Division of Hotels and Restaurants

Public Food Service Signs and Charts

All information on this page is current and was last reviewed by the division on October 23, 2012.

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• Consumer Advisory - Raw or Undercooked Animal Foods
• Employee Health
• FDA Signs
• Good Retail Practices / Miscellaneous
• Handwashing and Good Hygienic Practices
• Protecting Foods from Cross Contamination
• Sanitization and Dishwashing
• Temperature Controls
• Temperature Monitoring Charts

For additional signs as well as food worker fact sheets in English, German, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Laotian, Bosnian, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Japanese and Russian, please see the State of Iowa's Integrated Food Safety Information Delivery System web site.

Consumer advisory - raw or undercooked animal foods

Consumer Advisory - Raw or Undercooked Foods - English pdf / Spanish pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5030-081 (English) and HR 5030-281 (Spanish): This warning is suggested to be posted in all public food service establishments serving raw or undercooked meat, eggs, poultry or seafood. (October 23, 2012)

Employee Health

Clean Hands Save Lives - English pdf / Spanish pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5030-113 (English) and 5030-213 (Spanish), signs available for public food service establishments to illustrate effects of poor hand washing by food workers. (July 3, 2008) Also see "Twenty Seconds Could Save a Life" below.

Did You Know? - English pdf / Spanish pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5030-161 (English) and 5030-261 (Spanish) provide helpful facts about employee health and sanitation. (May 28, 2009)

Employee Health is the Manager's Responsibility - pdf

DBPR Form HR 5030-101, sign to remind food service establishment managers when to exclude or restrict employees from handling food, equipment and utensils. (April 25, 2012)

FDA Signs

Posters provided by the US Food and Drug Administration regarding sick food service workers.

Hepatitis-A, The Facts - English pdf / Spanish pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5025-149 (English) and 5025-549 (Spanish) are full page information sheets about Hepatitis-A, what it is, how to tell, how to prevent spread, and treatment. (April 03, 2002)

Stop the Spread of Foodborne Illness - English pdf / Spanish pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5030-160 (English) and 5030-260 (Spanish), signs available for public food service establishments to guide food workers with symptoms of illness and prevent contamination, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. (May 12, 2009)

Twenty Seconds Could Save a Life - English pdf / Spanish pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5030-112 (English) and 5030-212 (Spanish), signs available for public food service establishments to illustrate effects of poor hand washing by food workers. (July 3, 2008) Also see "Clean Hands Save Lives" above.

Good Retail Practices /Miscellaneous

Heimlich Maneuver

Section 509.213(1), Florida Statutes: "Every public food service establishment shall post a sign which illustrates and describes the Heimlich Maneuver procedure for rendering emergency first aid to a choking victim in a conspicuous place in the establishment accessible to employees." This poster is available from the Heimlich Institute.

No Smoking Except in Designated Areas - English pdf / Spanish pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5030-107 (English) and 5030-207 (Spanish), signs available for public food service and lodging establishments, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. (October 09, 2000)

Smoking Permitted - English pdf / Spanish pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5030-155 (English) and 5030-255 (Spanish), signs available for public food service and lodging establishments, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. (October 09, 2000)

Handwashing and Good Hygienic Practices

Don't Serve Illness - version 1 - pdf

DBPR Form HR 5025-132 is a food safety poster defining the CARE system: Clean, Avoid, Report, Educate. (January 20, 2002)

Don't Serve Illness - version 2 - pdf

DBPR Form HR 5025-133 is another version of the poster above defining the CARE system: Clean, Avoid, Report, Educate. (January 20, 2002)

Employees Must Wash Hands Before Leaving - English pdf / Spanish pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5030-111 (English) and 5030-211 (Spanish), signs available for public food service and lodging establishments, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. (March 21, 2008)

FDA Signs

Posters provided by the US Food and Drug Administration regarding handwashing and good hygienic practices.

Food Safety... It's In Your Hands - English pdf / Spanish pdf / Creole pdf / Chinese pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5030-157 (English), 5030-257 (Spanish), 5030-857 (Creole) and 5030-957 (Chinese), signs available for public food service and lodging establishments, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants.

Food Safety... It's In Your Hands - Alternate plan - English pdf / Spanish pdf / Creole pdf / Chinese pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5030-158 (English), 5030-258 (Spanish), 5030-858 (Creole) and 5030-958 (Chinese), signs available for public food service and lodging establishments, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants.

Handwashing Pledge - pdf

DBPR Form HR 5030-073, sign available for public food service establishments to post reminding employees of the importance of proper hygiene in handling food, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. (August 4, 2009)

When You Wear Gloves, Wear Gloves the Right Way - English pdf / Spanish pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5030-159 (English) and 5030-259 (Spanish), signs available for public food service establishments, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. (April 23, 2009)

Protecting Food from Cross Contamination

The "Big 5" Foodborne Illnesses - English color pdf / English black & white pdf / Spanish color pdf / Spanish black & white pdf

DBPR Form HR 5030-100 (English) and 5030-200 (Spanish), sign describing most common foodborne illnesses, incubation period, symptoms and prevention. (April 25, 2012 English, June 1, 2012 Spanish)

Sanitization and Dishwashing

Manual Dishwashing Procedures - English pdf / Spanish pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5025-010 (English) and 5030-510 (Spanish) are posters showing how to correctly use a three-compartment sink. (March 4, 2011)

Temperature Controls

Hot Tips on Temps - English pdf / Spanish pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5030-060 (English) and 5030-063 (Spanish), signs depicting safe cooking temperatures for various foods, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. (May 19, 2009)

Improper Cooling is the Major Cause of Foodborne Illness - English pdf / Spanish pdf

DBPR Forms HR 5030-061 (English) and 5030-064 (Spanish), signs depicting safe ways for cooling foods, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. (March 6, 2009)

Temperature Monitoring Charts

Cooling Chart - pdf

DBPR Form HR 5030-070, form available for public food service establishments to safely chart progress of cooling foods, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. (July 29, 2005)

Cooking Temperature Monitoring Chart - pdf

DBPR Form HR 5030-074, form available for public food service establishments to safely chart cooking temperatures of foods, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. (October 03, 2001)

HACCP Chart - pdf

DBPR Form HR 5022-085, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Chart for public food service establishments with blanks for filling in data and brief text describing the critical limits. (October 25, 2010)

Hot/Cold Holding Chart - pdf

DBPR Form HR 5030-071, form available for public food service establishments to safely chart progress of holding foods at proper temperatures, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. (July 29, 2005)

Weekly Thermometer Calibration Chart - pdf

DBPR Form HR 5030-072, form available for public food service establishments to chart proper calibration of electronic thermometers, provided by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. (October 03, 2001)