About Temperature Log
What food temperature records the law actually requires, which checks you must write down, and how long you have to keep them.
What is on this site
One question, "fridge temperature log sheet", answered with a checker that works on the page with no account, 4 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- Fridge and freezer temperature log: what to record: What a food business should record on a fridge temperature log, how often, what the target temperatures are, and what to write down when a reading is out of range.
- How long must you keep food temperature records?: The honest answer: retained Regulation 852/2004 says an appropriate period and sets no number. What FSA guidance says instead, and how to decide a retention period.
- Safer Food, Better Business: what the diary must show: How the FSA's SFBB pack works, what the diary has to contain, where CookSafe and Safe Catering apply instead, and when a full HACCP plan is expected instead.
- Food temperature rules in Scotland: how they differ: Scotland's hygiene regulations do not set an 8C chill limit and do require reheating to 82C. What that means for temperature records north of the border.
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Temperature Log is an independent site operated by Ellul Solutions Ltd. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the Food Standards Agency, Food Standards Scotland or any local authority, and nothing on it is legal advice. Food hygiene law is enforced locally and the right answer for your premises can depend on facts a website cannot see: confirm the position with your local authority food safety team. Every legal figure here carries the instrument it comes from and the date we read it.