Printable blank fridge temperature sheet

We provide you with a blank fridge temperature sheet available for free download and printing. This regulatory document is an essential tool allowing restaurateurs (collective, traditional, fast food), caterers, and other food professionals to perform daily temperature recordings of your cold storage units.

What is the purpose of a temperature recording? How should it be done? Beyond paper fridge temperature sheets, are there other tools that facilitate the control work of your staff and ensure traceability of your data in case of sanitary inspection? These are some of the questions answered in this article.

Why record the temperature of my cold storage units? ❄️

Temperature recordings on the fridge control sheet are mandatory for sanitary and regulatory reasons.

Control of health risks related to the preservation of food products and ingredients

You thereby ensure that the cold chain for the food you store is not broken and guarantee the sanitary safety of your customers.

These recordings allow you to check that the positive and negative storage temperatures of your perishable animal-origin products, highly perishable plant-origin products, and other frozen products from fishing comply with regulations or, in the absence of regulations, with temperatures set by the packager. These reference data contribute to establishing the expiration dates (DLC) and can be consulted in the good hygiene practice guides (GBPH).

An obligation to implement means compliant with the HACCP method

Temperature control recorded on the printable blank fridge temperature sheet is part of the HACCP method (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point), a system of hazard analysis and critical control points. It is a regulatory means implemented to ensure control of sanitary risks. Concretely, zero risk does not exist, and the HACCP kitchen method establishes strict vigilance on all these critical points.

What does recording the temperature of your cold storage units involve? ?

How to take my fridge/cold storage temperature readings? ✏️

The person in charge must have a previously printed blank fridge temperature sheet and note the temperature shown on the thermometer placed inside the cold storage unit. The proper functioning of the thermometer must be checked regularly, and it should be calibrated at least once a year to ensure the displayed temperature corresponds to reality.

Other measurement methods are available, such as the laser thermometer, which takes the temperature of a product inside each cold storage unit, or Octopus HACCP electronic temperature sensors that you can install in each refrigeration unit. Simpler, safer, and less time-consuming, these devices connected to the Octopus HACCP app automatically take readings every 10 minutes and alert you by SMS in case of anomaly.

What information should I write on my temperature control sheet?

The blank printable fridge temperature sheet is a document containing many useful details for managing health risks related to monitoring the temperature of cold storage units, as well as regulatory information in case of inspection. ✅

At the beginning of the month, the manager prints as many fridge temperature control sheets as there are cold storage units ❄️ to monitor. On each sheet, they indicate the name of the cold storage unit associated with the document, the month, the year, and their own name. Then, the operator responsible for daily recordings must note:

• Their name or initials,
• The observed temperature,
• The corrective action in case of a problem.

How long should I keep my printed temperature control sheets?

Regulations do not impose a maximum retention period for the fridge temperature control sheet. It is recommended to keep them for one year to be safe in case of hygiene inspection, to ensure traceability over the period and to build a history of any anomalies. ?

Temperature recording sheets to provide during sanitary inspections

Temperature records, essential for managing health risks related to the preservation of food products and ingredients, must be provided during hygiene inspections. You must then submit the fridge temperature control sheets for the requested period so that the inspector can verify the regularity of the recordings and their compliance ✅. Any anomalies and corrective actions taken must also be noted:

• Relocation of products to another cold storage unit if the product temperature was still acceptable,
• Reduction of expiration dates,
• Immediate processing,
• Destruction of products if the temperature was non-compliant.

What alternatives exist to paper temperature controls?

The blank printable fridge temperature sheet is a paper support whose use is not optimal because it requires regular printing of documents, daily involvement of a person, and archiving of recordings. Furthermore, paper records require re-entry into your IT system to digitize data in order to simplify access and ensure traceability of your food products and ingredients. ?

The Octopus HACCP software, #1 for the HACCP method, saves you time and simplifies your life! Thanks to its intuitive interface designed with your activity constraints in mind, this mobile application allows you to record all your HACCP data, including the temperature of each of your cold storage units, on mobile and tablet with a single click. Connected to temperature sensors, your recordings are done automatically, and alerts are sent in real time for effective anomaly management. This connected solution allows paperless management of your temperature recordings ?. You quickly access the history of each cold storage unit and can provide all useful HACCP data during inspections.

With the Octopus HACCP mobile and tablet solution, you can digitalize your sanitary control plan (PMS) and centralize all traceability data (receipt control, label recording, expiration date printing), temperature (cold storage and cooling monitoring), and hygiene procedures for various areas (kitchen cleaning plan, pantry, dishwashing…).

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