Food Safety Atlas

Keeping records that stand up

Step 1 of 10

Decide what must be recorded

What happens

List the records your controls depend on, how often each is made, and who makes it.

Good looks like

A one-page list says what is recorded for delivery, storage, cooking, and cleaning, and it matches what the kitchen does.

How it goes wrong

Forty forms were inherited from the last manager. Half are ticked at the end of the week, and nobody reads them.

Who
Technical

Documentation should fit the food and the size of the business. allows flexibility, such as recording deviations only, as long as all seven principles have been considered. In Australia, a must record nine prescribed matters, or be able to demonstrate compliance to an officer.

§5.5, §18.3; , section 12