Yes. LogBooks Hub covers all seven HACCP principles with temperature monitoring, corrective actions, and EHO-ready records for UK food businesses.
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Yes. LogBooks Hub covers all seven HACCP principles: hazard analysis, critical control points, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, verification, documentation, and record-keeping. Temperature logs, cooking records, and cleaning schedules are built-in with automatic alerts for out-of-range readings.
What Is HACCP Compliance?
HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) is a food safety management system required by UK law. It identifies where food safety hazards can occur in your operation and puts controls in place to prevent them.
The seven HACCP principles form the backbone of safe food handling:
- Conduct hazard analysis
- Identify critical control points (CCPs)
- Establish critical limits
- Monitor CCPs
- Establish corrective actions
- Verify the system works
- Keep records and documentation
Environmental Health Officers expect to see evidence of all seven principles during inspections. Paper-based systems work, but they're prone to gaps, illegible entries, and missing timestamps.
Does LogBooks Hub Cover All HACCP Principles?
Yes. LogBooks Hub addresses each HACCP principle:
Hazard analysis
Pre-built templates identify common hazards for your operation type (restaurant, care home kitchen, retail food counter). You select what applies to your business.
Critical control points
Temperature monitoring, cooking processes, and cooling procedures are tracked automatically. The system knows which foods need which controls.
Critical limits
Set your own safe temperature ranges or use industry standards. LogBooks Hub alerts staff when readings fall outside limits.
Monitoring
Digital logs capture temperatures, batch codes, and cleaning tasks with timestamps. No more guessing when the last fridge check happened.
Corrective actions
When something goes wrong (a fridge hits 9°C, a cooking temp is too low), the system prompts immediate corrective action and records what was done.
Verification
Built-in audit reports show compliance trends over time. You can prove your system works before the EHO asks.
Record-keeping
Every entry is stored digitally with date, time, and staff member attached. Records are searchable and exportable for inspections.
How Does LogBooks Hub Handle Critical Control Points?
LogBooks Hub monitors the CCPs that matter most to food businesses:
Temperature control
Fridge and freezer checks, hot holding, cooking temps, and cooling logs. Set your own thresholds or use defaults. Out-of-range readings trigger immediate alerts.
Cooking and reheating
Core temperature logs for high-risk foods. The app knows chicken needs 75°C, not 63°C. Staff record actual temps, and the system flags anything unsafe.
Cooling procedures
Track cooling times for batch-cooked food. The system ensures you're getting food from 60°C to 21°C within safe windows.
Delivery checks
Log supplier delivery temps, use-by dates, and packaging condition. Batch codes are captured for traceability.
Cleaning schedules
Daily, weekly, and deep-clean tasks are assigned and tracked. Proof your kitchen is being cleaned to standard.
For multi-site operations, you see CCP compliance across all locations from one dashboard. Franchise operators can compare performance between sites and spot training gaps before they become problems.
What HACCP Records Does LogBooks Hub Generate?
LogBooks Hub produces the records Environmental Health Officers look for:
Temperature logs
Fridge, freezer, cooking, hot holding, and cooling records with timestamps and staff signatures. Exportable as PDFs or CSV files.
Corrective action logs
Every out-of-spec reading includes what went wrong, what action was taken, and who dealt with it. No blank spaces.
Cleaning records
Proof that cleaning schedules are being followed, not just planned. Completed tasks show who did the work and when.
Delivery records
Supplier details, batch codes, temperatures on arrival, and acceptance/rejection decisions. Full traceability if there's a product recall.
Audit reports
Summary views of compliance across date ranges. Show trends, highlight gaps, and prove your HACCP system is working.
All records are EHO-ready. When inspection day arrives, you export the date range requested and hand over complete documentation in minutes, not hours of hunting through filing cabinets.
Is LogBooks Hub HACCP-Certified?
LogBooks Hub isn't HACCP-certified because software doesn't get certified — your HACCP plan does.
What LogBooks Hub does is provide the tools to implement, monitor, and document a compliant HACCP system. The app covers all seven principles, tracks the CCPs relevant to food businesses, and generates the records required by UK food safety law.
Your HACCP plan is still yours. LogBooks Hub makes it easier to follow and prove you're following it. Environmental Health Officers accept digital records as long as they're complete, accurate, and accessible. LogBooks Hub delivers all three.
If you need help building your HACCP plan from scratch, the templates and task structures in LogBooks Hub are based on industry best practice. You're not starting from a blank page.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does LogBooks Hub replace my HACCP plan?
No. LogBooks Hub is a tool for implementing and documenting your HACCP plan, not the plan itself. You still need a written HACCP plan that identifies your hazards, CCPs, and controls. LogBooks Hub makes it easier to follow that plan and prove compliance through digital records.
Can LogBooks Hub track cooking temperatures for HACCP?
Yes. LogBooks Hub includes cooking temperature logs with food-specific critical limits. Staff record core temps for high-risk foods, and the system flags readings below safe thresholds. All cooking records are timestamped and stored for audit purposes.
How does LogBooks Hub handle corrective actions?
When a reading falls outside critical limits (a fridge too warm, a cooking temp too low), LogBooks Hub prompts the user to record corrective action immediately. The system captures what went wrong, what was done to fix it, and who took the action. No out-of-spec reading can be logged without a corrective action attached.
Is LogBooks Hub accepted by Environmental Health Officers?
Yes. Environmental Health Officers accept digital records as long as they meet legal requirements: complete, accurate, and accessible. LogBooks Hub records include timestamps, staff names, and corrective actions. Audit reports can be exported as PDFs for inspection visits.
Can LogBooks Hub work for multi-site HACCP compliance?
Yes. LogBooks Hub is built for franchise and multi-site operations. Head office sees compliance data across all locations in real-time. You can compare temperature monitoring performance between sites, spot training gaps, and ensure consistent HACCP standards across your entire estate.
Does LogBooks Hub include HACCP training?
LogBooks Hub includes task guidance and help videos, but not formal HACCP training courses. The app guides staff through correct procedures (how to take a fridge temp, what to do when a reading is out of range), but initial HACCP training should come from an accredited provider. LogBooks Hub makes it easier to apply what's been trained.
How much does HACCP compliance software cost?
LogBooks Hub pricing is available on our pricing page. Cost depends on the number of sites and users. All plans include temperature monitoring, HACCP logs, corrective action tracking, and EHO-ready audit reports. There's no separate charge for HACCP features — they're built into the platform.