Netherlands: records to keep

“Law” is a binding rule. “Official guidance” is not law, but inspectors expect it. “Chef Hygiene default” is a value the app checks against where no rule gives a number.

• LawYou need your own HACCP plan (Regulation 852/2004, art. 5) or an approved hygiene code. If you use the Hygiënecode voor de Horeca, you must follow it (Warenwetbesluit hygiëne van levensmiddelen, art. 5(2)).
• Official guidanceThe code’s model forms ask for fridge and freezer displays daily and a probe check weekly, deliveries weekly per supplier, and cooking, cooling, hot holding and reheating weekly.
• Official guidanceKHN advises keeping the code’s records for at least 6 months.
• LawLogs of chilled food kept out of the fridge must be kept for at least 1 year (Warenwetregeling Vrijstelling gekoeld bewaren, art. 1).