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KEEPING FOOD COLD
Keeping food at the right temperature prevents bugs from growing quickly and your food from
becoming spoiled. Some foods must be kept cold (chilled or frozen) to stop bugs growing. It is
important that you do daily checks to make sure that your equipment is keeping your food at
the right temperature.
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• Check daily that the food in your fridge is being kept at 5 c or lower.
• Monitor the temperature of the food in your fridge by using a probe or infrared
thermometer.
• Check that food in the freezer is still frozen. You don’t have to record the temperature
of the frozen food.
• Follow the 2-hour/4-hour rule.
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