Food Processing🇺🇸United States·

FSMA 204 traceability lots, captured at the speed of production.

Built for FSMA 204, HACCP, SQF, BRCGS, and FDA Food Safety Plans.

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Built around your regulators

The codes you're accountable to — at the data layer.

FSMA Section 204
Food Traceability Final Rule (Sept 2026 compliance)
21 CFR Part 117
Preventive Controls for Human Food
HACCP
Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points
SQF / BRCGS
GFSI-recognized food safety schemes
USDA FSIS
If meat, poultry, or processed egg
How V5 maps to your floor

Five steps from receive to release — with the regulator on the hook at the end.

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A day in the life

From login to release — no end-of-shift paperwork.

What the auditor receives
The record assembles itself as the operator works — no end-of-shift paperwork project.
FSMA 204 / 21 CFR 117FOOD PROCESSING TRACEABILITY (CTE + KDE)
CTE — KDE CAPTURED
  • lot code
  • supplier
  • receive date
  • BoL ref
1
RECEIVE
(LOT + SUPPLIER)
CTE — KDE CAPTURED
  • lot code
  • location
  • temp
  • date / time in
2
COLD STORAGE
CTE — KDE CAPTURED
  • lot in / out
  • recipe id
  • date / time
  • operator
3
TRANSFORMATION
(COOK / BLEND)
CTE — KDE CAPTURED
  • lot
  • package type
  • qty
  • label code
4
PACK
CTE — KDE CAPTURED
  • lot
  • ship date
  • carrier
  • route id
5
SHIP
(LOAD + ROUTE)
CTE — KDE CAPTURED
  • TLC
  • lineage
  • created at
  • source system
6
TRACEABILITY
LOT CODE
PHYSICAL CTE INFORMATION CTE
KDE = the minimum data fields required to trace the lot through this step. Captured automatically as the operator works.
FSMA 204 / 21 CFR 117COMPLIANT· END-TO-END TRACEABILITY· FASTER RESPONSE
TRACE IT. TRUST IT.
  1. 06:00·step 01
    Receive

    Driver scans the BoL. V5 logs lot, supplier, location, receive time, document reference — every KDE for CTE-1.

    FSMA 204 §1.1330
  2. 06:30·step 02
    Cold storage

    Pallet routed to a temperature-monitored zone. Sensor stream attached to the lot — not a clipboard.

  3. 08:00·step 03
    Pre-op sanitation

    Operator runs the SSOP audit on the kiosk. Failed line opens an NCR and holds the line until cleared.

    21 CFR 117 / SQF
  4. 10:00·step 04
    Transformation (cook/blend)

    Recipe pulls input lots, writes the output lot. Cook time + temp captured. Allergen cross-contact flagged before the run starts.

  5. 13:00·step 05
    Pack

    Case-level label prints with the new traceability lot code. Quantity, package type, date/time — all KDEs for CTE-4.

  6. 15:00·step 06
    Ship

    Loader scans cases onto the trailer. Carrier, route code, destination captured. Mock recall now resolves in seconds, not days.

    FSMA 204
  7. End of day·step 07
    Daily traceability log

    Auto-export of every KDE for the shift, in the FDA's preferred format. Sortable, filterable, signed.

Speaking your language

The terms your auditor uses

V5's UI uses these names for food processing workspaces — no cross-industry jargon to translate.
CTE
Critical Tracking Event — receive, transform, ship, etc. — where FSMA 204 requires data capture.
KDE
Key Data Element — the specific fields you must record at a CTE (lot code, supplier, etc.).
FTL
Food Traceability List — the ~30 high-risk foods FSMA 204 applies to.
SSOP
Sanitation Standard Operating Procedure — pre-op cleaning checks.
HACCP
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points — your written food-safety plan.
Mock recall
Periodic test of how fast you can trace a lot up- and down-stream. V5: under 60 seconds.
What keeps you up at night

Sound familiar? We built this for you.

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Lot codes are written on cases by hand; reading them back during a recall is hopeless.

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Critical control point checks live on clipboards — supervisor finds out about a failure at end-of-shift.

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The 24-hour FSMA 204 sortable spreadsheet doesn't exist; it has to be assembled by phone calls.

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GFSI auditors find ghost SOP versions still being used on the line.

Self-Building Compliance Records

The record assembles itself as the work happens.

No paperwork project at end of shift. No reconstruction at audit time. The evidence IS the workflow.

FSMA 204 sortable record

Every CTE — receiving, creating, transformation, shipping — emitted in the FDA's required format on demand.

Live CCP monitoring

Out-of-spec readings hard-stop the line and route a deviation, before product moves.

Lot genealogy in seconds

From a single finished case, walk back to every input lot and forward to every customer.

One controlled SOP version

Operators see only the current released SOP — old versions can't be opened.

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