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What to record, and how often.",{"primary":15,"secondary":16,"intent":21},"food safety records coffee roastery",[17,18,19,20],"food safety documentation roaster","haccp records coffee","cleaning schedule roastery","inspection coffee roastery","informational","2026-10-09",6,{"figure":25,"kicker":26},"Records","Food safety",[28,36,43],{"key":29,"slug":29,"category":30,"title":31,"excerpt":32,"readingMinutes":33,"updated":22,"cover":34},"haccp-plan-for-coffee-roasters","starting","A HACCP plan for a coffee roastery, hazard by hazard","Coffee is a low-risk food, which is exactly why roasters underestimate the plan. Here are the process steps, the hazards that genuinely apply, the controls an inspector expects and the records that prove them.",9,{"figure":35,"kicker":26},"HACCP",{"key":37,"slug":37,"category":7,"title":38,"excerpt":39,"readingMinutes":23,"updated":22,"cover":40},"coffee-traceability","Traceability in a roastery: from green lot to customer","If a customer finds a stone in a bag, you need to know within hours which green lot it came from, which batches used it and who else received them. How to set that up.",{"figure":41,"kicker":42},"Lot to cup","Traceability",{"key":44,"slug":44,"category":30,"title":45,"excerpt":46,"readingMinutes":23,"updated":22,"cover":47},"register-a-food-business-as-a-coffee-roaster","Registering a coffee roastery as a food business","Registration is free and quick, but it has to happen at least 28 days before you trade. Here is the process, what the first inspection looks at, and how the hygiene rating applies to a roastery.",{"figure":48,"kicker":49},"28 days","Registration",[51,53,55,109,111,119,121],{"p":52},"Records prove that your food safety plan is followed. They also make complaints and insurance claims easier to answer. Keep them proportionate: a small roastery needs a handful of simple logs, filled in as the work happens.",{"h2":54},"The core records",{"table":56},{"head":57,"rows":61},[58,59,60],"Record","How often","What it shows",[62,66,70,74,78,82,86,90,94,98,101,105],[63,64,65],"Supplier list and approval","On new suppliers, reviewed yearly","Where your green coffee, packaging and ingredients come from",[67,68,69],"Goods in","Every delivery","Condition, lot reference, accepted or rejected",[71,72,73],"Storage checks","Weekly","Green store clean, dry, off the floor, pests absent",[75,76,77],"Critical control point checks","Each session or run","Destoner working, metal detector tests passed, actions taken",[79,80,81],"Roast batch logs","Every batch","Lots used, profile, operator, any deviation",[83,84,85],"Pack run checks","Each run","Label correct, weights in tolerance, seals sound",[87,88,89],"Cleaning schedule","As scheduled","Who cleaned what, and when",[91,92,93],"Pest control","Per visit or check","Monitoring results and actions",[95,96,97],"Training","On induction and refresh","Who is trained in what",[99,88,100],"Calibration","Scales and probes checked",[102,103,104],"Complaints","Each complaint","What, which batch, investigation, outcome",[106,107,108],"Maintenance","Each service or clean","Roaster, ducts, afterburner, grinders",{"h2":110},"Making records stick",{"checklist":112,"title":118},[113,114,115,116,117],"Keep each log where the job happens","Use tick boxes with space for a note, not long forms","Record actions taken when a check fails, not only the failure","Review records weekly and sign the review","Move logs into software when paper starts going missing","Good habits",{"h2":120},"How long to keep them",{"p":122},"Keep food safety and traceability records for longer than the shelf life of your products and long enough to deal with any complaint. Many businesses keep them for several years. Financial records have their own rules: HMRC generally expects limited companies to keep records for six years.",[124,127],{"q":125,"a":126},"What records will an environmental health officer ask for?","Usually your food safety plan, critical control point checks, cleaning and pest control records, training records and traceability for a sample batch.",{"q":128,"a":129},"Can food safety records be digital?","Yes, as long as they are complete, accurate, dated and available when an inspector asks.",[131,135],{"target":132,"label":133,"note":134},"page:factory","Batch logs on every roast","Operator, lots and profile captured automatically.",{"target":136,"label":137,"note":138},"page:green-coffee-inventory","Goods-in and lot records","Receiving checks and lots in one place.",[140,143],{"name":141,"title":35,"url":142},"Food Standards 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