Kids food safety quiz: Answers

Best answer: Yes, always.

Before you prepare, serve or eat food, even just a snack, make sure your hands are clean and dry.  

Learn more: Hand Washing (PDF, 233 KB).  

Best answer: Yes, always.

You must always wash your hands after touching raw meat as it removes harmful bacteria and viruses that could spread to your food or other surfaces. 

Correct answers:

• You should never use an egg if it looks cracked.
• You should keep eggs in their carton in the fridge.  

Storing eggs in the fridge stops growth of any bacteria that might be on or in the egg. (Eggs don’t need to be refrigerated for the short time they are in a supermarket, although some stores choose to.)

Keeping eggs in their carton protects them from absorbing smells and tastes from your fridge – it also helps you keep track of the best before date.

Cracked eggs are more likely to have harmful bacteria (germs) inside.

You shouldn’t wash eggs as it’s easier for bacteria (germs) to get inside the egg when they’re wet.    

Learn more: Why egg safety.  

Correct answers:

• Use by dates show the last day a food is safe to eat.  
• Best before means the food is still safe to eat after the date, but it might not be as fresh.

Food labels have date marks to tell us about their shelf life. The marks show how long food can be kept before it’s no longer safe to eat (use by), or begins to lose its flavour or texture (best before).  As long as it doesn’t look or smell bad, food past a best before date is safe to eat.

Learn more: Date marking and storage advice.  

Correct answer: To stop bacteria (germs) from growing and making people sick.  

Keeping cold foods cold is one of the most important rules in preventing sickness from food.  This is because food poisoning bacteria (germs), which live on some foods, don’t like being cold. In a fridge at 4°C their systems slow right down – it’s a bit like sending them to sleep.

But if you take them out of the fridge and put them in what we call the temperature danger zone, between 5°C and 60°C, bacteria will grow quickly and could make you sick.

See: Kids in the kitchen. 

Best answers:  

• So I don’t get sick.  
• To keep my family and friends safe.

Food safety is important to prevent getting sick from food, which is known as food poisoning. Food poisoning can be dangerous for some people. Food safety is also important to maintain good health.

Learn more: Key tips. 

Correct answer: Wash my hands with soap before eating or cooking .

Good hand washing removes dirt, leftover food, grease and harmful germs and viruses from your hands. It is the easiest and one of the best ways to reduce the risk of food poisoning.

Learn more: Hand Washing (PDF, 233 KB).