ePack Pro
All-in-one app to digitise the HACCP plan, temperatures and logs, for professional kitchens.
Regulation (EC) 852/2004 requires food businesses to have a food safety plan based on HACCP principles, whose records (temperatures, cleaning, receiving) justify that the procedures are applied. The texts consulted set no format (paper or digital) for these records: what matters is that they are reliable and kept. A temperature and traceability log is a timestamped form with a photo: within reach of a home-made app. From €119/month, the saving is real over a year, but do not underestimate two points: the evidential value of the records (reliable timestamps, intact history) and updating your plan when regulations change.
What you lose
- A food safety plan prepared and kept up to date by specialists.
- Pre-formatted logs for each professional kitchen activity.
- The vendor's assistance during an inspection.
- Reminders and alerts tested at large scale.
- Integrations with other management tools.
Existing alternatives to ePack Pro
- HACCP FacileFree
HACCP app with a free version of 4 modules (photo traceability, goods receipt, fridge temperatures, frying oil).
- RestoPilFree
HACCP, stock and HR for restaurants: basic free plan (manual temperatures), paid from €19.90 excl. VAT/month.
The prompt to build it yourself
Build me a HACCP dashboard that brings all my logs together, for my restaurant, to replace a HACCP subscription. Stack: installable phone web app (PWA, mobile first), Node, Express, SQLite (better-sqlite3), hosted on my small server. No heavy front-end framework. Core of the tool: - Logs: temperatures, cleaning and disinfection, receiving, labelling, frying oils, non-conformities. - A dashboard showing, for the day, what is done, late or non-conforming. - Each log exports to PDF with the venue's letterhead. - A configuration file describes my plan (zones, equipment, frequencies) and generates the logs. Common requirements (a reading only counts as evidence if it is reliable): - Every record is timestamped by the server, with the user. A reading is never edited or erased: a correction creates a new line that points back to the old one (append-only log). - Deviations (temperature out of range, cleaning not done) trigger a non-conformity to handle: cause, corrective action, closing date. - Thresholds, zones (cold rooms, hot dishes) and checklists are set in a configuration file, without touching the code. - PDF export per period, ready to show during a health inspection. Configurable data retention period. - Several users (PIN code per employee), no email account. No telemetry. - Notification reminder when a log is not filled in at the scheduled time. Out of scope: automatically written HACCP plan, connected probes, certification. README: installation, database backup, and a reminder that this tool documents your food safety plan but does not replace it: have it reviewed by your inspection body or a hygiene consultant.
Frequently asked questions
- Can ePack Pro be replaced by a custom-built tool?
- casevibecode verdict: Replaceable. Regulation (EC) 852/2004 requires food businesses to have a food safety plan based on HACCP principles, whose records (temperatures, cleaning, receiving) justify that the procedures are applied. The texts consulted set no format (paper or digital) for these records: what matters is that they are reliable and kept. A temperature and traceability log is a timestamped form with a photo: within reach of a home-made app. From €119/month, the saving is real over a year, but do not underestimate two points: the evidential value of the records (reliable timestamps, intact history) and updating your plan when regulations change.
- What is ePack Pro used for?
- All-in-one app to digitise the HACCP plan, temperatures and logs, for professional kitchens.
- What alternatives to ePack Pro already exist?
- HACCP Facile (free), RestoPil (free). Options to compare before committing to a custom build.
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