Food & beverage quality and safety
Food safety testing, from plant floor to positive release
HDLIMS connects plant QC labs, central labs and contract labs in one system, so holds, results and releases follow the same rules at every site, and your HACCP and food safety plans have verified data behind them.
The challenge
The challenges we hear most
Product waits on micro
Finished goods sit on hold for pathogen and indicator results, and every hour spent chasing results or paperwork costs warehouse space and shelf life.
Every plant does it differently
Each site keeps its own spreadsheets, specs and sampling plans, so corporate quality can’t compare performance or roll out a method change consistently.
Supplier CoAs go unchecked
Incoming ingredient certificates are filed rather than evaluated, and verification testing against supplier claims happens when someone remembers.
Audits mean digging
GFSI audits, customer audits and FDA inspections ask for environmental monitoring trends, corrective actions and traceability exercises on short notice.
Capabilities
How HDLIMS supports Food & Beverage
Preconfigured workflows, terminology and reports for your industry, on the same unified platform.
Hold and positive release
Lots are held automatically until every required test passes, then released to ERP; failures route to disposition with full traceability.
Microbiology workflows
Plate counts, dilution calculations, presumptive and confirmed results, and pathogen escalation for Listeria, Salmonella and STEC testing.
Pathogen environmental monitoring
Zone 1–4 sampling plans, swab site maps, vector swabbing after positives and trend reports for your environmental monitoring program.
Allergen control
Track allergen profiles by product and line, schedule changeover verification, and record ATP and allergen swab results against each changeover.
Supplier CoA verification
Capture supplier certificates against ingredient specifications, flag discrepancies, and schedule skip-lot verification testing by supplier risk.
Shelf-life studies
Plan storage conditions and pull points, record sensory, micro and chemistry results, and base date-code decisions on trend data.
Workflow
From incoming ingredient to released lot
- 1
Receive
Ingredient lots are logged with supplier CoAs and checked against specifications before use.
- 2
Monitor
In-process checks and environmental swabs follow scheduled plans by line, shift and zone.
- 3
Test
Finished product is tested for micro, chemistry and allergens, with results evaluated against product specs.
- 4
Hold
Lots stay on hold until required results are in; presumptive positives trigger escalation and confirmation.
- 5
Release
Passing lots are released to ERP, and CoAs are generated for customers who require them.
Regulations & standards
Designed to support your compliance program
HDLIMS provides the technical controls and records these frameworks call for. Compliance remains a property of how your lab configures and operates the system, and our validation package helps you demonstrate it.
Recommended modules
The modules Food & Beverage teams use most
FAQ
Food & Beverage: frequently asked questions
Can HDLIMS manage positive release with our ERP?
Does HDLIMS support a pathogen environmental monitoring program?
Can we run plant labs and a central lab in the same system?
Is HDLIMS suitable for ISO/IEC 17025 accredited food labs?
See HDLIMS configured for Food & Beverage
Book a tailored demo with a lab informatics specialist. We map your sample types, methods and compliance requirements, then show you exactly how HDLIMS fits.