When a CCP breaches, containment should be automatic — not operator-dependent.
Connect filling lines, packaging equipment, MES, ERP, and lab systems in one place. FlowFuse helps teams automate food safety response, maintain complete lot traceability, and standardize workflows across every line and site.
The Problem Today
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CCP breaches and food safety events trigger manual containment: operators stop lines based on individual judgment, and containment scope is determined without full lot traceability context — increasing recall risk and audit exposure.
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Recipe and specification changes are communicated via email and printed sheets, leaving some lines running on outdated versions until someone notices.
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Batch and lot traceability is fragmented across ERP, MES, historian, and paper records — making recall simulations slow, costly, and difficult to pass under BRC, SQF, or FDA audit.
What You Get with FlowFuse
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One platform to connect OT data (filling lines, packaging equipment, CIP systems, sensors) with IT systems (ERP, MES, LIMS, quality reporting).
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Low-code automation built on Node-RED so engineers can ship and iterate flows without custom integration projects.
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Dev/test/prod environments to safely roll out standardized workflows across lines and plants.
Key Outcomes for Food & Beverage Manufacturers
Accelerate food safety response with automatic CCP breach workflows that flag affected lots and route disposition through quality approval gates — no manual containment decisions.
Reduce recall scope and cost by maintaining complete lot-to-lot traceability in real time — one-up/one-down trace report generated in minutes, not hours.
Standardize recipe rollout across all lines and sites with confirmation gates that prevent production before the correct specification version is acknowledged.
Improve OEE data accuracy with downtime reasons captured at the moment of event — not at shift end — linked to line, shift, and work order.
Use Cases
CCP breach and food safety containment — automatic hold workflow flags affected line, lot, and downstream product instantly; containment scope determined from live traceability data; disposition routes through quality approval before release.
Recipe and specification change management — recipe change triggers controlled deployment workflow across all affected lines and sites; station confirmation required before production release; version history logged with author, approval, and timestamp.
Batch traceability from goods receipt to dispatch — ingredient lot, batch, and process parameters captured at each production stage and written to a central traceability record in real time, available in minutes for recall simulation or regulatory audit.
Used by food and beverage manufacturing teams to standardize operations and maintain audit-ready traceability on top of Node-RED
Ready to see your batch traceability in one view?
Share a sample of your production lines and food safety requirements and the team will show how FlowFuse would manage containment, traceability, and compliance in real time.
