Busy restaurants are opportunistic places for safety hazards and germs. Your customers, employees and your restaurant are too valuable to lose.
Sanguinetti & Co. Insurance Brokers recommends safety as a high priority, and keep people coming back again and again.
Food safety
- Keep hot food hot (over 140 degrees) and cold food cold (under 41 degrees).
- Wear gloves and hair nets when preparing any food.
- Sanitize all food preparation surfaces, utensils and containers.
- Warn customers of hot plates.
- When customers communicate food allergies, take precautions in their food preparation.
- Require food handler cards from all employees, according to state guidelines.
Sanitation
- All employees should wash their hands often.
- Sanitize ice machines on a regular basis.
- Label and date food storage containers.
- Perform pest control services on the premises each month.
- Inspect and refresh restrooms throughout the day.
Equipment
- Regularly perform preventative maintenance on all heating, cooling and refrigeration equipment.
- Check to ensure the hot water heater is set to an acceptable temperature.
- Ensure proper safety guards are in place and functioning on all machinery.
- Discard chipped, cracked or broken glass immediately.
Fire
- Keep class K and ABC-type fire extinguishers charged and strategically placed on the premises and train your staff how to use them.
- Perform annual electric checks to ensure adequate electrical service is being provided for your equipment load. Also check for loose or frayed connections on equipment.
- Have end-of-day shut down procedures in place for all kitchen equipment.
- Inspect and clean U.L. 300 listed automatic extinguishing systems according to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards.
- Empty grease traps daily.
- Clean all hoods on a regular basis.
Crime
- Train employees on safe money handling.
- Keep a safe onsite and safeguard the key or combination.
- Do not leave cash in the register overnight and leave the register drawer open.
- Change your route when traveling to the bank.
- Keep the interior and exterior of your building well lit.
- Develop standard opening and closing procedures.
- Change the passcode on your alarm system regularly.
For an insurance quotation on your restaurant business, call us at
(800) 350-7700, or email to info@sanguinettico.com.
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