Butchers HACCP Temperature Monitoring

The Art of Meat installs Notion Lite wireless HACCP temperature monitoring system

Many local butchers requiring supplies, such as refrigeration units for their goods also require monitoring methods to ensure they meet Butchers HACCP temperature monitoring requirements. Data loggers and other manual recording techniques are becoming out-dated due to the retrospective view of data – the damage is often already done.

Wireless temperature monitoring within one retail chiller and two refrigerated display units couldn’t be simpler using Notion Lite wireless temperature monitoring kit and became a vital piece of butcher shop equipment for The Art of Meat owner, Jon West. Jon exclaimed it took a matter of minutes and started to record real-time data 24/7 to cloud-based software accessible from a PC, tablet or smart phone straight away.

The Art of Meat, based in North Cambridge, was established in 2006 offering customers the traditional skills of the family butch, combined with novel technical food design to create gourmet products with an innovative twist from the best locally sourced livestock.

With so much going into the sourcing, preparation and storage of high quality meat, an equal level of care towards its environment becomes imperative not only to meet Butchers HACCP regulations, but also to ensure the highest level of quality for customers from goods-in to goods-out.

Owner Jon West says “We do 10% of our annual trade at Christmas time and during these peak seasons we can sometimes hold up to £20 – £30k worth of stock – a lot to lose if our butchery equipment fails unexpectedly.”

“We previously relied on handheld thermometers which required 2-3 manual checks per day. A major concern was what was happening out of hours? So I’d often pop in over the weekend to make sure equipment failures hadn’t occurred.”

If refrigeration equipment fails, stock is quickly damaged, so alerts out of hours are essential to most small retailers in this situation. To make monitoring processes more accurate efficient and cost-effective, Jon installed the Notion Lite food safety monitoring system.

Following a simple 5-step installation guide, Jon installed the system himself in just 15 minutes. Placing one transmitter in the walk in chiller and a further two within each refrigerated display unit at the front of the shop real-time data feeds directly to the Notion Lite Receiver. All data is automatically stored on cloud-based software offsite with immediate access to audit ready reporting tools, should an unexpected audit take place.

The Notion Lite system has been specifically designed for monitoring fridges and freezers within the food retail industry and only requires a simple 5 step installation process before a temperature monitoring system is in operation.

Contact us today for more information about Butchers HACCP temperature monitoring and why Notion Lite is an essential piece of meat processing supplies, call us on +44 (0) 1462 688070. Alternatively visit the Notion Lite web page.