Temperature Monitoring of Food Products
Midwest Chill, a warehouse specializing in refrigerated and frozen food storage, needs to replace their old backup temperature recorders. They use the recorders inside their cold storage units to ensure the FDA’s Food Code 2009 requirements are maintained. The recorders need to be compact, so they don’t take up too much space in the storage units. They also need to be primarily battery operated in order to log data during power failures, since the backup generators provide power only to the refrigeration units and emergency lighting.
Which of the following devices would respond best?
A. Battery-Powered 6" Recorder (93879-60)
B. Dickson® 8" General-Purpose Recorder (80002-50)
C. Temperature Strip-Chart Recorder (80008-50)
D. Dickson® 3" Compact Temperature Recorder (80014-00)
Answers:
A. Battery-Powered 6" Recorder (93879-60)
Incorrect. This recorder is too big; a 6" chart size is not required. Although this item can be battery powered for short periods of time, its primary power source is an AC outlet.
B. Dickson® 8" General Purpose Recorder (80002-50)
Incorrect. This recorder is much too big, and it relies primarily on power from an AC outlet with a battery for backup power. C. Temperature Strip-Chart Recorder (80008-50)
Incorrect. The size is too big and the primary power source is an AC outlet, with battery backup.
D. Dickson 3" Compact Temperature Recorder (80014-00)
Correct. This is the most compact recorder and it uses only batteries for operation.