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  • Prepared by

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Personal Dress and Hygiene

  • Employees wear proper uniform including proper shoes

  • Hair restraint is worn

  • Fingernails are short, unpolished, and clean

  • Jewelry is limited to watch, simple earrings, and plain ring

  • Hands are washed or gloves are changed at critical points

  • Open sores, cuts, or splints and bandages on hands are completely covered while handling food

  • Hands are washed thoroughly using proper hand-washing procedures at critical points

  • Smoking is observed only in designated areas away from preparation, service, storage, and warewashing areas

  • Eating, drinking, or chewing gum are observed only in designated areas away from work areas

  • Employees take appropriate action when coughing or sneezing

  • Disposable tissues are used and disposed of when coughing/blowing nose

Food Storage and Dry Storage

  • Temperature is between 50°F and 70°F

  • All food and paper supplies are 6 to 8 inches off the floor

  • All food is labeled with name and delivery date

  • The FIFO (First In, First Out) method of inventory is being practiced

  • There are no bulging or leaking canned goods in storage

  • Food is protected from contamination

  • All surfaces and floors are clean

  • Chemicals are stored away from food and other food-related supplies

Large Equipment

  • Food slicer is clean to sight and touch

  • Food slicer is sanitized between uses when used with potentially hazardous foods

  • All other pieces of equipment are clean to sight and touch — equipment on serving lines, storage shelves, cabinets, ovens, ranges, fryers, and steam equipment

  • Exhaust hood and filters are clean

Refrigerator, Freezer, and Milk Cooler

  • Thermometer is conspicuous and accurate

  • Temperature is accurate for a piece of equipment

  • Food is stored 6 inches off floor in walk-ins

  • Unit is clean

  • Proper chilling procedures have been practiced

  • All food is properly wrapped, labeled, and dated

  • The FIFO (First In, First Out) method of inventory is being practiced

Food Handling

  • Frozen food is thawed under refrigeration or in cold running water

  • Food is not allowed to be in the “temperature danger zone” for more than 4 hours

  • Food is tasted using proper method

  • Food is not allowed to become cross-contaminated

  • Food is handled with utensils, clean gloved hands, or clean hands

  • Utensils are handled to avoid touching parts that will be in direct contact with food

  • Reusable towels are used only for sanitizing equipment surfaces and not for drying hands, utensils, floor, etc

Utensils and Equipment

  • All small equipment and utensils, including cutting boards, are sanitized between uses

  • Small equipment and utensils are air dried

  • Work surfaces are clean to sight and touch

  • Work surfaces are washed and sanitized between uses

  • Thermometers are washed and sanitized between each use

  • Can opener is clean to sight and touch

  • Drawers and racks are clean

  • Small equipment is inverted, covered, or otherwise protected from dust or contamination when stored

Hot Holding

  • Unit is clean

  • Food is heated to 165°F before placing in hot holding

  • Temperature of food being held is above 140°F

  • Food is protected from contamination

Cleaning and Sanitizing

  • Three-compartment sink is used

  • Three-compartment sink is properly set up for warewashing (wash, rinse, sanitize)

  • Chlorine test kit or thermometer is used to check sanitizing rinse

  • The water temperatures are accurate

  • If heat sanitizing, the utensils are allowed to remain immersed in 170°F water for 30 seconds

  • If using chemical sanitizer, it is the proper dilution

  • The water is clean and free of grease and food particles

  • The utensils are allowed to air dry

  • Wiping cloths are stored in sanitizing solution while in use

Garbage Storage and Disposal

  • Kitchen garbage cans are clean

  • Garbage cans are emptied as necessary

  • Boxes and containers are removed from site

  • Loading dock and area around dumpster are clean

  • Dumpster is closed

Pest Control

  • Screens are on open windows and doors and in good repair

  • No evidence of pests is present

Completion

  • Overall Comments

  • Inspected by: (Name and Signature)

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