Fix the Walk-In: Before and After
Recognize how correct cooler organization supports FIFO and prevents cross-contamination.
Same cooler, ten minutes of control work later. What changed and why? Before: fast, messy, and hard to prove. After: storage order supports the plan. Raw animal foods moved below ready-to-eat foods, so gravity cannot turn a leak into cross-contamination. Older safe product moved to the front. FIFO only works when the first product in is also the easiest product to use first. Unlabeled tubs were held for disposition. Date marking makes time control visible; guessing turns FIFO into folklore. The cooler now separates prerequisite controls from CCP monitoring. Storage order supports HACCP; it does not replace cooking, cooling, or…
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