Performance and conditions of use of refrigerated display cabinets among producer/vendors of foodstuffs

► Study of foodstuffs temperatures in refrigerated display cabinets. ► 7 °C considered as the maximum acceptable temperature as regards to food safety. ► 70% of the 99 time-temperature collected profiles are unsatisfactory. ► Definition of the main factors responsible for excess temperatures. ► Poor equipment design and poor professional practices are responsible in equal part.