What’s on the Fridge & Freezer Temperature poster
A 5-row table: Zone · Temperature · Effect.
Bacteria multiply fastest between 8°C and 63°C.
- Freezer — −18°C — Growth stopped
- Fridge — 0–5°C — Growth very slow
- Danger zone — 8–63°C — Rapid multiplication
- Hot holding — Above 63°C — Growth stopped
- Cooking — 75°C core — Most bacteria killed
A fridge thermometer costs very little. Many home fridges run several degrees above their dial setting.
Questions about the Fridge & Freezer Temperature poster
- What’s on the Fridge & Freezer Temperature poster?
- A 5-row table: Zone · Temperature · Effect. Bacteria multiply fastest between 8°C and 63°C. Freezer — −18°C — Growth stopped; Fridge — 0–5°C — Growth very slow; Danger zone — 8–63°C — Rapid multiplication; Hot holding — Above 63°C — Growth stopped; Cooking — 75°C core — Most bacteria killed. A fridge thermometer costs very little. Many home fridges run several degrees above their dial setting.
- Who is the Fridge & Freezer Temperature poster for?
- Fridge & Freezer Temperature belongs to the Kitchen section rather than to a school year, because food is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning food safety can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Fridge & Freezer Temperature poster?
- 0–5°C in the fridge, −18°C in the freezer. Most home fridges are set too warm. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Fridge & Freezer Temperature belongs on the wall where that food work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Fridge & Freezer Temperature?
- Barbecue Safety, Preserving Safely and Cleaning sit alongside Fridge & Freezer Temperature in the Kitchen section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Barbecue SafetyPreserving SafelyCleaning
- Is the Fridge & Freezer Temperature poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Fridge & Freezer Temperature downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Kitchen section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Fridge & Freezer Temperature poster print at?
- Fridge & Freezer Temperature is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Fridge & Freezer Temperature loses nothing.Printing guide
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