{"id":1210,"date":"2018-07-30T08:31:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T13:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safefoodtraining.com\/minnesota\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2018-07-09T09:45:27","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T14:45:27","slug":"the-mn-servsafe-certified-food-manager-and-contaminated-product","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minnesota.safefoodtraining.com\/2026\/servsafe-mn\/the-mn-servsafe-certified-food-manager-and-contaminated-product\/","title":{"rendered":"The MN ServSafe Certified Food Manager and Contaminated Product"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a MN ServSafe certified food manager, you take care to ensure the food you serve is safe for your customers, but there may be occasions when certain things beyond your control could potentially endanger your customers. Your shipment of fresh spinach may look clean or your case of micro greens may be labeled ready to serve, but microscopic particles of E.coli and fertilizer from the soil may be hiding on the surface. Ground beef shows no signs if it has been handled by an infected production worker during packaging, and farm fresh eggs do not come with a warning flag that their surface has come into contact with salmonella. This week, we’d like to offer a few tips to help you keep items commonly contaminated during production safe for your guests.<\/p>\n

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MN ServSafe Certified Food Manager and Product Unknowingly Contaminated During Production<\/h3>\n

There are many cases where contaminated product is only discovered after an outbreak of food-borne illness has begun. A lot of outbreaks trace back to a certain ingredient’s origin rather than the food service provider who prepared the final product. So if the initial contamination comes from outside of your facility, is there anything a MN ServSafe<\/a> certified food manager can do to prevent a guest from consuming contaminated product?<\/p>\n

Even if a raw product contains undetectable pathogens, there are steps you can take to keep it safe, even if the contamination has not come to light. Here are a few pointers for commonly infected items:<\/p>\n