Food Safety

Helpful tips on keeping milk cold during storage and service.

Milk and milk products are among the safest and highest quality foods in the U.S., in large part due to the strict food safety controls and vigilance at every stage of dairy production, processing, and distribution.

Ensure your milk handling procedures are at their best.

Evaluate the temperature of milk in your school by using this survey. Enter your results in the Online Milk Temperature Survey.

Reviews the three critical control points for keeping milk cold and recaps the correct procedures for calibrating a thermometer and taking milk temperatures. A great follow-up handout for the Milk Temperature Presentation or it can be used separately to reinforce HACCP principles.

A presentation to use with foodservice staff. Topics include receiving, storing, and serving milk cold, review of HACCP guidelines for safe handling of milk, and proper techniques to take and record milk temperatures.

A fun and informative trivia quiz that can be used with the Milk Temperature Presentation or separately to reinforce HACCP principles.

Place this on storage coolers as a reminder to keep milk cold.