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    HACCP food safety compliance solutions for school nutrition departments

    Simplify flow of food and menu management with SmartSense by Digi® remote temperature and food monitoring devices for K-12 schools.

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    Gain greater visibility into HACCP compliance, safety, quality, and team execution

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    Equip your staff with food safety tools designed for childhood nutrition

    Improve food temperature report accuracy and eliminate paper-based record-keeping — all from one cloud dashboard

    K-12 School Nutrition Leaders Choose SmartSense to Ensure Food Safety in School Cafeterias

    Dagmara Gujda and Jodie Defrancesco share how SmartSense helps their school districts easily achieve HACCP compliance, automate menu integration with PrimeroEdge, and ensure food safety for the thousands of students they serve.

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    School Nutrition Directors Share Benefits of K-12 Kitchen Automation with SmartSense

    Maggie Mae Kennedy, Susan D'Amico, and Dagmara Gujda talk about their experience at ANC24, the necessity of promoting nutrition education, and the power of automation to improve compliance and food safety in school cafeterias.

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    Ensure food safety with SmartSense

    The reports, reliability, and accountability that we are now seeing has many great benefits on holding your staff accountable and confirming that your are in compliance.

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    Associate Director of Compliance, Nutrition, and Food Service

    Katy ISD

    Cafeteria Food Safety Case Study: Katy Independent School District

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    Join tens of thousands of satisfied clients in school cafeteria by scheduling your personalized demo of the cafeteria temperature sensors today.

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    Remote monitoring with SmartSense

    The SmartSense Shield with Automated Menus streamlines the monitoring of flow of food, while SmartSense wire-free and battery-backed sensors continuously collect temperature and performance data. Our cellular gateways send this data to our dashboard for alarm management, advanced analytics, and oversight, all from one temperature and compliance monitoring platform.

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    Collect Environmental Data

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    Automate Flow of Food and Menus

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    Gain District-Wide Insights

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    Take your menus with you

    The SmartSense Smart Shield handheld probe enables easy HACCP compliance in your school kitchens with downloadable menus from PrimeroEdge, Mosaic, and others. The intuitive visual display makes it simple for your staff to meet district SOPs.

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    Does SmartSense integrate with my menu management system?

    Yes. SmartSense integrates with leading K-12 menu management systems including PrimeroEdge, Harris, Mosaic, and others to create seamless workflows from district menu planning to cafeteria food safety checks. Menus and recipe updates flow automatically into SmartSense’s Command Center and down to Smart Shield devices, where staff digitally log temperatures through every step of the flow of food—receiving, prep, cooking, holding, serving, and cooling. This automation eliminates manual HACCP record-keeping, reduces product loss, and gives School Nutrition Departments centralized visibility into safety and quality across all sites, ensuring students consistently receive safe, high-quality meals.

    Should automating HACCP be standard in K-12 School Nutrition?

    Automating HACCP should be standard in K-12 School Nutrition because it ensures consistent food safety practices while reducing the burden on cafeteria staff. Manual paper logs are time-consuming, error-prone, and difficult to track across multiple schools. A digital HACCP system streamlines temperature checks, task management, and compliance reporting, giving nutrition directors real-time visibility into every site. This improves efficiency, reduces product loss, and lowers the risk of foodborne illness. By standardizing food safety through automation, districts protect student health, simplify audits, and give staff more time to focus on serving high-quality meals instead of filling out paperwork.

    How does digital temperature monitoring impact employee well-being and work-life in school kitchens?

    Digital temperature monitoring helps K-12 School Nutrition programs by freeing staff from manual logging so they can focus more on preparing and serving meals. In today’s tight labor market, automating routine HACCP tasks maximizes available labor and reduces the time spent filling out paperwork. Beyond efficiency, digital monitoring empowers a stronger food safety culture by ensuring temperature checks are accurate, consistent, and visible across all schools. With real-time data, directors can quickly spot risks, support staff accountability, and maintain compliance without adding extra workload. The result is safer food, more efficient teams, and better use of limited resources.

    Is implementing SmartSense a time-consuming, IT-heavy process?

    No. Implementing SmartSense in K-12 School Nutrition programs is designed to be fast and simple, without demanding increased workload from district IT teams. SmartSense uses a cloud-based platform with cellularly connected devices, meaning there’s no complex infrastructure to install and no need for heavy technical resources. Our team works directly with School Nutrition Departments to configure integrations with menu management systems and set up digital HACCP workflows. Most districts are able to get up and running quickly, with cafeteria staff trained to use handheld Smart Shield devices in just a short session. The process is streamlined, efficient, and built for ease of adoption.

    Is SmartSense widely adopted in K-12 School Nutrition Programs?

    Yes. SmartSense is trusted by school districts across the country to strengthen food safety, simplify compliance, and improve operational efficiency. Many K-12 nutrition programs already use SmartSense alongside menu management systems like PrimeroEdge, Harris, and Mosaic to automate HACCP tasks and centralize temperature monitoring. From large urban districts to smaller rural schools, School Nutrition Directors choose SmartSense because it provides visibility across every cafeteria, reduces paperwork, and helps ensure students consistently receive safe, high-quality meals. Its broad adoption in K-12 shows that digital food safety and monitoring are no longer emerging trends but rather the standard for school nutrition.

    How does an automated food safety program benefit students from underprivileged backgrounds?

    Automated food safety programs directly support students from underprivileged backgrounds by ensuring they consistently receive safe, high-quality meals at school. For many children, school meals are the most reliable source of daily nutrition. A digital HACCP system reduces the risk of foodborne illness by making temperature checks and safety tasks accurate, timely, and transparent across every cafeteria. This consistency builds trust and protects student health, regardless of location or resources, ensuring that meal service remains reliable and accessible for the students who depend on it most.

    Solutions for K-12 Schools

    Connect and protect your school cafeteria with SmartSense

    SmartSense solutions are purpose-built to address key business objectives. Explore how they can be used in your school’s cafeteria operations.

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    Food Safety Monitoring

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    Protect products with 24/7, real-time temperature and humidity monitoring that prevents costly waste.

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    Supply Chain Monitoring

    Ensure proper temperatures while improving end-to-end safety, customer service, and compliance.

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    Our culture is one of "feed kids first." SmartSense solves the problem of not being able to be everywhere at once...we've seen a dramatic increase in not only HACCP log entries, but food quality.

    Jodie Defrancesco, Assistant Director, Nutrition Services

    Pasadena ISD

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    Streamline monitoring of your district's nutritional services with SmartSense

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