Managing The Law Critical Checks 2013/2014

• MTL CRITICAL CHECKS

• Store

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

COUNTERS GENERAL

• Are the Counters Managers daily checks being completed correctly and do the records for today match your findings during the audit?

  Select 0 to 1 non-compliance 2 to 3 non compliances 4 to 5 non compliances 6 to 7 non compliances more than 8 non compliances clear falsification of records missing safe & legal record N/A

  • 0 to 1 non-compliance
  • 2 to 3 non compliances
  • 4 to 5 non compliances
  • 6 to 7 non compliances
  • more than 8 non compliances
  • clear falsification of records
  • missing safe & legal record
  • N/A

• When colleagues move between raw and ready to eat food counters, do they change aprons and wash their hands?

  Select Yes non compliant ready to eat to raw non compliant raw to ready to eat N/A

  • Yes
  • non compliant ready to eat to raw
  • non compliant raw to ready to eat
  • N/A

• Is the Safe &Legal record book being completed correctly and do the records for today match your findings during thr audit?

  Select Less than 5 non compliances 5 to 9 non compliances 10 to 14 non compliances 15 to 19 non compliances more than 20 non compliances clear falsification of records Missing safe and legal record N/A

  • Less than 5 non compliances
  • 5 to 9 non compliances
  • 10 to 14 non compliances
  • 15 to 19 non compliances
  • more than 20 non compliances
  • clear falsification of records
  • Missing safe and legal record
  • N/A

• Are there working fly killing unit(s) located in the counters area and no evidence of flying insects?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the counters areas free from pests and signs of pest damage?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

HOT DELI

• in relation to colleagues observed handling product, when they return to the counters area after a break, blow their nose, touch their hair, dispose of refuse using their hands, do they wash their hands using soap in the designated hand wash basin?

  Yes

  Non designated sink used

  Colleagues did not wash their hands when they should have

  N/A

• Is raw food kept apart from ready to eat food at ALL times during storage and handling?

  Yes

  Poor handling techniques leading to raw and ready to eat cross contamination risks

  Raw and ready to eat food not properly segregated in storage

  N/A

• Do colleagues always use non-touch techniques when handling ready to eat products?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all preparation surfaces clean and free from risks of contamination?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the right colour coded utensils (including knives) and chopping boards available and are colleagues aware of the correct colour to use?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a working, calibrated probe thermometer and the correct tolls to sanitise it available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the Hot Deli Hot holding times being complied with?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are hot deli end of cooking temperatures checked using the correct method and recorded in the A4 Hot Deli Temperature Record book for each cook?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are Hot Deli holding temperatures checked, following the correct procedure, and recorded in the Hot Deli Temperature Record book every hour?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the Hot Snacking end of cooking product tenoeratures recorded in the A4 Hot snacking Temperature record book for each cook?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the Hot Snacking Hot holding times being complied with?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are Hot Snacking holding temperatures checked, following the correct procedure, and recorded in the Hot Snacking Temperature Record book every hour?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the stored products within date code?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the correct cleaning cloths available to clean preparation surfaces and equipment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do colleagues have and use the correct Ecolab chemicals and is the correct PPE used?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Safe & Legal record book being completed correctly and do the records for today match your findings during the audit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

FOOD TO GO PREP ROOM - GENERAL

• Is the safe and legal record book being completed correctly (any relevant checks for food to go should be checked for both counters and food to go). Do the records for today match your findings during the audit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there working electric fly killing unit(s) located in the preparation and food to go area and no eveidence of flying insects?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the counter areas free from pests and signs of pest damage?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• When colleagues move between raw and ready to eat food preparation, do they change aprons, white coats and was their hands?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• In relation to colleagues observed handling product, when they return to food preparation after a break, blow their nose, touch their hair, or dispose of refuse using their hands, do they wash their hands using soap in the designated hand wash basin?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the preparation surfaces clean and free from risks of contamination?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the right colour coded utensils, equipment and cutting boards available and are colleagues aware of the correct colour to use?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do colleagues have and use the correct Ecolab chemicals and is the correct PPE used?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all stored products within date code?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is raw food kept apart from ready to eat food at ALL times during storage and handling?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do colleagues always use non-touch techniques when handling ready to eat products?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a working calibrated probe thermometer and the correct tools to sanitise it available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are hot deli end of cooking product temperatures checked using the correct method and recorded in the A4 hot deli temperature record book for each cook?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the hot deli hot holding times being complied with?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are hot deli hot holding temperatures checked following the correct procedure, and recorded in the hot deli temperature record book every hour?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are blue cloths available to clean READY TO EAT preparation and work surfaces?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are green cloths available to clean RAW preparation surfaces and equipment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

FOOD TO GO - FRONT OF STORE

• Do all products have point of sale and correct date codes marked on the back using a Chinograph pen?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Bakery and Bake off

• Have colleagues handling unwrapped bakery products washed their hands after returning to the bakery following a break, blowing their nose, touching their hair or disposing of refuse using their hands?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the bakery plant and equipment in a good, clean condition with no evidence of damage?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the right colour coded utensils, including knives, and cutting boards available and are colleagues aware of the correct colour to use?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are preparation/production areas free from risk of foreign body or chemical contamination?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the bakery production and storage areas free from pests and signs of pest damage?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is all bakery equipment in use clean?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is all bakery machinery in use clean?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there working fly killing units located within the bakery production area and are these effectively controlling flying insects?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all electrical intake panels and control boxes free from damage and kept locked?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is all equipment used in the bakery that is fitted with a red emergency stop button working effectively?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do colleagues have and use the correct Ecolab chemicals and is the correct PPE used?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a nut warning shelf edge label displayed on each fixture where instore bakery products are displayed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the safe and legal record book being completed correctly and do the records for today match your findings during the audit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

SHOPFLOOR-PRODUCE

• Are all pre-packed salad products within their date code?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all coleslaw and dips products within their date code?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do colleagues move roll cages in a safe manner, moving only one at a time and pulling not pushing?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the safe and legal record being completed correctly and do the records for today match your findings during the audit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

PROVISIONS/MEAT AND DAIRY

• Do colleagues move roll cages in a safe manner, moving only one at a time and pulling not pushing?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all smoothies and chilled fruit juice products within their date code?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all continental and soft cheese products within their date code?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all ready meal products within their date code?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all fresh cream cake products within their date code?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all raw poultry products within their date code?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all products within the reduction cabinet within their date code?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Dairy Date Code diary available and in use?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Safe and Legal record book being completed correctly, and do the records for today match your findings during the audit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

GROCERY/FROZEN

• Do colleagues move roll cages in a safe manner, moving only one at a time, and pulling not pushing?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Safe and Legal record book being completed correctly, and do the records for today match your findings during the audit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

WAREHOUSE

• Is the warehouse stock stored safely with no evidence of goods being unstable, stacked too high or leaning over the edge of shelving?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do colleagues move roll cages in a safe manner, moving only one at a time, and pulling not pushing?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Safe and Legal record book being completed correctly, and do the records for today match your findings during the audit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is a clearly visible copy of the delivery risk assessment displayed in store?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• When observing a delivery taking place, do store colleagues follow the process on the delivery risk assessment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Delivery Temerature book being completed to record temperatures of all chilled and frozen deliveries?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a working, calibrated probe thermometer and the correct tools to sanitise it available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are tail lift support blocks available and used for kerb-side deliveries using the tail lift, whe. required by the delivery risk assessment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

FIRE SAFETY

• Can any door from the shopfloor (leading to a fire exit) fitted with a digilock or key fob be opened in an emergency without a key fob/code?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there clear walkways through the warehouses and clear corridors in back of house areas and exit doors?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all staircases, stairwells and fixed ladders clear?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do doors in corridors or leading from the shop floor clear in front AND behind and can be fully opened?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Fire exits have no obstructions in front or behind and can be fully opened?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all external walkways and stairways to the assembly point unobstructed

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Safe and Legal record book being completed correctly, and do the records for today match your findings during the audit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the store comply with all critical operational fire safety measures?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

OTHER

• Is the store free from persistent internal rodent activity?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Ask the duty manager to log on to Pestnet online and show you the recommendations are being actioned by the store?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Store Manager quarterly safe and legal record being completed correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has the Store Manager and Store Director signed the store manager quarterly safe and legal record book?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Duty Manager safe and legal record book being completed correctly and do the records for today match your findings during the audit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Compliance Manager Quarterly safe and legal record being completed correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A