Food Manufacturing Compliance — HACCP, PCQI & BRC Audit Tracking
FDA requires a PCQI for every food facility. BRC audits require documented staff training. Certivenza tracks every certification across your production floor so you're inspection-ready at all times.
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Food manufacturing operates under the strictest food safety regulations of any industry — FSMA in the US mandates a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual for every registered facility, while BRC Global Standard and FSSC 22000 require documented evidence of staff competence during annual audits. A training gap discovered by an auditor during a BRC recertification can downgrade your site's audit grade, affecting major retailer contracts.
Mandatory
PCQI requirement for every US food facility under FSMA
Annual
BRC Global Standard audit cycle
$57,000+
FDA fine for FSMA non-compliance per violation
The compliance challenges food manufacturing businesses face
Without a dedicated system, lapsed certifications and missed renewals put your business at risk.
PCQI qualification records are not maintained between FDA inspections
FSMA requires a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual to oversee food safety plans. Many facilities train a single PCQI and never document the qualification properly, resulting in a gap when FDA inspectors ask for evidence of current PCQI status.
BRC Grade A requires documented refresher training for all operatives
BRC Global Standard requires documented evidence that every operative has received role-appropriate training within defined timeframes. Sites that can't produce training records during the audit receive a non-conformance that can downgrade their grade from A to B.
COSHH training for chemical cleaning agents is done once and forgotten
Food manufacturing involves daily use of industrial cleaning chemicals. COSHH training for these substances should be refreshed annually, but most sites do it once at induction and never revisit it.
Forklift licence renewal on warehouse-to-production transfers is missed
Production workers who transfer to warehouse roles require a valid forklift licence. Without a role-based compliance system, these transfers happen without checking whether the incoming employee holds the necessary certification.
How Certivenza helps your team stay compliant
Purpose-built features that address the specific challenges of your industry.
Automated expiry alerts
Get email alerts 30, 14, 7, and 1 day before any certification expires. Managers and admins are automatically escalated as expiry approaches. You never need to manually check anything.
Cleared-to-Work status
Define which certifications are required per role. Certivenza shows a real-time green/red Cleared-to-Work indicator for every worker. Know instantly who can and cannot work.
Mobile certificate upload
Workers upload renewal certificates directly from their phone — photo or PDF. Managers review and approve in one click. No email chains, no chasing, no lost paperwork.
One-click audit report
When an inspector arrives, generate a full compliance report in under 60 seconds. Show every worker, every certification, and every expiry date in a clean, printable format.
Certifications Certivenza tracks for Food Manufacturing
All pre-built in the system. No manual setup required.
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United Kingdom
Know instantly who can and can't work
Every morning before your team starts, you can see exactly which workers are fully compliant and which have a lapsed or missing certification. One glance. No spreadsheet required.
CLEARED TO WORK
All required certifications valid
NOT CLEARED
1 or more certifications expired or missing
Frequently asked questions
How do we prepare for a BRC audit using Certivenza?
Run the compliance report filtered to training document types. It produces a PDF or CSV listing every operative, their training records, and expiry status. BRC auditors typically request this format as part of the Clause 7.1 personnel competence documentation.
Can Certivenza track PCQI qualifications when there's no formal expiry date?
Yes. Set a 3-year renewal reminder for the PCQI qualification. This triggers a review prompt so you can verify the PCQI has maintained their competence — either through the FSPCA refresher course or equivalent CPD — without a hard expiry creating false urgency.
We have multiple production lines with different cleaning chemical schedules — how do we track COSHH per line?
Assign COSHH training as a required document type for all production roles. You can add department tags (e.g. 'Line 1 — Cleaning Team') to filter the compliance matrix and see COSHH status per production area.
Can we bulk-enrol new seasonal production workers into required training and track completion?
Send new workers portal invites in bulk. As they complete each training module, they upload their certificates. You approve them in the pending review queue. The compliance matrix shows who is fully onboarded versus who still has outstanding training.
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