Find the Food Safety Apps That Are Right for You

By Carol Miller|June 24, 2017

You’re in charge of managing your family’s food safety paperwork. You’re on the go, so you’d like to use your smartphone to log the data. Where do you turn?

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Ag Water from The University of Arizona

Helps growers track their Microbial Water Quality Profile (MWQP) for E. coli levels. It assists growers with geometric mean and statistical threshold value calculations for appropriate application to produce before harvest. It also guides growers in water management decisions if their water does not meet the criteria of the Produce Safety Rule.

Android (4.0.3 and up); iPhone (iOS 8.0 or later)
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CropTrak from ScanControl

Although iCropTrak is more of a production tracking app, its GPS-enabled tracking system can help growers document various food safety activities.

iPhone (iOS 10.2 or later)
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Food Safety Harvesting from Whisper Games

Geared specifically to the harvest crew, this app offers food safety training disguised as a game. It comes in both English and Spanish.

Android (2.3 and up)
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Food Safety Resources from The Glue

Offers growers and packers a tool to track food safety compliance, including real-time food safety logging; running customized reports by worker, crop, and/or dates, and offers a document library, risk assessments, and cloud storage.

Android (4.0.3 and up); iPhone (iOS 6.0 or later)
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Food Safety Southeast from University of Florida

Primarily for food safety professionals, this apps gives growers access to food safety resources, training, videos, news, and conference updates.

Android (4.1 and up); iPhone (iOS 6.0 or later)
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Georgia Food Safety Task Force from Georgia Food Safety Task Force

Provides timely tips, news updates, and alerts related to food safety. It also has a gallery of common threats to watch for. It’s available in several languages other than English, including Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Japanese, Korean, and most European languages.

Android (4.1 and up); iPhone (iOS 8.0 or later)
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GMP Food Safety from Mori Global Solutions

For growers who export their produce, this app provides access to
guidelines and updates of several international safety code programs, including International Code of Practice, HACCP, GMP, GHP, and the Canadian Guide to Food Safety.

Android (4.2 and up)
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Hemdahl Food Safety Guide from Hemdahl Ltd.

Geared to produce storage, sharing crop-specific data on several factors, including chilling sensitivity, recommended humidity, ethylene production and sensitivity, and respiration rate.

Android (4.0.3 and up); iPhone (iOS 7.0 or later)
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ISO 22000 Audit from ISO 22000

Helps growers and packers stay in compliance with the ISO 22000 5000 family of International Standards of food safety management.

$50 for Android (2.3.3 and up); $19.99 for iPhone (iOS 8.0 or later)
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Mango: The ABCs of Food Safety from the National Mango Board

This training app explains food safety and the procedures involved in ways everyone on staff can understand, from hygiene to cross contamination to mango-specific contaminants. In addition to English, there also are Spanish and Portuguese versions of this app.

iPhone (iOS 8.0 or later)
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Mushroom Industry Safety Training Program from Food Safety Consulting & Training

This app helps mushroom growers train their staff on issues related to food safety. It also is available in Spanish.

iPhone (iOS 6.0 or later)
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The ABCs of Food Safety from the American Mushroom Institute

This app uses a simple approach to spell out important mushroom production details, from worker safety to cross contamination to mushroom-specific contaminants. In addition to English, there also is a Spanish version of this app.

iPhone (iOS 6.0 or later)
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Produce Alliance from the Produce Alliance

Targets members of the Produce Alliance, sending food safety alerts and notifications, and quality assurance resolution and tracking.

Android (2.2 and up); iPhone (iOS 6.0 or later)
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RAC Food Safety from Reiter Affiliated Companies

Growers can use this app to report pesticide application in the fields in order to stay compliant with GLOBAL G.A.P.

Android (4.0.3 and up); iPhone (7.0 or later)