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Monthly Food Audit Critical Checklist

by Heath Helsel, from the Community

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This monthly food audit checklist focuses on critical food safety controls for quick-service restaurants. It covers cooking and holding temperatures, sanitation and handwashing, cross-contamination prevention, employee training and certifications, temperature logs, pest control, equipment maintenance, and storage practices. Use it to verify compliance with ServSafe and local regulations and to document corrective actions.

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Food Safety Audit Checklist and SOP
This Food Safety Audit template helps restaurants and food service teams verify cooking, holding, and storage temperatures; validate equipment performance; enforce sanitation and hygiene; prevent cross-contamination; manage pest control; maintain logs and documentation; and ensure compliance with ServSafe and local health regulations. Sections cover cooking and holding temperatures, refrigeration and freezer checks, operational procedures, general food safety and cleaning, employee hygiene, and regulatory records, with critical points and corrective actions.
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Food Safety Audit Checklist
This food safety audit checklist helps restaurants and food service teams verify critical controls and maintain compliance. It covers cooking and hot holding temperatures, refrigeration and freezer ranges, grill and fryer settings, thermometer calibration, and temperature logging. Sections include operational procedures, cross-contamination prevention, sanitizer concentration, cleaning and NSF equipment standards, storage and FIFO, and sanitation of food contact surfaces. It also checks employee hygiene, pest control documentation, permits and inspections, MSDS availability, first aid kits, and training and certifications such as ServSafe. Use it to document issues, corrective actions, and signatures during routine audits.
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Detailed Food Safety Audit 2018 - R2
Use this detailed food safety audit checklist to assess quick service restaurant operations. Sections cover cooking and holding temperatures, equipment calibration, sanitation, cross contamination prevention, logs and corrective actions, pest control, employee hygiene, training documentation, permits, and facility conditions. Capture actual temperatures, verify procedures against company policy, and document corrective actions to meet health department and ServSafe standards.
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Detailed Food Safety Audit Checklist 2020 R2
This detailed food safety audit checklist helps restaurants and food service operators assess critical controls and daily practices. It covers cooking and holding temperatures for meats, chili, gravy and fried items, refrigeration and freezer temperatures, thermometer use and calibration, sanitation and chemical management, cleaning and sanitizing food contact surfaces, handwashing and glove policies, cross contamination prevention, approved product use and tempering, equipment condition and maintenance, pest control documentation, health permits, training records, and required logs with corrective actions. Use this template to verify compliance, strengthen hygiene standards, and drive consistent food safety performance.
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Food Safety Audit Checklist and SOP

This Food Safety Audit template helps restaurants and food service teams verify cooking, holding, and storage temperatures; validate equipment performance; enforce sanitation and hygiene; prevent cross-contamination; manage pest control; maintain logs and documentation; and ensure compliance with ServSafe and local health regulations. Sections cover cooking and holding temperatures, refrigeration and freezer checks, operational procedures, general food safety and cleaning, employee hygiene, and regulatory records, with critical points and corrective actions.

by José Fernando Buenrostro Fernández, from the Community

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Food Safety Audit Checklist

This food safety audit checklist helps restaurants and food service teams verify critical controls and maintain compliance. It covers cooking and hot holding temperatures, refrigeration and freezer ranges, grill and fryer settings, thermometer calibration, and temperature logging. Sections include operational procedures, cross-contamination prevention, sanitizer concentration, cleaning and NSF equipment standards, storage and FIFO, and sanitation of food contact surfaces. It also checks employee hygiene, pest control documentation, permits and inspections, MSDS availability, first aid kits, and training and certifications such as ServSafe. Use it to document issues, corrective actions, and signatures during routine audits.

by rashi pasari, from the Community

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Detailed Food Safety Audit 2018 - R2

Use this detailed food safety audit checklist to assess quick service restaurant operations. Sections cover cooking and holding temperatures, equipment calibration, sanitation, cross contamination prevention, logs and corrective actions, pest control, employee hygiene, training documentation, permits, and facility conditions. Capture actual temperatures, verify procedures against company policy, and document corrective actions to meet health department and ServSafe standards.

by Aj Guzman, from the Community

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Detailed Food Safety Audit Checklist 2020 R2

This detailed food safety audit checklist helps restaurants and food service operators assess critical controls and daily practices. It covers cooking and holding temperatures for meats, chili, gravy and fried items, refrigeration and freezer temperatures, thermometer use and calibration, sanitation and chemical management, cleaning and sanitizing food contact surfaces, handwashing and glove policies, cross contamination prevention, approved product use and tempering, equipment condition and maintenance, pest control documentation, health permits, training records, and required logs with corrective actions. Use this template to verify compliance, strengthen hygiene standards, and drive consistent food safety performance.

by Aj Guzman, from the Community

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Monthly Food Audit Critical Checklist

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