A fridge temperature record sheet is the simplest record in the HACCP system and the one most often found with gaps. One line per fridge per check: the reading, the time, the initials, and the action if the reading is out of limit. 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 sheet sized to your fridges and checks per day, with the limit on it, free and without an account; the paid product keeps the completed sheets.
What goes on each line
The fridge's name, the reading from the fridge's own thermometer or a probe, the time, who checked, and, where the reading is above the limit, the corrective action taken and when the reading was rechecked. A line with a reading and nothing else is a number without a story.
The limit on the sheet
Printed at the top so the person checking judges the reading against it without looking anything up: the top of the danger zone from the FSA guidance cited below is the line cold storage must stay below. A sheet with no limit is a sheet nobody acts on.
How many lines a day
The plan sets the checks per day per fridge; the planner on this site takes the fridge count and the frequency and prints the sheet's rows and the month's total, so the record is sized to the kitchen rather than a generic grid.
The completed sheet is the record
Kept for the period the plan states, it is what the inspector reads under management of food safety. ProbeLedger Pro keeps the readings against the fridge with the corrective 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 temperature record sheet
How often should a fridge be checked?
The plan decides; twice a day, at opening and mid-shift, is a common choice for a small kitchen.
Fridge thermometer or probe?
The fridge's own thermometer for the routine check, verified against a calibrated probe at intervals the plan sets.
Is the sheet free?
Yes, without an account.