HACCP · CCP monitoring · Food safety
HACCP software for CCP monitoring, verification and corrective actions.
Turn the plan on the wall into scheduled checks at the line, with out-of-limit readings surfaced for a person to act on and record.
CCPs Run on a Schedule
Each CCP has its frequency, its monitoring method, its critical limit, and its owner.
Verification Gated by Second-Person Sign-Off
Critical-limit deviations require a trained verifier to sign — no self-verification, no after-the-fact patches.
Deviations open in real time
A CCP out of limits opens a deviation linked to the lot, quarantines product, and routes to the CAPA queue — before the next batch starts.
What goes wrong today3 common problems
The HACCP Plan and the Floor Disagree
The plan says check every two hours. The log shows checks at 06:00, 11:00, and 14:00. The auditor notices first.
Verification is whoever signs the bottom of the page
Without forced second-person verification on critical limits, the system fails the most basic GFSI test.
Deviations Get Noticed at End-of-Shift
By the time the supervisor reviews the log, the affected product is already in the cooler or on the truck.
Everything V5 does here4 capabilities
CCPs Run on a Schedule
Each CCP has its frequency, its monitoring method, its critical limit, and its owner. The kiosk prompts the check; misses escalate immediately.
Verification Gated by Second-Person Sign-Off
Critical-limit deviations require a trained verifier to sign — no self-verification, no after-the-fact patches.
Deviations open in real time
A CCP out of limits opens a deviation linked to the lot, quarantines product, and routes to the CAPA queue — before the next batch starts.
Validation, Verification, and Reassessment Built In
Annual reassessment, hazard analysis updates, and CCP validation studies tracked as first-class records — not buried in shared drives.
How it works, step by step6 steps
HACCP execution on V5 across a shift.
- PRPs Verified. Sanitation, allergen, and EM PRPs verified before line start. Failures block start-up.
- CCPs Active. Sensors come online; baseline established; monitoring frequency aligned with the validated plan.
- Excursion Contained. Critical limit breach fires alert, opens corrective action, and quarantines affected production. Verification by the responsible supervisor follows.
- Verification Activities. Scheduled verification (calibration, sampling, observation) runs with evidence capture distinct from monitoring.
- Records Contemporaneous. HACCP records are complete because they assembled during execution; no end-of-shift reconciliation.
- Validation as Workflow. Annual reassessment runs as a guided workflow with evidence; re-validation triggered by hazard, process, or material change.
What to look for when choosing
Most HACCP software is a checklist app with the seven principles labeled. Real HACCP means monitoring with sufficient frequency and acting on excursion in time.
Live CCP Monitoring
Are CCPs read from sensors, not from clipboards? Sensors stream into V5 at native cadence; CCPs are continuous.
Critical Limit Alarms
Does an excursion fire an alert to the responsible person inside seconds? Critical limit breach fires alert, opens deviation, and quarantines the affected production window in real time.
Verification Distinct from Monitoring
Does the system distinguish CCP monitoring from CCP verification per Codex? Monitoring and verification are distinct events with distinct signatures and roles.
Corrective Action Linkage
Does an excursion automatically open a corrective action — and trace it to closure? Every excursion opens a corrective action with disposition, root cause if recurrent, and effectiveness check.
Codex / NACMCF / GFSI Alignment
Does the system map to Codex Alimentarius, NACMCF, and the GFSI scheme you run? One HACCP plan satisfies Codex, NACMCF, and GFSI variants in parallel.
Plan revision control
Are HACCP plan revisions versioned with reason and re-validation evidence? Plan revisions are version-controlled with reason, validation evidence, and re-training trigger.
Pre-Requisite Program Integration
Are PRPs integrated with the HACCP plan — or run separately? PRPs are first-class in V5 and feed verification activities directly into the HACCP record.
Annual Validation as Workflow
Is HACCP annual validation a guided workflow with reassessment triggers? Annual validation runs as a guided workflow with evidence capture and re-validation gating.
V5 Compared with Other Approaches
HACCP compared to typical alternatives.
| capability | spreadsheet | legacy Qms | v5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCP monitoring | Clipboard rounds | Manual to app | Sensor stream, continuous |
| Excursion alert latency | End of round | Minutes | Seconds |
| Monitoring vs verification | Often conflated | Sometimes distinct | Distinct events and roles |
| Corrective action closure | Separate module | Auto-opened, gated effectiveness | |
| PRP integration | Separate binders | Often separate modules | Native, feed HACCP verification |
| Annual validation | Word doc reuse | Document module | Guided workflow with evidence |
| GFSI scheme outputs | Reformat each | Single-scheme | SQF/BRCGS/FSSC parallel |
| Time to deploy | Day 1 | 3-9 months | 10-14 days |
Regulations this supportsYour quality team stays responsible for compliance
HACCP clauses and how V5 implements each.
Codex CAC/RCP 1-1969 Annex Principle 4
Continuous sensor monitoring with documented frequency, attribution, and timestamp per CCP.
Codex Principle 5
Excursion fires the pre-defined corrective action workflow with disposition and quarantine of affected product.
Codex Principle 6
Verification activities are scheduled, evidence-gated, and distinct from monitoring.
21 CFR 117.155(a)
All three record categories are first-class in V5 with audit trail and signature manifestations.
USDA FSIS 9 CFR 417.4
Annual and triggered validation workflows produce the documentary evidence FSIS expects.
GFSI Benchmarking Requirements 2020.1 §JI
V5 HACCP plans are versioned documents tied to executable controls — not separate static files.
Standards Referenced
- 21 CFR 120 (HACCP — juice)
- 21 CFR 123 (HACCP — seafood)
- 9 CFR 417 (HACCP — meat & poultry)
- 21 CFR 117 (Preventive Controls — adjacent framework)
- Codex Alimentarius CAC/RCP 1-1969 Annex (HACCP principles)
Common questions4 answers
- What is HACCP software?
- It runs the seven principles of HACCP as live work — hazard analysis, CCP identification, critical limits, monitoring, corrective action, verification, and recordkeeping — at the kiosk, with every check time-stamped and signed.
- How does V5 handle CCP deviations?
- A reading outside the critical limit opens a deviation in real time, quarantines the affected lot, and routes a corrective action to the CAPA queue — before the next batch can start.
- Is V5 aligned with Codex and GFSI?
- Yes. V5's HACCP model follows Codex Alimentarius CAC/RCP 1-1969 Annex and produces records accepted under SQF, BRCGS, and FSSC 22000.
- Does V5 cover the annual HACCP reassessment?
- Yes. Reassessment is a scheduled, signed task — not an improvised binder update. Hazard analysis revisions, CCP changes, and validation studies are tracked as first-class records.