Sweetheart Kitchen Food Safety Checklist

This food safety and hygiene checklist for Sweetheart Kitchen helps food service teams maintain compliance and quality across the facility. It covers licensing, ventilation and air quality, structural upkeep, lighting, and approved pest control. Cleaning and disinfection practices are detailed with correct water temperatures, chemical concentrations, and contact times. The checklist reinforces clean food-contact and hand-contact surfaces, proper water supply and drainage, and sourcing from approved suppliers. Staff requirements include valid health cards, personal hygiene, and accessible, well-maintained handwashing, toilet, and changing facilities. Temperature controls include correct thawing, rapid reheating to 75°C, hot holding at 60°C or above, cooling from 60°C to 20°C within 2 hours and 20°C to 5°C within 4 hours, and cold holding at 5°C or below. It also addresses protection from contamination, storage, transport, and handling of expired or recalled foods.