Common questions

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Check the selected business and your app version first. For account or team issues, check your connection and verified email.

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Records and businesses

Can I use the app for more than one business?

Yes. On the Home screen, use the business selector to add, edit or switch restaurants. New records are saved against the business selected at the time.

Can I share records with an officer or manager?

With a verified account and eligible trial, paid or complimentary access, use the report option on Home, choose the business and date range, then create a PDF report. You decide which app or person receives the report.

What is included in Food control & HACCP?

Food control includes digital date-label records and shelf life, incoming-delivery checks, timed food batches, cooking, reheating, hot-holding and cooling temperatures, plus a HACCP register for hazards, controls, critical limits, monitoring, corrective action, responsibility and review dates. These tools help document your own system; they do not replace legal duties or a HACCP system required for your premises.

Does the app replace legal or food-safety advice?

No. The app helps organise records. Food businesses remain responsible for following food-safety law, official guidance and local authority requirements.

Backup and recovery

How does cloud backup work?

Cloud backup is optional. It is available with paid or complimentary access, not during the free trial, and nothing is uploaded until you switch it on in the app. It needs a verified account and an internet connection. Create or sign in to a backup account from the Home screen and verify the email address. The app keeps the last completed backup available if a newer upload is interrupted, and checks for the latest completed copy when the app opens.

How do I recover records after reinstalling?

Install the app and sign in to Cloud Backup with the same email address and password. Records that were successfully backed up can then be restored. Records kept only on the deleted device may not be recoverable.

How can I delete cloud-backup data?

On iPhone, open App account, then Manage or delete account (older versions: Home, Secure cloud backup, Backup account). On Android, open Account, then Delete my account. Deleting your account removes your cloud backup, your team memberships and the cloud businesses you own; newer app versions show what will go and give you 7 days to save a backup file or cancel. Records saved on your phone are not deleted. If the app cannot complete the request, email support@foodsafetyrecords.co.uk from your account email address and we will delete it for you. Full details are in section 11 of the privacy policy. Deleting the account does not cancel an Apple subscription; cancel it separately in Apple Account subscription settings. The same applies to a Google Play subscription: cancel it separately in Google Play.

Keep your records safe.

Before reinstalling or deleting the app, make sure important records have been exported or successfully backed up. Local-only records may not be recoverable after deletion.

Team access

How do I give someone access in their app?

Both people need the Food Hygiene Record Book app and a verified cloud account. The business owner opens Team Access, enables sharing for the selected business and invites the person’s verified email address. The invitation then appears in the invited person’s app after they sign in with that same email and refresh Team Access.

What can each team role do?

Owners control records, members and access. Administrators can edit everything and invite managers, staff and viewers. Managers can edit all food-safety records and business details. Staff can complete daily temperature, cleaning, waste and SFBB diary records. View-only members can review records without changing them.

Can I give a team member a familiar job title?

Yes. Keep the permission level that controls access, then add a visible role name such as Shift Manager, Head Chef or Food Safety Adviser. The custom name does not give extra permissions.

Does team access share every business and my personal backup?

No. Team Access shares supported records for the selected business with its authorised members. Equipment temperatures, cleaning, waste, training, SFBB and fire-safety records are supported. Food temperatures, deliveries, digital date labels, timed batches and HACCP assessments are included in account backup but not the current team record sync. Other businesses and the owner’s personal cloud backup remain separate.

What happens when someone is removed or leaves?

The shared business is removed from that person’s phone and they can no longer open its cloud workspace. The owner and remaining authorised members keep the business records.

Why is my invitation not appearing?

Confirm that the invited email is exactly the same as the account signed in on the second phone, that the email has been verified, and that the invitation is less than seven days old. Open Team Access and use Refresh access. Also check the internet connection and install the latest version from the App Store or Google Play.

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Include your phone model, its iOS or Android version and what happened. Never include passwords or confidential records. You can review the prepared email before sending it.