Restaurants, kitchens and food makers in Mexico

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Free NOM-251-SSA1-2009 checklist for restaurants and food makers in Mexico: temperatures, pest control, cleaning, training and the records to keep.

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  • Business activity
  • Address
  • Chapters that apply
  • Temperature limits
  • Records to keep

How it works

NOM-251 hygiene checklist, from one answer

  1. Pick your kind of food business and enter the address.
  2. ePlan lists the NOM-251 rules and records that apply to you.
  3. Read the free checklist. Need your workplace safety file too? Start the STPS file draft.

What you get

NOM-251 hygiene checklist and 1 more document

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Expediente STPS door.

The first draft

NOM-251 hygiene checklist (free)

  1. Which chapters apply to your business
  2. Premises, water and equipment
  3. Pest control plan and contractor certificates
  4. Cleaning of equipment and utensils
  5. Hot food above 60 °C, cold food at 7 °C or less
  6. Staff hygiene and yearly training

Modeled on: NOM-251-SSA1-2009 (DOF 01/03/2010)

Next · 2

STPS safety file for the business (paid draft)

  1. Fire-risk class and emergency plan (NOM-002)
  2. Safety and hygiene commission (NOM-019)
  3. Safety lead and action list (NOM-030)

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

Above 60 °C

is how hot food served hot must be held; food served cold must stay at 7 °C or less
Source: NOM-251-SSA1-2009, numeral 7.3.3, Diario Oficial de la Federación

Ready for the paperwork?

Draft your STPS safety file: fire-risk class and emergency plan (NOM-002), safety commission (NOM-019), safety lead (NOM-030). Free to read.

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Questions

NOM-251 hygiene checklist: what people ask

Who has to follow NOM-251?

Every person or company in Mexico that processes food, beverages or food supplements. Chapter 5 applies to all of them. Businesses that serve food or drinks must also meet chapter 7, and factories must keep the records listed in its table 2.

Source: dof.gob.mx

What temperatures does NOM-251 set?

Food served hot must be kept above 60 °C and food served cold at 7 °C or less. Fridges must run at 7 °C at most. Fish and whole cuts of beef must be cooked to at least 63 °C.

Source: dof.gob.mx

Do I need pest control and training records?

Each establishment needs a system or plan to control pests, and if a contractor does it, a certificate or constancia of each service. Everyone working in production or preparation must be trained at least once a year.

Source: dof.gob.mx

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