What do you need to know?
• Keeping food at the right temperature prevents bugs from growing quickly.
• Some foods must be kept cold (chilled or frozen) to stop bugs growing.
• You need to know the difference between:
◦◦ foods you need to keep cold to keep them safe (e.g. milk), and
◦◦ foods you can keep cold so your customer enjoys them (e.g. beer).
• You need to know which foods must be kept cold. Find out from your supplier or food labels.
What do you need to do?
• Check daily that the food in your fridge is being kept at 5⁰C or lower.
• Monitor the temperature of the food in your fridge by: (tick as appropriate)
using a probe thermometer to check the temperature of food or other substance
(e.g. a container of water), or
using an infrared thermometer to measure the surface temperature of the food, or
using an automated system to monitor the internal temperature or surface temperature of your food.
• Check that food in the freezer is still frozen. You don’t have to record the temperature of the frozen food.
• Follow the 2-hour/4-hour rule, as shown in the diagram below.
• If transporting cold food always use: (tick as appropriate)
a freezer/chiller vehicle
a chilly bin with ice blocks
an insulated container
other ___________________________________
What do you need to show?
• Show your verifier:
◦◦ how you check the temperature of your food
or the internal temperature of your fridge(s),
◦◦ a record of your temperature checks.
