Food Safety

Category - Food handling

Bill is preparing deviled eggs for an upcoming holiday brunch; he makes the eggs from scratch for use at lunch. Once he is done preparing the eggs, he then opens a package of dairy pastries to serve as a side item. What would be maximum date of consumption for the items that were prepared and opened?
  1. The discard date would be the same day as they are both TCS food.
  2. The discard date would be on different days because the base ingredients are different.
  3. Within the same calendar week from the day they were prepared
  4. Both Choices A and C
  5. Both Choices B and C
Explanation
Answer: D - The maximum date of consumption for the deviled eggs and prepackaged dairy pastries would occur on the same day as they are both Time and Temperature Control for Safety (TCS) foods and would be within the same calendar week from the day they were prepared. Regardless of whether the food is hand prepared or opened as ready to eat directly from a manufacturer’s packaging , both foods are categorized as TCS foods and therefore are subject to the same safety guidelines.
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