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SDI 5520 Food Safety Temperature Checklist

by Jose Rod, from the Community

This SDI 5520 checklist supports restaurant food safety by verifying critical cooking and holding temperatures (e.g., hot dogs, chili, fried items), walk-in and line refrigeration ranges, and freezer targets. It prompts checks for cross-contamination prevention, approved product use, proper thawing, sanitizer bucket use, and availability of a calibrated digital thermometer kit. It also covers chemical storage away from food, two-hour surface cleaning and sanitizing, stocked and functioning hand sinks, pest-free conditions, ServSafe-certified manager on duty, staff food safety training, and maintenance of historical temperature logs.

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