POWER OUTAGE — TIME AND TEMPERATURE RECORD
Original household recording aid. Not an automatic food-safety calculator.
Use current local public-health instructions and the relevant food category.
Never taste food to test safety. Later cooling cannot erase earlier exposure.

EVENT TIMELINE — KEEP THE DATE WITH EVERY TIME
Outage discovered / source of this information:
Outage actually began / exact, estimated, or unknown:
Last known power-on time, if actual start is unknown:
Refrigerator / freezer identity:
Doors stayed closed / known openings / unknown period:
Transfer to cooler or another appliance / time / what was transferred:
Power restored / exact, estimated, or unknown:
Floodwater, sewage, other contamination, or local notice:

ONE READING PER ENTRY — DO NOT MERGE AIR AND FOOD READINGS
Date and time measured:
Time this note was written, if different:
Food / package / appliance or cooler identity:
Measured target: appliance air / cooler air / particular food:
Reading and unit, exactly as displayed (F or C):
Device used / measurement location / method:
Method followed the device instructions / uncertainty or error:
Reading before or after power restoration or transfer:
Earlier exposure actually documented by this reading:
Earlier intervals this reading does NOT document:

ITEM HISTORY AND NEXT ACTION
Food name / ingredients or filling / refrigerated or frozen category:
Known relevant exposure interval / evidence:
Unknown interval / last known condition / next known condition:
Official source and exact food-category row / checked date:
Applicable condition and category-specific action:
Action taken / time / person recording:
Do not infer a continuous safe history from isolated cold readings.
Do not reset an exposure clock after transfer or restored cooling.
Keep contamination separate from an ordinary loss-of-cooling question.

GUIDANCE LINKS
FoodSafety.gov outage category charts:
https://www.foodsafety.gov/food-safety-charts/food-safety-during-power-outage
FDA outage guidance:
https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-and-water-safety-during-power-outages-and-floods
FDA safe food handling:
https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/safe-food-handling