Andy, Is that not the actual mechanics of the program though? e.g. food must be temperature tested at certain times etc.. Sorry to be pedantic but I have a built in alarm for keeping stuff longer than practically (and legally) necessary. Seems to me records of food temperatures only need to be kept for the duration of any potential illnesses from dodgy food (i.e a week at most) unless you wanted to keep records for statistical purposes that show the efficiency of food being delivered hot to the table? I'll shut up now! Si From: The Information and Records Management Society mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Warland Sent: 07 November 2012 11:55 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Food Temperature Record Sheet Retention? Shona The organisation that I work for provides food for 'vulnerable people', including old people and young children. We are required to meet these standards: http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/_srcfiles/Standard_3_2_1_FS_Programs_v92.pdf We are required to keep the records of the program for 2 years. Regards Andrew Warland Sydney, Australia On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Shona Dunning <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hi all, At one of our Children's Centre they have to test and record the temperature of the food when it arrives and again before it is served to the children. Any ideas on how long should these record sheets should be kept for? Many thanks Shona ____________________________ Shona Dunning Records Manager Modern Records Unit Bristol Record Office Bristol City Council 'B' Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN t: 0117 922 3941 f: 0117 922 2261 e: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> w: www.bristol.gov.uk<http://www.bristol.gov.uk/> Creative Director - IRMS Executive Committee Information & Records Management Society http://www.irms.org.uk<http://www.irms.org.uk/> Treasurer of the IRMS South West Group Information & Records Management Society http://www.irms.org.uk/sigs/southwest For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]