How to create a cleaning checklist/schedule

It’s a legal requirement to keep your premises clean to keep food hygienic and free from pathogens. A cleaning checklist increases levels of accountability and can act as evidence of due diligence when you have a food safety inspection.

Your cleaning schedule is a description of what needs cleaning, when your staff need to clean it, how your staff need to clean it, and also who needs to clean it. Make sure that your cleaning schedule is specific and unambiguous.

Samples: Cleaning checklist, Opening checklist, Closing checklist, Front of House checklist, Back of House checklist.

Log into your FoodDocs account
Go to the Setup
Click on Monitoring tasks
Click on ADD TASK

The monitoring task creation page will come up on the right side of the screen
Give a name to your cleaning checklist (for example Cleaning checklist/Kitchen opening checklist)
Select None under Related to
Select the Checklist option (Form/Checklist)
Input the task description in the field Add task
Select Task frequency in the drop-down list (see how to set up task frequencies HERE)

Custom frequency gives you an option to set the starting date, specify the day and time of the task. Read more HERE.

Select the team who is responsible in the drop-down list under the Monitored by (see how to assign roles to your team members HERE)
Click on ADD TASK to add another task (you can create as many tasks as you need)
Click on PREVIEW to see how it looks on the app
Once all tasks are added, click on SAVE

You can always come back to your checklist and apply any changes or add more tasks.

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How to create a cleaning checklist/schedule

Find out how to create a simple and efficient cleaning checklist for your food operation.