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Food Safety Audit - Bulk Foods Department

by Sunshine Silvers, from the Community

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This food safety audit checklist for bulk foods departments helps verify housekeeping, storage, and display case hygiene. It covers proper food storage above the floor, prevention of contamination, glove and utensil use for ready-to-eat items, FIFO rotation and labeling, allergen signage, condition of commercial display cases, adequate lighting, pest control, and floor cleanliness. Includes reviewer signatures to document compliance.

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This food safety audit checklist helps produce departments in grocery stores verify compliance and quality. It covers chemical use and sanitizer concentrations, equipment cleaning, housekeeping and storage, pest prevention, and waste handling. Use built in logs to record sanitizer tests, cooler temperatures, and thermometer calibration with corrective actions. Check receiving practices, temperature control for refrigerated and frozen items, prevention of cross contamination, and proper cleaning and sanitizing of surfaces and utensils. Reinforce staff hygiene, handwashing, hair restraints, glove use, and illness reporting. Review allergen controls, date marking, labeling, and first in first out rotation. Inspect display cases, bulk bins, misters, and floors, then capture swab results and signatures.

by Sunshine Silvers, from the Community

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Food Safety Audit - Bulk Foods Department

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