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Every CCP log you've signed assumes the thermometer was right. Where's the record that says so?
Compliance PublishedSep 15, 2026 AuthorJeremiah Utecht

Every CCP log you've signed assumes the thermometer was right. Where's the record that says so?

A CCP log is a claim about a reading. The calibration record is what makes the reading worth anything. 21 CFR 117.165(a)(1) requires calibration or accuracy checks on process monitoring instruments, 117.165(b)(1) requires the method and frequency in writing, and 117.190 requires the record. What a calibration log that survives a review looks like, sized for a two-person shift, and why a drifted probe with no record puts every batch since install in play.

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The habit you build at four employees is the one that saves you at forty.
Small Business Life PublishedSep 8, 2026 AuthorFourFoxes Team

The habit you build at four employees is the one that saves you at forty.

You can run traceability out of your head at one employee. You can't at three shifts and a co-packer. The habit is cheapest to build before growth forces it, not after. What starting early actually looks like: four record-keeping habits worth putting in place before a buyer, an auditor, or a recall makes you wish you had, and why retrofitting a system under pressure costs more.

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Every other record you keep is attached to a batch. This one isn't.
Compliance PublishedAug 27, 2026 AuthorFourFoxes Team

Every other record you keep is attached to a batch. This one isn't.

21 CFR 117.4(d) requires records documenting that everyone who handles your food was trained in food hygiene and food safety. Being a qualified facility exempts you from Subparts C and G, and nothing else, so this one still applies. Why it is the record small producers are most likely to be missing, what it has to contain under 117.305 and 117.315, and how to close the gap in an afternoon.

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