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Free fridge & freezer temperature log

A ready-to-print daily temperature log for your fridges and freezers, with the safe limits already filled in for your area. Print it for the wall, or skip the paper and log readings on your phone with ProCafe.

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Fridge & freezer temperature log

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Fictional example: 25 September, 08:00 — display fridge, 7.4 °C against a site target of 5 °C. Action: moved food to a working fridge, checked food temperature and exposure, and reported the fault. Recorded by Sam. Use your own plan's limits and record the action actually taken.

Site: Week beginning:
Safe fridge limit: ≤ 8 °CSafe freezer limit: ≤ -18 °C
DayDateFridge AMFridge PMFreezer AMFreezer PMInitialsAction if out of range
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Sun

Record the temperature at each check. If a reading is outside the safe limit, write the action you took (move stock, adjust the unit, call for repair) in the last column.

How long should I keep temperature logs?

Set a retention period in your food-safety system and confirm it with your local environmental health team. For example, North Somerset Council advises keeping daily-check diary records available for inspection for 12 months. That is local guidance for those records, not a UK-wide rule for every food-safety document. Keep readings and corrective actions together, and retain records longer where your plan or another applicable requirement calls for it.

Source: North Somerset Council food-safety guidance

Questions

Common questions

What temperature should a fridge be for food safety?
A commercial fridge holding chilled food should run cold enough to keep food out of the danger zone — this log shows the safe upper limit for your area, and any reading above it should trigger the action recorded in the corrective-action column.
How often should I check fridge and freezer temperatures?
Use the frequency in your food-safety plan and review it against the risks at your site. The template provides morning and afternoon slots; adjust it to the checks your kitchen needs.
Is this fridge temperature log free to use?
Yes. Print it and use it as often as you like, at no cost. If you'd rather not chase paper, ProCafe records the same checks on your team's phones, flags out-of-range readings and keeps an inspection-ready history — free for 14 days, no card required.
Do I have to write it down, or can I log temperatures digitally?
Either works. Paper logs are accepted by inspectors as long as they're kept up to date. ProCafe does the same job digitally: time-stamped readings, automatic out-of-range alerts and records you can export for an inspection in seconds.

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