Food Safety Atlas

Chilled dispatch and transfer

Step 1 of 7

Get the food cold first

What happens

After assembly or , put food into chilled holding with room for air to move, and note when it went in.

Good looks like

Trolleys are spaced in the holding room with doors closed, and the time in is on the record.

How it goes wrong

A trolley waits in the corridor because the room is full, and it counts as on the sheet.

Who
Technical

says a transport vehicle is designed to maintain the temperature of food already chilled, not to chill it. Finished-food storage must be sized for peak activity.

§4.3.14, §7.9.4