Starting in July 1, 2005, the USDA mandated that School Food Authorities (SFAs) implement a comprehensive food safety program, also known as Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), for preparation and service of school meals served to children. Since then, every school food preparation and service site has been required to have a plan to meet HACCP requirements which include: documenting menu items, critical control points, monitoring, corrective action, recordkeeping, and periodic review. Wireless temperature monitoring facilitates meeting HACCP requirements but the School Food Service Operation is also tasked with managing additional critical aspects of food preparation and safety, HACCP data, equipment maintenance information, supplier qualification, recipes, student information related to free and reduced meal plans, and day-to-day procedures, all for which software security is imperative.
If software security of a school operation is breached, it can compromise confidential student information, manipulate critical HACCP data for your historical logs and audits, tamper with equipment functionality, wreak havoc on your computer network (spam, viruses), cause loss of vendor information and procedures, ultimately taking you offline, costing significantly, and compromising your kitchen and overall school’s operation.
This is WHY I use E-Control Systems IntelliSense remote temperature monitoring system with FusionLive Software and Asset Manager Module to manage my School Food Service operation. E-Control Systems gives me peace of mind because its software incorporates the latest in security enhancements and encryption, eliminating the possibility of threats from cyber-terrorism or hacking, data manipulation or theft, and leaking of protected information such as formulas, recipes, and Intellectual Property while fulfilling my food temperature monitoring needs. They offer excellent customer support and make meeting requirements easy and cost effective. I highly recommend and strongly urge any School Food Service operation to consider E-Control Systems for their HACCP, monitoring, and management needs.