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Food Safety Temperature Checklist

A free Excel resource from the OPERIX operational library.

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Review before using

Use the food safety temperature 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_Temperature_Checklist.xlsx

How to use it

  1. Choose the procedures relevant to your business and equipment.
  2. Adapt the checklist to your internal standards and local requirements.
  3. Assign responsibility, record the date and keep completed records.
  4. 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 · 49 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 Checklist49 items
  1. Staff follow required handwashing procedures at designated times.
  2. Staff wear required clean work clothing and protective items for their assigned tasks.
  3. Food handlers report relevant illness or hygiene concerns according to site policy.
  4. Handwashing stations are accessible, clean, functional, and stocked with required supplies.
  5. Food handlers avoid practices that may contaminate food, utensils, or food-contact surfaces.
  6. Deliveries are checked for condition, packaging integrity, signs of contamination, and required records.
  7. Temperature-controlled deliveries are checked against the site's approved acceptance limits.
  8. Damaged, spoiled, out-of-limit, or otherwise unacceptable deliveries are rejected or isolated under site procedure.
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