• Quality manager spending two days before each BRC audit locating, printing, and organising paper HACCP records, cleaning logs, and supplier approval documents from across the site?

  • CCP out-of-limit reading recorded on a paper chart that no one reviews until the end of the shift -- and a corrective action that was never completed because the workflow lived in the operator's head?

Food Safety Compliance Software Development

BRC, SQF, and FSSC 22000 audits require documented evidence that your food safety controls are operating consistently -- not a collection of paper records assembled the night before an announced audit. Custom compliance software makes that evidence a byproduct of normal daily operations rather than a separate documentation exercise.

Built around your HACCP plan and certification scheme. CCP limits, monitoring frequencies, corrective action workflows, cleaning schedules, and the specific documentation requirements of your audit standard are all configured to your site -- not a generic template that requires interpretation on the day of the audit.

  • HACCP CCP monitoring with configured limits, recorded checks, and automated out-of-limit alert workflow

  • Cleaning and sanitation schedule management with completion records, verification sign-off, and overdue alerts

  • Supplier approval workflow requiring quality documentation before a supplier is approved for production use

  • Non-conformance recording with root cause analysis and corrective action closure tracking

RaftLabs builds custom food safety compliance software for F&B manufacturers who need HACCP critical control point monitoring, cleaning schedule management, supplier approval workflows, non-conformance recording, and BRC/SQF audit documentation in one connected system. Most food safety compliance projects deliver in 10 to 14 weeks at a fixed, agreed cost with full source code ownership.

Vodafone
Aldi
Nike
Microsoft
Heineken
Cisco
Calorgas
Energia Rewards
GE
Bank of America
T-Mobile
Valero
Techstars
East Ventures
100+Software products shipped
FixedCost delivery
10-14Week delivery cycles
24+Industries served

Audit evidence should be a byproduct of operations, not a pre-audit preparation exercise

The fundamental requirement of every food safety certification scheme -- BRC Global Standard, SQF, FSSC 22000, or a retailer code of practice -- is documented evidence that your food safety management system is operating as designed, consistently, across every shift and every production run. Generating that evidence from paper records requires discipline from every operator, completeness checking by the quality team, and a filing system that allows records to be retrieved under time pressure during an audit. When any part of that chain breaks, the evidence gap becomes a finding.

Custom compliance software captures the evidence at the point of operation. A CCP check is completed on a tablet and the result is stored immediately with the operator's identity, the time, and the reading. A cleaning task is signed off on screen by the operator and countersigned by the supervisor. A non-conformance is raised from the production floor as the deviation occurs. The quality manager reviews records in a dashboard rather than searching filing cabinets. The auditor sees a complete, dated, signed evidence record rather than a manually assembled paper pack.

What we build

HACCP CCP monitoring

CCP register linked to your HACCP plan, with each CCP carrying the critical limit, the monitoring frequency, the monitoring method, and the corrective action procedure. CCP check recording on a tablet or fixed screen at the production point, capturing the operator, time, and measured value against the critical limit. Automated out-of-limit alert when a recorded value breaches the critical limit, triggering the corrective action workflow and notifying the supervisor immediately rather than at the end-of-shift review. Corrective action recording linked to the out-of-limit event, capturing the action taken, the decision on affected product, and the supervisor sign-off. CCP monitoring report covering all checks in a period, showing compliance rate, out-of-limit frequency, and corrective action closure status. The HACCP monitoring evidence that replaces the paper chart with a structured, searchable record.

Cleaning and sanitation management

Cleaning schedule management with each task carrying the cleaning method, the chemical and concentration, the contact time, the responsible operator role, and the completion frequency -- daily, weekly, and periodic cleans all scheduled and tracked. Task assignment and notification so the operator responsible for each clean receives the task at the scheduled time, on screen or by alert, rather than relying on a paper schedule on the wall. Completion recording by the operator with date, time, and chemical lot number, followed by verification sign-off from the supervisor or quality team. Allergen validation clean recording with the verification method and result -- ATP swab reading, visual inspection, or rinsate test -- stored against the clean record. Overdue clean alert when a scheduled clean has not been completed by the required time. Cleaning schedule compliance report for audit showing completion rate, verification results, and any overdue tasks.

Supplier approval management

Supplier register with approval status -- approved, provisional, suspended, or unapproved -- for each raw material supplier. Approval workflow requiring submission of the quality documentation your standard requires: product specification, allergen declaration, certificate of analysis, and food safety certification. Document expiry tracking with alert when a supplier's food safety certificate or specification approaches its renewal date, triggering a re-approval request before the document lapses. Supplier risk score based on delivery performance, non-conformance history, and audit results, updated automatically as new data is recorded. Approved supplier list report showing current approval status for all suppliers with the documentation expiry dates, ready for audit review. Purchasing block preventing a purchase order being raised for a supplier whose approval status is suspended or unapproved.

Non-conformance management

Non-conformance record raised from the production floor, intake, or quality check, capturing the product or ingredient affected, the nature of the deviation, the quantity involved, and the immediate disposition -- hold, reject, or release under deviation. Root cause analysis recorded against the non-conformance with the investigation findings and the identified root cause. Corrective action plan linked to the non-conformance with task assignment, due date, and completion recording. Verification step confirming the corrective action has been effective, with sign-off before the non-conformance is closed. Non-conformance trend reporting by product, by supplier, by deviation category, and by production line, showing whether the corrective actions are reducing recurrence. The non-conformance system that replaces the paper log with a closed-loop quality investigation process.

Calibration and equipment management

Equipment register for all measuring and monitoring equipment that forms part of your HACCP or quality management system -- thermometers, scales, metal detectors, pH meters, and temperature data loggers. Calibration schedule with calibration due dates calculated from the calibration frequency for each instrument. Calibration record capturing the calibration date, the reference standard used, the as-found and as-left readings, and the calibration outcome. Calibration certificate storage against each equipment record. Overdue calibration alert when an instrument approaches its calibration due date, with a blocking alert if a check is recorded against an instrument whose calibration has lapsed. Out-of-calibration response workflow capturing the action taken when an instrument is found out of tolerance, including the assessment of measurements made since the last valid calibration.

Audit documentation and reporting

Audit dashboard aggregating the key compliance metrics -- CCP compliance rate, overdue cleaning tasks, outstanding non-conformances, supplier document expiry status, and calibration compliance -- in a single view for daily management review. BRC/SQF clause mapping showing which system records satisfy each clause of the relevant standard, so the audit evidence pack can be generated by clause reference rather than by manual search. Audit finding management for recording findings from customer audits, internal audits, and certification audits, with corrective action assignment and closure tracking. Internal audit scheduling and recording with configurable audit programme covering each element of the food safety management system. Pre-audit readiness report showing open corrective actions, lapsed document approvals, and overdue scheduled tasks, giving the quality manager the information to close gaps before the auditor arrives.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. The configuration of CCP limits, monitoring frequencies, document requirements, and audit evidence mapping is done against your specific certification scheme and your current HACCP plan. Where you hold multiple certifications, the system can be configured to satisfy the requirements of the most demanding standard and flagged by scheme for each requirement. The certification-specific configuration is reviewed during discovery before development starts.

Each check record captures the individual operator by login credential, not a shift or a team. The monitoring schedule shows which checks are due in each shift and assigns them to the operator present. Supervisor verification steps require a separate login from the recording operator, so the countersignature is always a distinct person. The audit trail shows the complete check history with individual operator identity for every record throughout the day.

Yes. Report output is configurable for the document formats common in BRC, SQF, and retailer-specific audits. HACCP monitoring records, cleaning schedules, non-conformance logs, and supplier approval lists can all be exported as PDF or spreadsheet in the format requested by the auditor. Where a customer has a specific reporting template, we configure the export to match it during the project.

A focused build covering HACCP CCP monitoring, cleaning schedule management, supplier approval, and non-conformance management typically runs $30,000 to $60,000. Adding calibration management, full audit documentation mapping, internal audit management, and customer audit export capability typically brings the total to $60,000 to $110,000. Fixed cost agreed before development starts, no hourly billing.

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Talk to us about your food safety compliance project.

Tell us your certification scheme, your current HACCP plan, and where your compliance documentation process creates risk or overhead. We'll scope a food safety system built around your operation and give you a fixed cost.