Photos on Food Safety Checklists
Ask for a photo on a checklist item, take it on the till or a phone, and see it on the inspection report. Photos are private and kept 2 years.
Updated 6 November 2026
A photo shows a check was really done: a clean probe, a sealed bin, a labelled tray. You can ask for one on any checklist item.
Ask for a photo
Managers open Safety, then Set up, and press Photo required beside the item. Press No photo to stop asking.
Take one
On the checklist, an item that needs a photo has a camera button. Take the photo on the till or a phone. It's made smaller before it's sent, and the location and camera details are removed. A photo taken more than 30 minutes earlier is marked Taken earlier. The checklist can't be saved without the photo, unless a manager lets it through with a reason, which is recorded.
Who sees photos
Photos are kept in a private store in London, never at a public address. Managers see all of them; staff see their own. They show on the checklist history and, as thumbnails, on the inspection report. They're deleted after 2 years.