Food and beverage: change over, test, release – with evidence

Typical procedures

Wherever several teams complete steps in a fixed order and the release only comes after the checks.

• Product and format changeovers with allergen cleaning, swab tests and line release
• Checks at the critical control points (HACCP) and their verification
• Sampling and batch release, incoming goods and final inspection
• Traceability tests and recall drills against the clock
• Preparation for customer and certification audits, for example to IFS Food or BRCGS

The recall drill against the clock

In a traceability or recall drill every minute counts: who checks raw materials, who finished goods, who informs whom? On the live board management sees which step is running and which is waiting; afterwards the times of every step are in the report.

Reporting back from the line

Shift leads, hygiene and quality assurance report their steps straight from the phone or tablet – with a finding and photo where needed. The line release only becomes startable when the checks before it are done.

Complements your HACCP plan and QMS

CaRD Plan replaces neither your HACCP plan nor LIMS, batch management in the ERP or inspections by authorities and certifiers. It steers the execution by many people and delivers the closing report and archive as a building block of your documentation.