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BRG Food Safety Top 12 Audit Checklist

by James Needham, from the Community

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This Food Safety Top 12 audit checklist helps restaurant teams verify critical compliance across handwashing, water temperature, holding temperatures, sanitizer setup and testing, approved items, hold times, cross contamination prevention, pest control, cook out logs and temperatures, and other essential food safety standards. Use it to document findings, track corrective actions, and ensure managers maintain ServSafe certification and effective day to day food safety practices.

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BRG Food Safety Top 12 Audit Checklist

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