Digital food safety is the HACCP system's records kept on a device in the kitchen instead of in a folder, and the case for it is not convenience but completeness. A record made where the check happens, prompted when it is due and judged against the limit as it is entered, is a record that exists. The Food Standards Agency's cooking-your-food guidance, cited below, gives the danger zone as between 8 and 63°C, where bacterial growth occurs, and says leftovers must be cooled and put in the fridge within two hours and eaten within 48 hours. The danger zone temperature log planner on this site sizes the records a kitchen produces, free; the digital HACCP system guide covers what to look for.
The records do not change
Temperatures at cooking, cooling, reheating, holding and storage; the cleaning schedule; the allergen matrix; the traceability record; the training; the corrective actions; the probe calibration. The same guidance gives the cooking standard as 70°C for 2 minutes, or the equivalents it lists, 75°C for 30 seconds among them. Digital changes where they are kept, not what they are.
The prompt
The system asks for the check when the plan says it is due, so a missed check is visible that day. The planner on this site prints how many checks a day the plan produces, which is the number a digital system has to prompt.
The judgement
Entered readings are judged against the plan's limits at once, and a miss prompts the corrective action written in advance. That record of miss and fix is the evidence that the system is followed rather than filled in.
The export
The inspector's management-of-food-safety area is scored on the records for a period, produced on request. FoodDocs lists its Lite plan at $99 per site per month billed monthly or $79 billed annually, and its Standard plan at $199 per site per month, with a free 14-day trial, on its pricing page cited below. ProbeLedger Pro is $49 per month for the whole site.
Questions people ask about digital food safety
Is digital food safety a legal requirement?
No; the food safety management system is. Digital is one way to keep it complete.
What about power cuts or a dead tablet?
A digital system worth having keeps the record on the device and syncs later; check that on the trial.
What is free here?
The tools: the plan, the temperature log planner, the allergen matrix, the audit, the traceability record and the labels planner, without an account.