Cleaning and routines · CR-06

Fridge and Freezer Temperature Log

A free printable fridge and freezer temperature log — twice-daily readings, with space for the corrective action taken and who took it.

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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

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What this sheet is for

Show that an appliance was checked, twice a day, by someone who wrote down what they saw. A run of readings shows drift long before one reading shows a failure.

Who it is for

Cafes, kitchens, childminders, care and community settings, and households keeping an eye on an appliance they suspect is failing.

How to use it

Write your own target for each appliance in the box at the top, taken from the manufacturer's instructions or the rules that apply to you.
Take a reading twice a day, at roughly the same times, and record the time.
Mark whether the reading was inside your target.
Where it was not, write what you did about it and initial the line.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: Twice-daily readings for a fridge and a freezer, with room to write what was done when a reading was not where it should have been.

We do not print target temperatures. No target temperature is printed on this sheet, deliberately. What your appliance should be running at comes from its own manufacturer's instructions; if you are keeping temperature records for a food business, it comes from the rules that apply where you trade. Write your own target in the box below and read every line against that.

Write-on lines: Premises or household · Appliance · Location · Fridge target · Freezer target · Target taken from

Readings — one line per reading — morning and afternoon

Table, 11 rows: Date · Time · Fridge · Freezer · In range? · Action taken if not · By

Questions

What temperature should a fridge or freezer be kept at?

This sheet does not say, and that is deliberate. The right setting comes from the manufacturer's instructions for your appliance, and if you are keeping records for a food business, from the food safety rules that apply where you trade. Those rules differ between countries and regions, so check yours and write the figure on the sheet yourself.

Is a paper log still acceptable when the fridge has a digital display?

A display shows you now; a log shows you the trend, which is what tells you an appliance is drifting before it fails. Whether paper is acceptable for a particular business is a question for the rules that apply to you.