Food safety fridge temperature UK is answered by the FSA's danger zone figure. The Food Standards Agency's cooking-your-food guidance, cited below, gives the danger zone as between 8 and 63°C, where bacterial growth occurs, and says leftovers must be cooled and put in the fridge within two hours and eaten within 48 hours. Chilled food is kept below the zone's lower figure, and the plan sets the fridge's own target below that so a normal fluctuation does not breach the limit. The record is each check against the limit with the action when a reading is over. The danger zone temperature log planner on this site prints the record sized to the fridges, free and without an account.
The limit and the target
The limit is the top of the danger zone from the guidance cited below; the target is the plan's, set lower so that door-opening and defrost cycles stay inside the limit. The sheet carries the limit; the plan states the target.
The check
Each fridge on the plan's schedule: reading, time, initials, in limit or not, on a sheet that carries the limit. The appliance's thermometer for the routine check, verified against a calibrated probe at the interval the plan sets, with the calibration recorded so the readings can be trusted.
The action
A reading over the limit: check the food's temperature and how long it has been over, adjust the fridge, call the engineer, discard as the plan says, recheck and record all of it with who did what and when. The action written in the plan in advance is what makes the record evidence rather than a note.
The record
Kept for every trading day, read for drift as well as misses. ProbeLedger Pro keeps the readings per fridge with the actions; the planner prints the sheets. FoodDocs lists its Lite plan at $99 per site per month billed monthly or $79 billed annually, and its Standard plan at $199 per site per month, with a free 14-day trial, on its pricing page cited below. ProbeLedger Pro is $49 per month for the whole site.
Questions people ask about food safety fridge temperature uk
Is 5°C the legal fridge temperature?
The FSA guidance cited here gives the danger zone's lower figure as the limit; the plan's target sits below it.
How often should I check?
The plan decides; opening and mid-shift is a common choice.
Is the planner free?
Yes, without an account.