Fridge/freezer temperature record sheets carry two kinds of appliance with two limits, and the sheet has to show both. 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. The fridge's limit is the zone's lower figure; the freezer's is the plan's, from the equipment and the food. Each appliance gets a line per check: reading, time, initials, action if out. The danger zone temperature log planner on this site prints the sheets sized to your appliances, free and without an account.
The fridge lines
The reading must stay below the top of the danger zone from the FSA guidance cited below. A reading above is the plan's corrective action: check the food, adjust, call the engineer, discard as the plan says, and recheck.
The freezer lines
The plan's own limit, set from the equipment and the products it holds, printed on the sheet beside the fridge limit. A freezer that is slowly failing shows as a drift across the month's readings rather than a single miss, which is why the sheet is read at the end of the month as well as written every day.
Sizing
The planner takes the count of fridges and freezers and the checks per day and prints the rows for the month, with the two limits at the top and the total number of checks the month will produce. A generic six-line grid is the one that runs out at the fourth appliance.
Keeping
The completed sheets are the inspector's evidence under management of food safety. ProbeLedger Pro keeps the readings per appliance 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 fridge/freezer temperature record sheets
Same times for fridge and freezer?
The plan decides; most kitchens read both at the same checks.
What if the freezer's thermometer is broken?
A probe between packs until replaced, recorded with a note, and the plan's action.
Are the sheets free?
Yes, without an account.