Time and temperature guidelines
We provide checklists and logs to make businesses safer.
Checklists
Food service daily checklists
- Food service daily checklist - English
- Food service daily checklist - Spanish
- Food service daily checklist in Arabic
- Food service daily checklist in Amharic
- Food service daily checklist in Bengali
- Food service daily checklist in Chinese
- Food service daily checklist in Hindi
- Food service daily checklist in Hmong
- Food service daily checklist - Korean
- Food service daily checklist - Oromo
- Food service daily checklist in Punjab
- Food service daily checklist in Somali
- Food service daily checklist - Thai
- Food service daily checklist - Telugu
- Food service daily checklist in Vietnamese
Food service management checklists
- Food service management checklist in English
- Food service management checklist - Spanish
- Food service management checklist - Arabic
- Food service management checklist - Amharic
- Food service management checklist - Bengali
- Food service management checklist - Chinese
- Food service management checklist - Hmong
- Food service management checklist - Korean
- Food service management checklist - Oromo
- Food service management checklist - Somali
- Food service management checklist - Thai
- Food service management checklist - Telugu
- Food service management checklist - Vietnamese
Temperature logs
Food cooling log (for recording temperatures when cooling food)
- Food cooling log in English
- Food cooling log in Spanish
- Food cooling log - Arabic
- Food cooling log - Amharic
- Food cooling log - Bengali
- Food cooling log - Chinese
- Food cooling log - Hmong
- Food cooling log - Korean
- Food cooling log - Oromo
- Food cooling log - Somali
- Food cooling log - Thai
- Food cooling log - Telugu
- Food cooling log - Vietnamese
Food temperature log for recording temperatures when hot holding or cold holding food.
- Food temperature log in English
- Food temperature log in Spanish
- Food temperature log - Arabic
- Food temperature log - Amharic
- Food temperature log - Bengali
- Food temperature log - Chinese
- Food temperature log - Hmong
- Food temperature log - Korean
- Food temperature log - Oromo
- Food temperature log - Somali
- Food temperature log - Thai
- Food temperature log - Telugu
- Food temperature log - Vietnamese
Time as a public health control
If you are using only time to keep food safe, instead of using time and temperature control, document your process on this form.
Non-continuous cooking (par-cooking)
Non-continuous cooking is:
- Cooking raw animal food but stopping before the food is completely cooked
- Cooling the food
- Completing cooking later
It does not include temporarily interrupting or slowing an otherwise continuous cooking process.
Request accessible format
If you need help with this information, please email 311, or call 311 or 612-673-3000.
Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.
Contact us
Environmental Health
Minneapolis Health Department
Phone
Address
Public Service Center505 Fourth Ave S, Room 520
Minneapolis, MN 55415