Food Safety Atlas

Hot holding and transfer

Step 1 of 7

Make the equipment ready

What happens

Bring the unit up to temperature before food goes in.

Good looks like

The unit's temperature is shown and recorded before loading.

How it goes wrong

Food goes into a cold bain marie to warm up together.

Who
Technical

A holding unit keeps hot food hot. It isn't made to heat food, so food enters already at temperature. Check how your law words the floor. Australia says 60 °C or hotter. Malaysia, Singapore's guideline and New Zealand's template say above 60 °C.

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