SOP Food Safety Hygiene Checklist: Use of Thermometers

To prevent serving hazardous food, cooking must be done properly - this includes sufficient cooking time, at a high enough temperature to eliminate pathogens and bacteria. In working with food, the temperature danger zone represents temperatures for specific foods where bacteria are likely to grow, and the potential of foodborne illness increases significantly. It is critical that the proper use of thermometers be undertaken to measure the temperature of food being prepared with an accurate reading of cooking temperatures or even for the storage of food. Those who work in food service should regularly measure temperature with a well-calibrated thermometer, making sure to accurately measure the temperature of stored food, while preparing food, and taking the final temperature of food before it is served. The SOP Food Safety Hygiene Checklist: Use of Thermometers app is incredibly helpful in walking personnel though evaluating the safety of dishes through using temperature indicators from thermometers that have been subject to proper calibration and testing. The app highlights how temperatures should be taken, when they should be taken, how thermometers should be stored, the various time to measure the temperature of food, the depth at which one should measure the temperature, and more. Proper measurements and use of thermometers can help to prevent foodborne illness, creating a safe dining experience for customers.

Check out the other SOP Food Safety Hygiene Checklist in the GoCanvas store here.