs or deli paper for bread
  • 2
    Use a scoop for ice
  • 3
    Use gloves or tongs for salad and fruit

Common mistakes (and how to avoid them)

  • !
    Hand-touching the bread
  • !
    Fingers in the ice bin
  • !
    Using the same gloves for raw and ready-to-eat

Practice this skill step-by-step

The static walkthrough above is the marketing overview. The full step-by-step interactive practice (with critical-step highlighting, per-step "why this matters" rationale, and what graders watch for on each individual step) is unlocked with a subscription.

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