Milk house records
A sanitation log should show completion, verification, and correction
The strongest cleaning record explains what was cleaned, how it was cleaned, who completed it, how the result was checked, and what happened when the result was not acceptable.
Core sanitation fields
- Date, time, area, line, tank, utensil, or equipment
- Exact cleaning or sanitizing product
- Concentration, temperature, cycle, or method as applicable
- Person completing the work
- Verification result and person checking it
- Corrective action and recheck
Keep the supporting product file
Maintain the current label, Safety Data Sheet, purchase record, storage location, and any program approval information separately from the recurring log.
Use the farm's required procedure
The record should reflect the equipment manufacturer, milk buyer, regulator, Organic System Plan, and farm SOP requirements that actually apply. A general template cannot select a chemical or cleaning procedure for the operation.