Fridge temp sheets are the shortest record in the HACCP system and the one most often found blank. The sheet that gets filled has one line per fridge per check, the limit printed at the top and a column for the action when a reading is over it. 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 danger zone temperature log planner on this site prints the sheets sized to your fridges and checks per day, free and without an account; the paid product keeps the completed ones.
The line
Fridge, reading, time, initials, in limit or not, action, recheck. The last three are blank on most days and are the reason the sheet exists on the day they are not; a sheet without them records the miss and never the fix, which is the half an inspector wants to see.
The limit
The top of the danger zone from the FSA guidance cited below, printed on the sheet, so the judgement is made at the fridge by the person holding the pen rather than looked up later. The plan's own target sits below it, and the sheet can carry both figures.
The sizing
The planner takes the fridge count and the checks per day and prints the month's rows per fridge, plus the total number of checks the month will produce, so the record fits the kitchen rather than the other way round. A generic grid runs out at the fourth fridge or the third week.
Keeping the sheets
The completed sheets are what the inspector reads under management of food safety, with the actions as evidence a miss was handled. ProbeLedger Pro keeps the readings per fridge; 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 temp sheets
How many times a day?
The plan decides; opening and mid-shift is a common choice.
Fridge thermometer or probe?
The appliance's thermometer for the routine check, verified against a calibrated probe at the interval the plan sets.
Are the sheets free?
Yes, without an account.