Guides

The bits that are hard to look up

Written for food producers in New Zealand working to a Food Control Plan, National Programme or RMP. Practical rather than legal — what the records need to show, where they usually fall short, and what to do about it.

Recall

What to hand your verifier after a simulated recall

Most guidance stops at what a simulated recall is. This is about what the exercise should leave behind — the four artefacts, the 12-month obligation and its date, why four hours is not an MPI figure, and how to tell a trade ring-around from a public notice.

Guide · 4 September 2026
Traceability

A supplier has issued a withdrawal notice. Which of your batches are affected?

The notice names their lot number, not yours. Why the gap exists, the four places the chain breaks — partial draws, shared bulk bins, contact lists, un-netted returns — and the five fields at the receiving door that close it.

Guide · 4 September 2026

The handbook is the long version

Every section of BatchIQ, plus five worked examples — receiving stock, making a batch, a freezer running warm overnight, a simulated recall, and a complaint that becomes a real one.