Compliance, made practical.
Plain-English guidance on the regulations, certifications and day-to-day realities of running a small food or supplement manufacturer, written by the people who build the software for it.
EU PPWR explained: what UK food & supplement manufacturers must do
The Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (EU 2025/40) reaches well beyond the EU's borders. If you sell into Europe, here's what's changing, when it bites, and the five things to get in order now.
Shelf life & date coding
Use-by vs best-before, validation evidence, and why FIFO by date received isn't the same as FEFO by best-before.
EUDR: due diligence & the seven commodities
Which commodities are covered, what a Due Diligence Statement needs, and how to keep DDS references linked to every batch.
Traceability & the four-hour mock recall
One step forward, one step back, batch coding and mass balance, how to run a timed mock recall that passes a SALSA or BRCGS audit.
TACCP & VACCP explained
Food defence and food fraud, without the jargon, what each protects against, how the assessments work, and where they sit alongside HACCP.
Production planning for small food manufacturers
Make-to-order vs make-to-stock, MRP, workstation scheduling, how to plan a week you can actually make without the spreadsheet chaos.
Natasha's Law & PPDS labelling
What counts as prepacked for direct sale, exactly what the label must show, and the recipe-drift mistakes that turn a sandwich into a recall.
Average weight, TNE & the ‘e’ mark
The three packers' rules, TNE limits and the ‘e’ mark, how to keep pack weights legal without giving away margin on every unit.
Writing a HACCP plan that passes audit
CCPs, critical limits, monitoring and verification, how to build a HACCP plan that holds up on the day, without the copied-template traps.
Back-of-pack labelling without the headache
The FIR nutrition declaration, ingredient lists, allergen emphasis and QUID, and how to stop your label drifting out of step with the recipe.
Approved supplier lists that hold up at audit
Risk assessment, certificates, questionnaires and the expiry that always catches people out, supplier approval that survives a SALSA or BRCGS audit.
Getting SALSA Issue 6 ready: a practical, no-jargon checklist
Your first SALSA audit doesn't have to mean a month of paperwork. Here's what Issue 6 actually asks for, clause by clause, and how to walk in ready.
Building an allergen matrix that survives an audit
The 14 allergens, cross-contamination, and the spreadsheet that always seems to be out of date. How to build a matrix your auditor will trust on the day.
See how Prodara handles all of this for you.
PPWR, SALSA, allergens and recalls, built into one UK-hosted platform, on a flat monthly fee.