Industry 04 · Food · Pharma · GMP · HACCP · Cold chain

Hygiene without
efficiency
compromises.

Food and pharma operate under rules that don't exist in other sectors: daily washdown, full stainless steel, per-lot traceability, cold chain. We build systems that hold throughput without giving up on compliance.

Typical operation profile
Operating temperature−25°C ÷ +25°C
Washdown cycles / day1 – 3
Equipment materialStainless AISI 304/316
ProtectionIP55 / IP66
Lot traceabilitymandatory

Typical food / pharma pain points

What hurts food and pharma warehouses.

Recurring complaints we hear from operators with BRC, IFS, GMP+ or pharma GMP certifications.

Washdown blocks production

Equipment without IP55 certification can't take washdown — becomes hygiene blind spots, risks audit failure.

Water accumulation

Poorly drained designs create residual water zones — bacteria risk, audit risk, material recall.

Per-lot traceability

Mandatory lot recall. Without native tracking in WCS, a recall costs months and can shut down capacity.

Mandatory FEFO / FIFO

Expiry date dictates picking order. Manual = expired items entering the production line.

Unbroken cold chain

For frozen and chilled, every temperature gap = lost lot. The system has to work at −25°C.

Documentation audit

BRC, IFS, FDA, EMA — they want detailed logbooks. The system must generate them automatically, with no human effort.

Typical flow in a food / pharma DC

Five stations. All hygienic.

This is what a food or pharma DC automated by ZEDlog looks like. Each station uses CleanLine or stainless-only equipment.

01
Stainless receiving

CleanLine conveyors, lot scan + GS1 + entry temperature.

MCP CleanLine
02
AS/RS storage

Automatic FEFO, temperature separation, per-tote tracking.

AS/RS Mini Load
03
Hygienic picking

Goods-to-person, ergonomic, no direct contact with goods.

AS/RS · WCS
04
Order consolidation

CleanLine with integrated washdown, manifest with lot per line.

MCP CleanLine
05
Cold dispatch

Dock with insulated doors, pre-dispatch temperature recording.

CleanLine · WCS

Compliance

The standards that govern the industry.

All our equipment and processes align with baseline requirements of regulated industries.

Food
HACCP

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points — systems designed for critical control point management.

Food
EHEDG

European Hygienic Engineering Design Group — equipment certified for hygienic design.

Pharma
GMP+

Good Manufacturing Practice — procedures and hardware that support GMP audit.

Audit
BRC · IFS

Automatic WCS logbook, audit-ready reporting per lot, expiry, temperature.

Typical results

Numbers that matter in food & pharma.

100%
traceability per lot
0
expiries at picking (auto FEFO)
−45%
BRC / IFS audit preparation time
IP55
washdown certified

Portfolio reference

Food processor · Romania · 2024.

QA Director

"The 2024 BRC audit took two days less than the previous one. The whole report comes from the WCS — the auditor only asked once if the data was real. It was."

Anonymized at client request · Confirmation available for 1:1 meetings
100%
traceability per lot, post go-live
−2 days
duration of annual BRC audit
0
expiries at picking (FEFO)
28
months realized payback

Audit-ready. Day one.

Send us the profile: temperatures, required certifications, product mix, volumes — we propose a compliant stainless stack within 10 working days.