Five Things About Thermometers Every QA/Food Safety Professional Must Know: Part I - Calibration
One of the most important things we can do as food safety professionals is to ensure that our instruments provide accurate and precise measurements. Still, questions swirl every time I mention thermometer calibration at a food safety training.
How often should I conduct accuracy checks? Does every thermometer have to be calibrated? What is the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)?
I wished there was a one-stop resource where food safety professionals could answer these questions in plain language. Then I stopped wishing, picked up the phone, and called Kyle Halvorson at ThermoWorks, the temperature professionals.
Charlie Kalish, Food Safety Guides (CK): Hi, Kyle. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions.
KH: It’s my pleasure. Here at ThermoWorks, our passion is temperature—and the tools we use to measure temperature—so the topic is perfect for us.