Food Safety Checklist

A free Excel resource from the OPERIX operational library.

Review before using

Use the food safety checklist workbook as a starting point for your operating procedures. Open the original file to review its worksheets, inspection items and available recording fields before using it with your team.

OPERIX_Food_Safety_Checklist.xlsx

How to use it

Choose the procedures relevant to your business and equipment.
Adapt the checklist to your internal standards and local requirements.
Assign responsibility, record the date and keep completed records.
Follow up on observations and review the checklist regularly.

The preview opens the original Google Drive file. Download the same unchanged Excel file directly from this website.

INSIDE THE ORIGINAL WORKBOOK

Preview the Checklist

1 checklist worksheets · 70 items in the original workbook

The first eight items from each checklist worksheet are shown below in the original file’s language. Download the unchanged workbook for all items, recording fields and instructions.

Food Safety Checklist70 items

Employees wear clean and proper uniform including closed-toe shoes.
Effective hair restraints are properly worn.
Fingernails are short, unpolished and clean (no artificial nails).
Jewelry is limited to a plain ring, such as a wedding band; watches and bracelets are not worn.
Hands are washed properly, frequently and at appropriate times.
Burns, wounds, sores, scabs, and splints are covered with waterproof bandages and completely covered with a foodservice glove while handling food.
Eating, drinking, chewing gum and smoking are allowed only in designated areas away from preparation, service, storage and warewashing areas.
Employees use disposable tissues when coughing or sneezing and then immediately wash hands.

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