Food safety management system
- Checklist items
- 72
- Conformance score, percent
- 93
- Audit minutes
- 140
Every figure on this page is computed from the inputs you enter, by the method stated below it. The only constants ProbeLedger supplies are the published temperatures, holding limits, allergen list and HACCP principles, each cited where it is used. The defaults are a worked example to replace with your own.
A food safety management system is the written system a food business runs on: the hazard analysis and the plan, the prerequisite programmes for cleaning, pests, training and suppliers, the daily and weekly checks, and the records that prove all of it was done. In Great Britain it is what the environmental health officer asks to see; in the US it is what the health inspector and, for a producer, the FDA expect. For a small business it does not need to be a binder the size of a phone book. It needs to be the checks the kitchen does, written down, followed, and kept.
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Audit the system you actually run, area by area
Six areas with twelve checklist items each, from delivery to cleaning, is the shape of a self-audit a small business can finish in a morning. The food safety audit checklist tool on this site counts the items, prices the time and scores the result, so the audit is a figure that can be compared with last quarter's rather than a feeling.
Keep the daily checks as records, not tasks
Opening checks, fridge readings, hot-holding readings, cleaning sign-offs and closing checks are the system in motion. Each one recorded against the unit, the day and the person is the evidence; a tick on a laminated sheet is not. Pro keeps them that way and reminds the person who owes the next one.
Review the system when the business changes
A new dish, a new supplier, a new piece of equipment or a new member of staff each changes the system. Re-running the hazard analysis for the change, updating the allergen matrix and re-briefing the team is the review step the system requires, and the software should carry the date it was last done.
Food safety management system: common questions
Is there free food safety management system software?
The tools on this site size the plan, build the matrix, plan the logs and score the audit free, with no account, and you can print the results. ProbeLedger Pro adds the record: every check and audit filed against the site and the day, with the sign-offs, the reminders and the export.
What does a food safety management system have to include?
A hazard analysis and the plan that controls the hazards, the prerequisite programmes (cleaning, pest control, training, suppliers, allergens), the daily and weekly checks, the corrective actions, and the records of all of it. The tools on this site size each of those parts as figures.
How often should the system be audited?
A short self-audit every quarter and a full one every year is a common rhythm, plus one whenever the business changes. The audit checklist tool prices the time so the rhythm is affordable rather than aspirational.
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Keeping what you make
The answers are free forever. Pro turns them into your food safety records: your logo on them, no watermark, every log and plan filed against the site and the day, reminders to the people who owe a check or a signature, and clean exports when the inspector or the auditor asks.
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- Save and reopen later
- Your logo and site name on it
- Bulk export records
- Check and sign-off reminders emailed to your team
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A food safety management system is only as good as its worst-kept record, and the audit checklist on this site exists so that a business finds that record before the inspector does.
Food safety audit checklist (Checklist items): 72, ProbeLedger, worked example.
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