Temperature Measuring Devices

Item 26 Temperature Measuring Devices 1 point

To ensure food is cooked to and held at safe temperatures, a food thermometer is required.  Food thermometers must be accurate to within 1°C or 2°F and numerically scaled.

Glass thermometers or thermometers filled with mercury are not allowed. These types of thermometers could end up in food and create an injury hazard to the consumer. Glass thermometers are permitted if they are in a shatterproof coating. 

Thermometers must be present in all cold and hot storage units and must be accurate to within 2°C or 3°F. Those thermometers must be located in the coolest part of a hot holding unit and the warmest part of the cold holding unit.