Managing your HACCP programs via the handheld and HACCP-manage.net, reduces the opportunity for fines. Violations of the compliance requirements when discovered by the regulatory inspectors, usually result in unwanted fines. This system of handheld and an Internet Data Center, supports better HACCP management, which reduces the threat of fines.

HACCP-manage.net was conceived to provide greater assurance for organizations during the conduct of its regulatory requirements of audits and inspections. It is not a simple transfer of checklist from paper to electronic for the sake of technology. The concept is to provide control over food safety compliance requirements, using the handheld at the point of application. The provision of Control is the major provision in the combined use of HACCP-manage.net and the handheld.

Examples of Control
HACCP-manage.net provides a record that the responsible person has actually gone to the bar coded location with the PDA (or handheld) on the plant or facility, to execute the HACCP activities, including gather monitoring (e.g. CCP) data. When bar codes are
not scanned for the activity, the activity is shown as overdue or exceeding the required monitored values. Emails are sent to the management to inform / remind that the statutory activity is incomplete or that monitored values exceeded.

Another statutory requirement is for both training and activity records. The system uses the handheld to facilitate training and will not allow an untrained employee to conduct an activity, thus demonstrating control. Records of training and activities are date and time stamped; A history of late completed activities is stored on the database. Electronic work
order or corrective actions form part of the system, when there are non-routine activities, whether they are planned or emergencies.