HACCP Plans
Build and maintain a versioned HACCP plan covering team, products, hazards, CCPs, verification, and records.
HACCP Plans is your digital food-safety manual. It guides you through every section that regulators expect — team details, product descriptions, process flow, hazard analysis, critical control points, verification, and record-keeping — and locks in a dated revision each time you publish. Find it under Business → HACCP Plans in the sidebar.
Create a plan
- Select Create plan in the top-right corner.
- Choose a starter template from the modal or select Start from blank.
- The plan opens in draft status, ready to fill in.
Navigate the sections
The left-hand panel lists all nine sections. A tick appears beside each section once it’s complete:
- Team — name the team leader and members responsible for the plan.
- Product description — describe each product: name, intended use, and consumer group.
- Process flow — add at least three process steps (or upload a flow diagram image) and confirm it has been verified on site.
- Hazard analysis — record hazards for every process step; add control measures to any hazard marked significant.
- Critical control points — link significant hazards to CCPs; set critical limits, monitoring method, frequency, responsibility, corrective actions, and the check form used to record monitoring.
- Verification — add at least one verification activity or record a review date within the last 12 months.
- Records policy — set the records retention period in months.
- Attachments — upload supporting documents (optional, does not affect completeness).
- Revision log — shows a history of published versions.
Changes save automatically as you type.
Publish a revision
Once every required section shows a tick:
- Select Publish in the top-right corner.
- In the Publish revision dialogue, fill in:
- Reason for revision
- What changed (summary)
- Signature (type your name) — type your name to authorise the revision.
- Select Publish. The plan status changes to active and the version number increments.
Publishing is blocked until every section is complete.
Edit an active plan
Active plans are read-only to preserve the audit trail. To make changes:
- Open the plan and select Edit revision from the plan’s action menu.
- A new draft copy is created. Edit it, then publish when ready.
Other actions
- Export PDF — download the full plan as a PDF at any time.
- Duplicate — copy a non-active plan to use as a starting point for another plan, from the action menu.
- Archive — retire an active plan that is no longer in use (cannot be undone).
Plan status at a glance
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| draft | Being built; not yet in force |
| active | Published and in use |
| archived | Retired |
The Completeness column on the plans list shows progress as a percentage before you publish.
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