Hello,
We have recently put up a walk in cooler in our production area to help maintain the temperatures of our ingredients which we use to bake allergen friendly cookies and bars. The temperature of the cooler is maintained between 36 to 41 deg F which is recorded two times per shift.
Ambient external temperature is around the 90's.
The walk in cooler temperature is not a CCP but production personnel use the walk in cooler to cool baked racks of bars or cookies which at times sit in the cooler for greater than 8 hours. It has been noticed lately that the temperature of the cooler fluctuates between 60 to 65 deg F and production personnel have also started using the cooler to store bags of ice which is for their personnel use.
Under these circumstances is it advisable to continue to use the cooler to store ingredients and finished products?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
bnue.