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Kitchen Closing Checklist for Food Safety

by Adam Beevers, from the Community

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Use this kitchen closing checklist to standardize end of day procedures in restaurants and food service. It covers outer kitchen cleaning, walk in fridges and freezers, microwaves and saladette, grill and fryer stations, coordinator and pot wash areas, food storage and labeling, allergen segregation, temperature logging, equipment shutdown, rubbish removal, and general hygiene. Sections include KDMLB compliance checks for records such as storage, cooking, delivery and hot hold temperatures, oil tests, and fryer changes, plus staff and manager sign offs for accountability.

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