From ingredient receipt to sealed case — one FSMA 204 sortable spreadsheet, ready in minutes.
V5 Ultimate runs every step FSMA Section 204, HACCP, SQF and BRCGS auditors care about — Approved Supplier Program qualification, temperature-verified receiving, HACCP-gated cook / cool / mix / assembly against the locked recipe, pathogen / APC / allergen swabs in the LIMS, packaging with the current-rev Nutrition Facts label, and Critical Tracking Events (receiving, transformation, shipping) as sortable Key Data Elements. The 24-hour FDA request is one click — not a week of phone calls.
Built for FSMA 204, HACCP, SQF, BRCGS, and FDA Food Safety Plans.
The same batch record — seen the way you run the plant.
For a food processor or co-manufacturer, the small wins compound every shift. Finance sees higher first-pass yield on expensive proteins and produce. Operations sees the next changeover start on time. Food safety sees a batch record that a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual, an SQF or BRCGS auditor and the FDA already recognise.
Higher first-pass yield on expensive proteins and produce — giveaway squeezed, off-spec caught mid-cook, and true cost per case finally on the page.
- Per-batch actual cost: proteins, produce, packaging, labour and rework — visible in $, today.
- Lower giveaway from earlier gating and faster in-process checkweigh and portion feedback.
- Fewer rework loops from CCP drift caught at the kettle, not at final QC.
- Most food processors and co-manufacturers see V5 pay back inside year one and keep compounding.
From the Approved Supplier CoA + COOL to the sealed case — one recipe-locked thread.
Follow one batch. Every step below is a single screen in V5 — and the Food Safety Plan, HACCP CCP calendar, Nutrition Facts revision, allergen sequencing and sanitation layer runs underneath them all.
Qualified supplier, temperature-verified receipt, first CTE captured — before a pallet crosses the cooler door.
- CoA + supplier COA + temperature verified at receipt — an out-of-temp cold-chain pallet is rejected at the dock.
- FSMA 204 FTL items: KDE-1 (receiving CTE) written automatically — traceability lot code, quantity, source, date and location.
- Every case, tote and pallet barcoded into hygiene-segregated stores with best-by, use-by, allergen and Kosher / Halal / organic status.
- Contract manufacturing: brand-owner / co-man split explicit on every receipt so the co-pack line is never ambiguous.
The only recipe the line can run is the released, food-safety-approved version — drift from the Food Safety Plan is physically impossible.
- Recipe lockdown — the line only sees the current released rev and refuses ingredient substitutions.
- HACCP CCPs (cook, cool, metal detect, pH, aw) enforced with live probe / vision data — an out-of-spec CCP hard-stops the line and opens a deviation.
- Cook kettle temperature, cool-chain time-in-zone, mixer RPM, portioning weight and assembly counts streamed to the batch — no clipboards.
- Operator hard-blocked from a step they are not qualified for — HACCP training enforced at the workstation.
The batch can't ship until pathogen, APC and every environmental swab is green — and the food-safety reviewer sees every deviation in one place.
- Environmental monitoring zones and pathogen sampling plans wired as gates — no green, no release for RTE product.
- Instrument integration for rapid pathogen (bioMérieux, Neogen, Hygiena), pH meters, aw meters, ATP luminometers and metal detectors.
- Deviation / OOS linked to the affected batch, workstation and operator — no orphan events per 21 CFR 117 preventive controls.
- Two-independent-signature release — one production, one QA / PCQI — before the batch leaves quarantine.
One finished lot, one current-rev Nutrition Facts label, one QA-signed case — label = released recipe, at the printer.
- Automated portion / fill / seal with net-weight verification, metal detector CCP and checkweigher tied to the batch.
- Current-rev Nutrition Facts label pinned per lot — the printer refuses to spool a superseded revision.
- Vision inspection for ingredient list, allergen statements, lot code, use-by date and USDA FSIS establishment number.
- Cartoning and pallet build reconciled to the released lot — retailer EDI, ASN and FSMA 204 shipping KDE-3 pinned to the pack.
"If a supplier just went positive for Listeria — which retail DCs and foodservice customers are exposed?"
Every pallet ships with retailer EDI, the current Nutrition Facts panel, GS1-128 SSCC and a case manifest tied to the released lot. When a supplier positive, a customer complaint or a Reportable Food Registry event triggers a stop-sale, V5's lot + case tree paints the affected case ranges and destinations — forward from the finished lot and backward to every ingredient, packaging and label revision that built it. The FSMA 204 sortable spreadsheet — with KDE-1 (receiving), KDE-2 (transformation) and KDE-3 (shipping) — writes itself for the 24-hour FDA request.
A grower confirms Listeria monocytogenes on romaine lot RM-5540. V5 walks the tree — the finished case lot that used it, the case ranges dispatched, the retail DCs and foodservice customers exposed. Pull the lever to see the FSMA 204 sortable spreadsheet assemble itself.
Kettle PM, metal-detector verification and Master Sanitation Schedule — on the same tablet as production.
- PM per kettle, chiller, mixer, portioner, sealer, metal detector, X-ray, checkweigher and packaging line.
- Calibration cycles per traceable standards — probe thermometers, aw meters, pH meters, metal-detector test pieces and checkweigher masses.
- Master Sanitation Schedule, CIP / COP verification and pre-op ATP + visual inspection tied to the release calendar.
- Allergen-aware changeover — sequencing, wash-out, ATP + protein-specific ELISA and sign-off enforced before the next recipe loads.
Quality, FSMA 204 and the GFSI audit run through every batch — not stapled to the record at the end.
- Incoming inspection per ingredient, packaging and label — CoA + temperature + allergen match, sample plan, identity.
- In-process CCPs — cook temperature, cool-down, metal detect, pH, aw, checkweigh — enforced per 21 CFR 117 preventive controls.
- Two-signature release — one production, one QA / PCQI — can't be skipped before a lot leaves quarantine.
- FSMA 204 CTE ledger with KDE-1 (receiving), KDE-2 (transformation) and KDE-3 (shipping) — sortable FDA export in one click.
- Reportable Food Registry intake with the FDA 24-hour clock; recall / withdrawal drafted live from released-batch data.
- Document control and training matrix — superseded SOPs, labels and lapsed HACCP training hard-block the workstation.
Every quality feature in V5 — mapped to an FSMA 204 / HACCP / GFSI plant.
The same platform that runs pharmaceuticals and medical devices — set up for the way a food processor or co-manufacturer actually receives, cooks, mixes, tests, packages and releases a batch under FSMA Section 204, 21 CFR Part 117, HACCP, SQF, BRCGS, FSSC 22000 and USDA FSIS.
Approved Supplier Program & FSVP
Configurable per ingredient, protein, produce and pack. CoA + temperature + allergen + FSVP verified at receipt; expired qualification blocks goods-in automatically.
HACCP CCPs & preventive controls
Live CCPs — cook lethality, cool-down time-in-zone, pH, aw, metal detect, checkweigh — enforced per 21 CFR Part 117 with instrument data. OOS opens a deviation and hard-stops the line.
Two-signature release
Production + QA / PCQI review-and-release before any batch ships. Every gate signed with a validated e-signature — identity + meaning captured.
Deviation, complaint & RFR
One workflow from issue raised through root cause, action, verification and close. Linked to the affected batch, workstation, operator and supplier — Reportable Food Registry 24-hour clock built in.
Recipe & Nutrition Facts lockdown
Recipes are immutable, rev-locked and tied to the current Nutrition Facts panel and food safety plan. Current-rev label pinned per lot — the printer refuses to spool a superseded revision.
Supplier scorecards & re-qualification
On-time delivery, temperature compliance, CoA quality, GFSI status, deviation rate and audit findings rolled into a live supplier score. Expired qualifications block goods-in automatically.
Environmental monitoring & sanitation
Zone 1–4 environmental monitoring, pathogen sampling plan, allergen swab (ATP + protein-specific ELISA) and Master Sanitation Schedule tied to the release calendar.
FSMA 204 CTE ledger & 24-h sortable
Receiving (KDE-1), transformation (KDE-2) and shipping (KDE-3) Critical Tracking Events captured automatically for FTL items — FDA 24-hour sortable spreadsheet is a one-click export.
Shelf-life & stability
Shelf-life / stability studies scheduled per recipe and pack. Sensory, micro, aw, pH and appearance pull-points tied to formulation and pack format.
Live on your kettles, chillers, metal detectors and packaging lines — no rip-and-replace.
We connect at the level your engineers and food-safety team expect — OPC UA, Modbus, MQTT, REST, EDI, file drops, SQL. Most food processors are live on day one with the kettles, chillers, mixers, metal detectors, checkweighers and packaging lines already in the plant.
Cook, cool, mix & portion
OPC UA and Modbus links to Groen, Cleveland, Legion, Firex kettles; Fessmann and JBT smokehouses; blast chillers; Reiser vacuum tumblers; Stephan and Robot Coupe mixers; Multivac and GEA formers. Kettle temp, cool time-in-zone and portion weight logged straight to the batch.
Metal detect, X-ray & checkweigh
Mettler-Toledo Safeline, Loma, Anritsu, Ishida metal detectors, X-ray and checkweighers. Reject events, test-piece verifications and giveaway data streamed to the batch — a failed verification hard-stops the line.
Fill, seal, label & case pack
Multivac, GEA, Ossid, Sealed Air CryoVac thermoformers and tray sealers; Videojet, Domino, Markem-Imaje, Zebra thermal-transfer and print-and-apply labellers. Current-rev Nutrition Facts label pinned per lot at the line.
Environmental monitoring & rapid pathogen
bioMérieux, Neogen, Hygiena, 3M / Neogen Petrifilm; Charm Sciences ATP; Roka. Env swab plans, pathogen results and ATP verifications wired to release gates.
ERP, WMS & retailer / FSIS portals
SAP, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle, Infor, JustFood, Aptean. Retailer EDI (Kroger, Walmart, Costco, Sysco, US Foods), USDA FSIS PHIS records and FSMA 204 sortable exports driven from released-batch data.
BI & data warehouse
Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Snowflake, Databricks. Direct SQL access to your tenant — your data, your queries, your validated reports.
FSMA 204, 21 CFR Part 117, HACCP, SQF / BRCGS & USDA FSIS — at the data layer.
The records build themselves as the batch is executed. When the FDA FSMA inspector, SQF / BRCGS auditor or USDA FSIS IPP walks in, the evidence pack is one click — not a week of re-assembly.
Fixed-price, named team, one product family live before you pay for the next.
- Week 1–4·step 01Discovery & floor scan
We walk one product family with your team — recipes, food safety plan, HACCP CCPs, allergen matrix, pathogen sampling, Nutrition Facts library, existing ERP and WMS fields. Out: a fixed scope and price.
- Week 5–9·step 02Configure & integrate
Material master, recipes, CCPs, LIMS methods (pathogen, APC, allergen, aw, pH), Nutrition Facts label library, kettle / chiller / metal-detector / checkweigher / packaging-line integrations and ERP feeds loaded.
- Week 10–13·step 03Pilot & train
One product family live in pilot. Three-shift operator training on the floor with the actual UI — not slides. UAT signed by QA / PCQI, production and operations.
- Week 14–16·step 04Go live & hyper-care
Cut over. Two weeks of hyper-care with your named delivery team on-site. KPIs published on the wall before we leave.
The first six questions on every food-processing RFP.
How does V5 handle FSMA Section 204 Critical Tracking Events and the 24-hour sortable spreadsheet?
How does V5 handle HACCP CCPs, preventive controls and the food safety plan?
How does V5 handle allergen control, FALCPA and the FASTER Act (sesame)?
Will V5 talk to our kettles, chillers, metal detectors, checkweighers and packaging lines?
We're a co-manufacturer with multiple brand-owners on one site — how does V5 keep them separate?
What about IT — validated change control, SOC 2, USDA FSIS PHIS and SQF / BRCGS audit prep?
Book a 30-minute walkthrough with a food-processing specialist.
We'll show a live self-building batch record, recipe lockdown, live HACCP CCPs at the kettle, pathogen + APC + allergen swabs in the LIMS, current-rev Nutrition Facts label print at the packaging line, two-signature release, a live FSMA 204 sortable spreadsheet export and a mock supplier-positive traceback — on a workspace seeded for a working food-processing plant.
Fixed-price go-live · No platform lock-in · Onboard in 10–16 weeks