Print and use

HACCP log sheets to print

A monitoring log and a corrective action record, with the columns an inspector looks for. Print them blank, or let Fermento fill them in as you log.

A deviation at pH 4.7: what you did, a choice of hold, retest, discard or release for the product, a follow-up reading and a sign-off
A monitoring log exported from Fermento as a PDF for a batch of sauerkraut: date, time, check, reading, critical limit, whether it was within the limit, who took it and the corrective action

Monitoring log

Product and batch:   Dates:

DateTimeCheckReadingCritical limitWithinByCorrective action
Within: yes, no, or not due yet. Write the corrective action on the same line as the reading it answers.

Corrective action record

Product and batch:

Check and reading out of limit
Critical limit
Date and time
What you did
Product
HoldRetestDiscardRelease
Follow-up reading, date and time
Signed off by

In the app

Fermento fills these in for you

Log a reading and it lands on the monitoring log with its limit and your initials. If it is out of limit, the app opens the corrective action record and will not let it close without a follow-up.

How HACCP works in Fermento

A check-in for a kimchi batch: typing pH 4.8 shows that it is outside the fermentation limit of pH 4.6 or lower by day 5, and that saving opens a deviation

Questions

What goes on a HACCP monitoring log?

For each check: the date and time, which check it was, the reading, the critical limit, whether the reading was within it, who took it, and the corrective action if it was not.

What goes on a corrective action record?

The reading that was out of limit and when, what you did about it, what happened to the product (held, retested, discarded or released), the follow-up reading, and a sign-off.

Does a pH meter need its own log?

Calibration is a verification task. In Fermento it sits beside the plan with its own schedule, such as daily before testing, so the record shows the meter was checked.

HACCP plan for kombucha   HACCP plan for kimchi and sauerkraut  

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