What it will not do

The boundaries, written down in one place rather than discovered at checkout.

Special processes stop the conversation

Sous vide, reduced-oxygen and vacuum packaging, cook-chill, curing, preservation smoking, acidification including acidified sushi rice, fermentation for safety, sprouting, live and raw molluscan shellfish, juice HACCP, unpasteurized products, custom shelf-stability claims and low-acid canned foods. Eighteen screens sit at roughly question six, and a yes stops the conversation rather than selling you a plan that cannot be finished. These need a process authority — a qualified person who validates your specific process, usually with a variance from your regulator.

Canada is not supported yet

Plans are built against the US FDA 2026 Food Code. A Canadian kitchen is offered a waitlist rather than a plan that would have provincial gaps in it.

Things it is not

Not monitoring software — no sensors, no alerting, no live temperature feeds
Not a task or checklist app — it produces blank records, it does not chase your staff through them
Not a label printer
Not a training provider — a training SOP and a training record are in the plan, but there is no course and no per-employee tracking
Not a certification body — it does not issue food handler cards or HACCP certificates
Not supplier management, traceability or lot tracking

Local authorities can require more than the Food Code does. The plan states the baseline it was written against, its source and version dates, and says plainly that more may be required of you.