Tracely HACCP
Mobile app dedicated to food safety traceability, temperature readings and HACCP tracking.
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 mobile traceability and readings app, with photos as backup, is a digital logbook with no certification requirement specific to the tool. The point that matters in the kitchen: entry must be faster than paper, otherwise the team stops using it.
What you lose
- A mobile app proven on many phones.
- Ready-made record templates.
- The vendor's assistance.
- Regulatory updates.
- Alerts tested at large scale.
Existing alternatives to Tracely HACCP
- RestoPilFree
Tablet HACCP with a free plan: use-by dates, labels, manual temperature readings and supplier receiving.
The prompt to build it yourself
Build me a mobile food safety traceability app with photos, 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: - Temperature readings with quick entry: one screen per piece of equipment, one big button to confirm. - Traceability at receiving: supplier, batch, use-by date, photo of the label or delivery note. - HACCP tracking: opening and closing checklists, with an optional photo at each step. - Non-conformities with photo and corrective action. 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. - Offline mode with deferred sync, for cellars and cold rooms with no network. Out of scope: connected probes, several venues, 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 Tracely HACCP 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 mobile traceability and readings app, with photos as backup, is a digital logbook with no certification requirement specific to the tool. The point that matters in the kitchen: entry must be faster than paper, otherwise the team stops using it.
- What is Tracely HACCP used for?
- Mobile app dedicated to food safety traceability, temperature readings and HACCP tracking.
- What alternatives to Tracely HACCP already exist?
- RestoPil (free). Options to compare before committing to a custom build.
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