Search online for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pamphlet “Food Defect Action Level” and fi nd the acceptable levels of insect and rodent fi lth for fi ve of the food products in your kitchen. Follow up with additional research and find the test methods for insect and rodent filth.

What will be an ideal response?


Students will fi nd it interesting that a certain amount of insect and rodent fi lth is allowed in foods, especially processed foods such as peanut butter, and so it provides for a good discussion on how much, why, and what are the testing methods for this fi lth.

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The MOST-LIKELY way to be burned in an automotive shop is:

A. by radiators B. by fan motors C. by fan blades D. with hot engine coolant

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Technician A says that the automotive water pump is a positive displacement-type pump. Technician B says that the coolant mix should be a 50/50 split between antifreeze and water. Who is right?

A) Technician A only B) Technician B only C) Both technicians A and B D) Neither technician A nor B

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Which of the following is an example of an HCFC refrigerant?

A. R-12 B. R-402 C. R-22 D. R-134a

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