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Equipment

  • Is food area & equipment in good condition and well maintained?

  • Are kitchen areas clean and tidy and do staff clean as they go including difficult areas?

  • Is equipment kept clean and easy to maintain?

  • Are all food and hand contact surfaces kept clean and disinfected regulalry? (e.g. work surfaces, fridge handles, thermometers & utensils)

  • Are chemicals sored and used correctly?

  • Are seperate cleaning cloths used in different areas? If they are re-used are they laundered in boil wash?

FOOD STORAGE

  • Are deliveries appropriatey stored immediatley?

  • Is ready to eat food stored above/ seperate to raw foods in fridges and freezers?

  • Is food in fridges and freezrs covered?

  • Are all high risk foods labelled and dated correctly, checked daily & stock rotated?

  • Are dried goods stored and covered correctly?

  • Is outer packaging removed of ready from to eat food before being placed in clean area?

  • Are fridges and freezers working correctly? fridge below 8 degrees

  • Are fridges and freezers defrosted regualrly?

FOOD HANDLING

  • Are ready-to-eat foods prepared in separate clean areas?

  • Are separate utensils and equipment used for ready-to-eat foods unless disinfected in a dishwasher? Is the dishwasher in good working order and regularly serviced?<br>

  • Are staff handling food as little as possible? e.g. Using tongs

  • If colour coded equipment is provided (e.g. utensils, chopping boards), is it correctly used?

  • Are ready-to-eat foods kept separate on display and screened from customers?

  • Are frozen foods defrosted safely?

  • Is food cooled as quickly as possible away from raw food and other sources of contamination?

  • Are controls in place to prevent contamination by chemicals/foreign bodies e.g. glass, packaging materials, bolts, rust, cleaning chemicals?

  • Are staff aware of food allergy hazards?

  • Are controls being followed to ensure staff wash hands after handing raw food and before touching surfaces, such as the cash register?

  • Is a separate probe thermometer used for ready-to-eat foods and properly cleaned/disinfected before use?<br>

PERSONAL HYGIENE

  • Are staff fIt to work, wearing clean, suitable protective clothing and following personal hygiene rules particularly hand washing?

  • Are wash hand basins clean with hot water, soap and hygienic hand drying facilities?

  • Are wash hand basins used for hand washing only and is effective handwashing by staff regularly observed?

PEST CONTROL

  • Are kitchens pest proofed and free from any signs of pests?

  • Is food properly protected from risk of contamination by pests?

WASTE CONTROL

  • Are waste bins clearly away from prep areas?

  • Are waste bins kept clean internally and externally?

  • Are food waste bins and general waste bins used correctly?

PAPERWORK

  • Is all paper work for EHO checks properly filled out?

  • Is all paper work up to date?

  • Are temperature checks being conducted?

  • Has corrective actions been taken if required?

  • Are allergens on the app and in the vendors records up to date and correct to the current menu?

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