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FDA Sanitation Checks

Every sanitation round, logged and audit-ready.

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The challenge

Food-safety compliance is a paper trail — until an inspector arrives, at which point it's the only thing that matters.

Under FDA food-safety rules, every federally bonded winery is expected to maintain sanitation records — zones cleaned, chemicals used, dates, and responsible staff. In practice this usually means a clipboard on the wall that gets filled out haphazardly, if at all. When an inspector shows up, missing or inconsistent records are more than a headache: they can trigger findings, follow-ups, and fines.

How Vinni helps

Built around the way you actually work.

Zone-by-zone sanitation log

Tank room, barrel cellar, press deck, bottling line — every zone carries its own sanitation history. Know exactly when each area was last cleaned and by whom.

Sanitizer, concentration, dwell time

Capture the details an inspector actually asks about. Peracetic acid at 80 ppm. Citric rinse. Contact time. Every record ready for review in the format it's expected in.

Overdue alerts before lapses happen

Set a sanitation cadence per zone. When a zone approaches or passes due, Vinni flags it — so the work gets done before the inspection, not because of it.

Audit-ready export

Export your sanitation history by date range or zone as a clean, readable report. Walk into an FDA audit with the records already compiled.

See it in action

Clean, focused, and built for the cellar.

Sanitation log — this month
FDA cellar zones
18checks logged
Tank roomOK
Peracetic · 80 ppm·Marco R.
2 days ago
Barrel cellarOverdue
Citric rinse·Sarah L.
8 days ago
Press deckOK
Peracetic · 80 ppm·Luis M.
Today
Bottling lineDue soon
Hot water + PAA·Kate T.
5 days ago
Lab / bench toolsOK
Ethanol 70%·Marco R.
Yesterday
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How it works

Simple by design.

01

Define your cellar zones

Set up tank room, barrel cellar, bottling line, press deck, and any other sanitation zone you track. You only do this once.

02

Log checks as you go

From the cellar floor, record zone, sanitizer, concentration, and staff member in seconds. Vinni timestamps every entry automatically.

03

Stay ahead of overdue zones

Set sanitation cadences per zone. Get alerted before anything lapses. Export a full audit trail in one click when you need it.

FDA Sanitation Checks is one part of a complete platform.

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