Food Safety and Compliance Software is a specialized digital solution designed to help food businesses ensure that their operations meet regulatory standards and maintain high levels of food safety. This software typically automates and streamlines tasks such as tracking food handling procedures, managing audits and inspections, monitoring temperature and hygiene logs, and ensuring proper documentation for compliance with local and international food safety regulations (like FSSAI, FDA, or HACCP). By integrating these functions into a centralized system, it enables organizations to monitor operations in real time, respond quickly to potential issues, and maintain consistent safety and quality standards—ultimately helping reduce risks, avoid costly violations, and build consumer trust. This software is typically used by quality assurance teams, food safety officers, compliance managers, production supervisors, and facility managers in industries such as food manufacturing, processing, packaging, distribution, and hospitality.
Gartner defines the market for quality management system (QMS) software as the business information management system that manages quality policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs). This may include, but is not limited to, customer requirements, quality documents, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) requirements, manufacturing capabilities, robust design, auditing procedures and protocols, nonconformance/risk management activities, testing criteria, and industry-specific regulations (for example, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA] or the Federal Acquisition Regulation [FAR] requirements).