A food safety checklist should reflect the way your business actually operates. Typical checks can include fridge and freezer temperatures, cooking and hot-holding temperatures, opening and closing checks, cleaning, deliveries, pest control and allergen procedures.
The exact checks you need will depend on your food processes, equipment and risks. Food Safety Guru builds your digital checklists around your operation rather than giving you a generic set of forms.
The checks required will depend on your business and food-safety procedures. Common daily checks can include opening and closing routines, fridge and freezer temperatures, cleaning and hygiene, and monitoring important controls identified within your food-safety system.
The Food Standards Agency states that food businesses must have food-safety management procedures based on HACCP principles Food Standards Agency guidance and keep the relevant documents and records up to date.
With Food Safety Guru, the relevant daily, weekly and monthly checks are built into your setup for your team to complete.
Yes. Food-safety records can be stored electronically rather than relying entirely on paper.
The Food Standards Agency's guidance on HACCP documentation and record keeping FSA record-keeping guidance specifically lists both hard-copy and electronic storage as options.
Food Safety Guru lets your team complete checks digitally while managers can review previous records and follow-up actions from the system.
Temperature monitoring can form an important part of a food-safety management system, although the exact checks and records required will depend on your operation and the controls identified within your food-safety procedures.
The Food Standards Agency publishes detailed guidance on food temperature control FSA temperature-control guidance, including requirements and guidance relating to chilled food and other temperature-controlled processes.
Food Safety Guru can build the relevant temperature checks into your digital checklists and prompt staff when a result needs attention.
Digital checklists can make completed checks, supporting records and follow-up actions easier to organise and retrieve when they are needed.
During a food hygiene inspection, officers consider how a business manages food safety, including its processes, training and systems for maintaining good hygiene. See what the Food Standards Agency says is inspected
Rather than searching through folders, managers can use Food Safety Guru to review previous checks and show how routine food-safety procedures have been recorded over time.
A food safety checklist helps your team carry out and record routine controls, such as temperature checks, cleaning and opening or closing procedures.
HACCP is the wider food-safety management approach used to identify food-safety hazards, establish how they should be controlled, monitor those controls and determine what action should be taken if something goes wrong.
The Food Standards Agency explains the requirement for food-safety management procedures based on HACCP principles Read the FSA guidance on managing food safety.
Your everyday Food Safety Guru checklists can then help your team carry out and record the relevant controls.
Yes. Digital checklists can be used instead of relying on paper forms, provided your business continues to maintain the appropriate food-safety procedures and records.
The Food Standards Agency's record-keeping guidance Read the FSA guidance recognises electronic record storage as well as hard copy.
Instead of completing sheets and storing them in folders, your team can record checks digitally and managers can review previous records from the system.
You do not need to build the digital versions yourself. Send Food Safety Guru the checks or paperwork you already use, or tell us how your operation works, and we'll build the setup for you.
Yes. Your checks should reflect the processes and controls relevant to your operation rather than forcing every food business to complete exactly the same forms.
With Food Safety Guru, you do not need to customise or build the checklists yourself. Tell us how your operation works, or send us your existing checks and paperwork, and we'll build the relevant daily, weekly and monthly checks for you.
The Food Safety Guru app works on most devices including android and iOS, we recommend you use a tablet for kitchen use. Management can access the app on a smart phone, tablet or desktop/laptop.
You will need WIFI but the Food Safety Guru system autosaves and works offline in the event of an interrupted connection.
Recording that something has gone wrong is only part of the process. Your food-safety procedures should also establish what action needs to be taken.
The Food Standards Agency's HACCP guidance explains the importance of corrective action when monitoring identifies a problem FSA corrective-action guidance and of documenting relevant actions.
With Food Safety Guru, a check can prompt staff when a result needs attention. They can then record a note, photograph or corrective action, creating a clearer record of both the issue and what was done about it.
