New service Food Safe System aims to prevent thousands of cases of food poisoning a year.
xa0Newry man Neil Bradleyxa0has launchedxa0Food Safe System, anxa0innovative new servicexa0which could help prevent outbreaks of lethal food poisoning and save businesses hundreds of thousands of pounds a year.
The Food Safe System replaces old-fashioned paper-based food safety monitoring with smartphone technologyxa0and cloud computing to help prevent food poisoning and food related illnesses.
Food Safe System was founded by Neil Bradley, an award-winning chef and restauranteur for over 25 years, when he became frustrated with the old fashioned, paper-based system and the lack of an affordable, usable alternative for adhering to important food safety standards within his own restaurants.
Food related illnesses affectxa0tens of thousands ofxa0peoplexa0across Northern Ireland each yearxa0and costs the economy millions annually.
The dangers associated with food related illnesses means businesses in Northern Ireland are required to adhere to strict food safety regulations including, for example, keeping refrigerators and freezers at certain temperatures.
The process of adhering to these regulations through manual monitoring and clumsy paperwork can be ad hoc, inefficient and can cost companies thousands of pounds in work hours annually.
Human error can also mean companies fail to carry out monitoringxa0properly, whichxa0can lead to food poisoning for customers, loss of stock for businesses and heavy fines.
Neil Bradley CEO of Food Safe System said:xa0 “I’ve worked as a chef and I’ve seen how inefficient and even dangerous the old paper system can be. Every chef and owner in the business will tell you that adhering to food safety compliance is time consuming and stressful but absolutely critical to the success of any business.”
“The hospitality industry is booming in NI and we have some amazing restaurants and bars here. At Food Safe System we’re very lucky to already be working with some of the best in Belfast.
“Food Safe System can be adapted to the needs of each company and has been designed to make life easier for our customers so they can focus on doing what they do best by providing top quality service to their customers with complete peace of mind.”
Patrick Leonard, Executive Head Chef of the Beannchor Group,xa0 added: “The Food Safe System is a fantastic innovation. It’s so important to adhere to food safety regulations to avoid any risk of food illness but everyone in the business knows how frustrating and inefficient the old-fashioned paper systems can be when it comes to monitoring.
“The Food Safe System makes it so much easier to monitor food safety standards automatically and gives me warnings directly to my smartphone when something happens that I need to know about. This means I can focus on running my kitchen to the highest standard.”
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Sickness figures and estimated cost to the Belfast economy can be found in this report:
https://minutes3.belfastcity.gov.uk/documents/s72267/Appendix%203%20FSDP%201819.pdf
The Food Safe System is being launched on 15thxa0October in the Belfast Apple Store.
