Food traceability and recall software

Most food plants can say which supplier sent a lot and which customer received a batch. The hard part is everything in between: which batches used the lot, how much went into each, what was blended, reworked or repacked, and where every pack went.

When that middle part lives in production registers and handwritten notes, a trace takes hours and is never quite complete. Formezy records it as the work happens, so the full chain is always there.

Traceability is not a separate task in Formezy; it is a by-product of normal work.

• At receipt, every lot gets a number with its supplier, quantity, certificates and test results
• At issue, lots are booked against the batch or process order that uses them
• In production, batches record their inputs, outputs, sub-lots and rework
• At packing, the batch code and date are printed from the batch record
• At dispatch, batch numbers go on every invoice and packing list

A mock recall tests whether you could find every affected pack in time. In Formezy, you open a lot or batch and see the chain backward to its ingredients and packaging, and forward to every customer, invoice and quantity.

Quantities reconcile automatically: produced, in stock, dispatched and lost. Record the exercise, its timing and any gaps, and repeat it on a regular schedule so the team stays practised.

If a supplier warns you about a lot, or a customer complains about a batch, the first job is to stop suspect stock moving. Formezy lets quality put a lot, a batch or everything made from a lot on hold, so it cannot be picked for dispatch.

The same trace shows which customers received affected stock, with their contact details and quantities, so the response starts from facts.

In a spice plant, a crop lot is cleaned and graded into sub-lots, ground into powder batches and blended into masalas. Each step keeps the link to the parent lot and its moisture, aflatoxin or residue results. A complaint about a pack of chilli powder traces back through the grinding batch to the crop lot and its certificates, and forward to every other pack made from the same lot. The ground spices flow on the spice ERP page shows each step.