A fridge freezer temperature record is one record for two kinds of appliance with two different limits, and the sheet has to carry 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. Each fridge and each freezer gets a line per check: the reading, the time, the initials, and where the reading is out of limit for that appliance, the action and the recheck. The danger zone temperature log planner on this site prints the record sized to your appliances and checks per day, free and without an account.
Fridges
The reading must stay below the top of the danger zone from the FSA guidance cited below. The line carries the fridge's name, the reading, the time and the initials, and the action column is used when the reading is above the limit: check the food, adjust, call the engineer, discard as the plan says.
Freezers
A freezer's limit is the plan's, set from the equipment and the food it holds, and the line is the same shape: reading, time, initials, action when out. A freezer that is slowly failing shows as a drift across the month's lines, which is why the record is read as well as written.
Sizing the record
The planner takes the count of fridges and freezers and the checks per day the plan sets and prints the month's rows, so the record fits the kitchen. A generic grid with six lines is the one that runs out on the fourth appliance.
Keeping it
The completed record is what the inspector reads under management of food safety, with the corrective actions as the evidence that a miss was handled. ProbeLedger Pro keeps the readings per appliance with the actions; the free planner prints the sheet. 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
Do I record the freezer as often as the fridge?
The plan decides; many kitchens check both at the same times.
What if the freezer thermometer is broken?
A probe reading of the product between packs until it is replaced, recorded with a note; the plan's corrective action applies.
Is the record free?
Yes, without an account.