STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
TOP TEN GROUP SERVICES COLD HOLDING REF:NO:SOP COLD HOLD
ISSUE:1 DATE:5/11/2014
PURPOSE: To prevent food borne illness by ensuring that all potentially hazardous foods are held under the proper temperature.
SCOPE: This procedure applies to foodservice employees who prepare or serve food.
KEY WORDS: Cross-Contamination, Temperatures, Holding, Cold Holding, Storage
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Train foodservice employees on using the procedures in this SOP. Refer to the Using and Calibrating Thermometers SOP.
2. Follow State or local health department requirements.
• Hold cold foods at 41 ºF or below
MONITORING:
1. Use a clean, sanitized, and calibrated probe thermometer to measure the temperature of the food.
2. Take temperatures of foods by inserting the thermometer near the surface of the product, at the thickest part, and at other various locations.
3. Take temperatures of holding units by placing a calibrated thermometer in the coolest part of a hot holding unit or warmest part of a cold holding unit.
4. For cold foods held for service:
• Verify that the air/water temperature of any unit is at 41 ºF or below before use.
• Chill foods, if applicable, in accordance with the Cooling Potentially Hazardous Foods SOP.
• All cold potentially hazardous foods should be 41 ºF or below before placing the food out for display or service.
• Take the internal temperature of the food before placing it onto any salad bar, display cooler, or cold serving line and at least every 2 hours thereafter.
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CORRECTIVE ACTION:
1. Retrain any foodservice employee found not following the procedures in this SOP.
2. for cold foods:
Rapidly chill the food using an appropriate cooling method if the temperature is found to be above 41 ºF and the last temperature measurement was 41 ºF or below and taken within the last 2 hours:
• Place food in shallow containers (no more than 4 inches deep) and uncovered on the top shelf in the back of the walk-in or reach-in cooler.
• Use a quick-chill unit like a blast chiller.
• Stir the food in a container placed in an ice water bath.
• Add ice as an ingredient.
• Separate food into smaller or thinner portions.
REV.NO:1 DATE:5/11/2014 PREPARED & REVIEWED BY: AUTHORISED BY:
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
TOP TEN GROUP SERVICES REHEATING REF:NO:SOP REHT
ISSUE:1 DATE:5/11/2014
PURPOSE: To prevent food borne illness by ensuring that all potentially hazardous foods are held under the proper temperature.
SCOPE: This procedure applies to foodservice employees who prepare or serve food.
KEY WORDS: Cross-Contamination, Temperatures, Reheating, Holding, Hot Holding.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Train foodservice employees on using the procedures in this SOP. Refer to the Using and Calibrating Thermometers SOP.
2. Follow State or local health department requirements.
3. Heat processed ready-to-eat foods from a package or can, such as canned green beans or prepackaged breakfast burritos, to an internal temperature of at least 135 º F for 15 seconds for hot holding.
4. Reheat the following products to 165 ºF for 15 seconds:
• Any food that is cooked, cooled, and reheated for hot holding
• Leftovers reheated for hot holding
• Products made from leftovers, such as soup
• Precooked, processed foods that have been previously cooled.
Reheat all foods rapidly. The total time the temperature of the food is between 41 ºF and 160 ºF may not exceed 2 hours.
Serve reheated food immediately or transfer to an appropriate hot holding unit.
MONITORING:
• Use a clean, sanitized, and calibrated probe thermometer.
• Take at least two internal temperatures from each pan of food.
CORRECTIVE ACTION:
1. Retrain any foodservice employee found not following the procedures in this SOP.
2. Continue reheating and heating food if the internal temperature does not reach the required temperature.