Danger at the Deli: Preventing Food Safety Issues with Blulog
Grocery stores are one of many locations that require an accurate monitoring of temperature for their variety of food items. Customers expect their food products to be safe for consumption, and often assume that it is when it’s seen in a refrigerated or frozen display case. Yet with perishable food items, it’s possible for the product to reach unsafe temperatures. This is due to improper deli clerk practices or failure of the profile display cases to hold correct temperatures. Without an accurate temperature monitoring system, there is a high potential for health code violations, food safety issues, and foodborne illnesses.
What are the Temperature Risks at a Grocery Store?
Specifically, deli areas of grocery stores are at high risk for having unsafe food products. Apart from incorrect cleaning practices, temperature breaches make up the majority of risks in the deli department. This is due to prolonged or frequent door opening events, lack of blast chilling before stocking, product overstocking in the profile cases, display case cooling failure and the mistake of leaving perishable items in an area without a maintenance of temperature. Bacteria grows rapidly between 40°F to 140°F degrees, so it is important that cold holding temperatures are maintained. Consequently, this will reduce the population growth of listeria to mitigate this potentially lethal infection. The CDC states that approximately 1 in 6 Americans per year suffer from some type of food borne illness. To mitigate food borne illnesses, proper cold holding temperatures must be controlled and monitored. Preventing these potential issues can be easier using the Blulog RF temperature monitoring sensor.
Blulog RF products use cloud-based technology where employees will be notified of breaches in temperature so the problem can be solved quicker and easier.
The Blulog RF temperature monitoring sensor allows grocery stores to respond to issues in real-time. Before live temperature monitoring systems became available in grocery stores, temperatures were recorded manually by employees. This method is often tedious and ineffective due to human error. Employees also required additional training to complete this task, resulting in more time being spent on recording temperatures across the store. Blulog RF products use cloud-based technology where employees will be notified of breaches in temperature so the problem can be solved quicker and easier. Information available in the cloud can be accessed by visiting a webpage or using a mobile app, so data is accessible at all times. This also allows HACCP checks to run smoother, for all of the data is available in one place without room for human error.
Advantages to Electronic Monitoring
Electronic monitoring is a simpler and more effective method that can allow supermarkets to understand where and why the temperature issues arise. One customer of the Blulog RF temperature sensors noted that, “We discovered more than we ever knew” about food safety and temperature trends in the deli area of their supermarket. This allowed them to respond to temperature issues more efficiently and prevent product waste, saving time and money.
The Blulog RF live temperature monitoring system is ideal for deli areas of grocery stores because of its consistent reporting to the BluConsole dashboard. This system is significantly more efficient than manual recordings due to its accuracy and reliability. Blulog wireless sensors automatically connect at 10-minute intervals with Blulog’s Gateway Hub where the temperature data is sent to the cloud-based BluConsole server. BluConsole is the cloud server web dashboard where temperature information is permanently stored and reports are accessible. Historical data is also visible, so temperature trends can be monitored. With the Blulog system, users can receive text and email alerts when data is sent to the dashboard, guaranteeing that you’ll never miss an important temperature measurement or excursion again.
With the popularity of cloud-based wireless temperature monitors on the rise, Blulog RF temperature monitoring sensors are of high interest and trusted by a number of leading food service companies. The accurate, reliable, and affordable product will allow for a smoother deli department operation of food safety checks and and result in establishing best practices.
Bluline Solutions solves cold chain temperature excursion threats by offering its clients cloud connected IoT wireless sensor technologies. Our broad range of active and passive logger devices and sensing options means you can accurately measure what matters and not settle for an approximate or close enough measurement.
Live monitor temperature, humidity or door opening events with Blulog RF and access to your data using our complimentary web dashboard console or mobile app. If you transport temperature sensitive products using a contracted carrier, Blulog NFC technology will record temperatures during transportation and provide any registered system user immediate notification of goods arriving at the point of arrival with a date, time, temperature and geolocation stamp. Both Blulog RF and NFC technologies provide temperature breach notifications, allow report generation, and provide long term subscription free cloud-based data storage.
Blulog is ideal for use in temperature controlled environments, multiple modes of transportation, and commercial retail refrigeration sites. Be confident that your products and perishable items are kept safe and secure with Blulog. Learn more at www.blulinesolutions.com