PARTIALLY THAWED FREEZER FOOD — OUTAGE ASSESSMENT RECORD

US-reference guidance; use current local public-health instructions too.
Never taste food to decide whether it is safe. Do not rely on smell.

OUTAGE HISTORY
Outage began / exact or estimated:
Power returned / time assessed before food cooled again:
Freezer full or half full / door opening:
Thermometer in freezer before outage / reading and time:
Food moved to another appliance or cooler / time and conditions:
Contamination, flooding, raw-food leakage or damaged packaging:

ONE PACKAGE AT A TIME
Food name, ingredients/filling and package:
Exact official frozen-food category (not refrigerator category):
Ice crystals still in this food and cold as if refrigerated? Yes/no/unknown:
Food temperature / measured when / thermometer:
Known time at elevated temperature / evidence / unknowns:
Applicable official chart column and its exact wording:
Category-specific action and any exception:
Decision / time / who recorded it:
Quality note, separate from the safety decision:

KEY EXCEPTIONS TO LOOK UP
Ice cream and frozen yogurt: official outage chart says discard in both columns.
Plain bread differs from cakes/pastries with custard or cheese filling.
Plain packaged/blanched vegetables differ from prepared rice/pasta meals.
Hard cheeses differ from soft/semi-soft and shredded cheeses.
Find the exact row at:
https://www.foodsafety.gov/food-safety-charts/food-safety-during-power-outage

Do not infer a package's temperature from a different package. A reading
after power returns and cooling resumes does not reconstruct earlier warmth.
Do not use cooking or refreezing to rescue temperature-abused food.
If perishable food's safe conditions cannot be established, discard it.
This record does not establish safety merely because its fields are filled.