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Food Safety QA Checklist

by Dawna Southan, from the Community

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This Food Safety QA checklist helps restaurant and foodservice teams verify critical controls and hygiene standards throughout each shift. Use it to check proper handwashing, sanitizer strength, cook and hot-holding temperatures, cold-holding at safe levels, produce timing, chemical labeling and storage, equipment cleanliness, and allergen management. It also covers restroom cleanliness, ice machines, slicers and smallwares, walk-in and reach-in storage, and documentation. Ideal for daily audits to maintain compliance, improve consistency, and reduce food safety risks.

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