EU Regulation 2024/2895 enters into force 1 July 2026
Prove food safety.
Protect what matters.
The compliance platform built for the 25,000 ready-to-eat food producers required to demonstrate Listeria monocytogenes control throughout shelf life under the new EU criteria.
5 minutes to a signed audit dossier.
Audit Dossier · Site 01
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Regulation |
EU 2024/2895 |
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Product |
Sliced cooked ham, 200 g |
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Shelf life validation |
Compliant · 35 d |
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Environmental sampling |
120 / 120 events |
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Lab results ingested |
98 / 98 hashed |
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Inspector dossier |
Signed, timestamped |
25,000
EU producers in scope
1 July 2026
Application date
€355M
Addressable market in EU
€200K to €2M
Average recall cost
The Moment
Excel and lab emails will not pass inspection in July.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/2895 extends the obligation to demonstrate Listeria monocytogenes control throughout shelf life.
Validation requires environmental monitoring data, lab results, predictive modelling and signed audit dossiers.
None of the existing HACCP suites cover this scope at the depth inspectors will demand.
The regulation hits 25,000 producers
Every EU producer of ready-to-eat foods in Category 1.2 (sliced charcuterie, soft cheese, smoked fish, chilled prepared meals, ready salads, sandwiches) becomes legally accountable for Listeria control throughout the product shelf life. No transition period.
The compliance stack is fragmented
Quality teams reconstruct audit dossiers from lab email attachments, supplier PDFs, spreadsheets and paper files. The average mid-market site spends four working days per month on Listeria documentation alone. The cost of one missed inspection runs from €200K to €2M.
No purpose-built tool exists
SafetyChain and Safefood 360° are generic HACCP suites. Eurofins and Mérieux are laboratories. The mid-market segment with specialised Listeria and RTE coverage was empty. GoodFoodProof was built to fill it.
The window closes fast
Producers who arrive at the 1 July deadline without compliant documentation face product recall risk, inspection sanctions and retailer delisting. Most procurement timelines do not allow for delay.
The Platform
Four modules. One signed dossier.
GoodFoodProof integrates the entire Listeria compliance workflow into a single platform.
Onboarding takes 30 minutes per site.
The audit dossier is ready in under five.
Sampling Plan Generator
Generates the environmental monitoring plan compliant with EU 2073/2005, EU 2024/2895 and EURL Lm guidance. Site profile and product category determine sampling frequency, zone selection and methodology. PDF plan, calendar integration, QR-coded labels.
Audit Trail and Lab Integration
Laboratory results from Eurofins, Mérieux NutriSciences, SGS, ALS and Bureau Veritas flow into the platform via a dedicated email address per tenant. OCR extraction, automatic reconciliation with scheduled events, tamper-evident hash chain. Inspector-ready dossier in one click.
Shelf-life Predictor
Wraps the validated predictive models published by DTU Food (FSSP), ComBase and EFSA into a workflow accessible to a Quality Manager. Normal storage and abuse scenarios computed automatically. Output is a signed PDF with full scientific references, ready for the compliance file.
Dashboard, Alerts and NCR Workflow
Multi-site audit-readiness score, real-time alerts on positive Listeria results, ISO 22000 non-conformity workflow with root cause analysis, corrective action assignment and closure tracking. Standard webhook for ERP and MES integration.
Regulatory coverage
Listeria today. The regulatory stack tomorrow.
Every food SKU sold in the European Union now requires verifiable,
traceable compliance records across microbiological safety,
chemical contamination, packaging composition and supply chain provenance.
The deadlines are stacking.
1 July 2026
EU 2024/2895
Listeria monocytogenes shelf-life criteria for ready-to-eat foods Category 1.2.
12 August 2026
PPWR (EU 2025/40)
PFAS ban and recyclability traceability requirements for food contact packaging.
16 September 2026
FCM (EU 2025/351)
Migration limits and NIAS risk assessment for plastic food contact materials.
30 December 2026
EUDR
Plot-level deforestation traceability for cocoa, soy, palm, coffee, cattle.
In force
FSMA 204 (US)
Lot-level food traceability across the US supply chain, required for export.
2025 to 2027
CSRD
Sustainability data mapped to product portfolios, binding for 50,000 EU companies.
2028 to 2030
Digital Product Passport
Full digital identity per product, extending to food categories under ESPR.
~2030
PFAS universal restriction
ECHA restriction covering more than 10,000 substances across the food chain.
Already in force
BRC v9, IFS v8, retailer audits
Carrefour, Aldi, Tesco, Edeka require standardised compliance dossiers per supplier.
Designed for
Mid-market food producers, every
Category 1.2 segment.
Sliced charcuterie
Cooked ham, sliced cured sausages, deli meats. The historical Listeria risk category and the most exposed segment under the new criteria.
Smoked fish
Cold smoked salmon, hot smoked fish, marinated fish products. High-risk RTE category with documented Listeria recall history in EFSA records.
Soft and semi-soft cheeses
Brie, Camembert, washed-rind, soft goat cheese, mozzarella, ricotta. PDO producers and industrial cheesemakers face renewed scrutiny.
Ready meals and 4th range salads
Chilled prepared meals, sandwiches, fresh salads, ready-to-eat pasta. The fastest-growing segment of food retail and the most operationally complex.
Pâtés and rillettes
Traditional French and Belgian charcuterie producers, terrines, foie gras. Smaller batch sizes with historically lighter compliance overhead.
Specialty deli and ethnic foods
Hummus, taramasalata, fresh dips, prepared specialty foods. Newer entrants to the Category 1.2 scope under the consolidated criteria.
Insights
Operator-grade analysis on EU food safety regulation.
Practical guidance on the regulations, audit preparation, predictive modelling and supply chain compliance.
Written for Quality Managers and food safety leaders.
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