Safefood 360°

Safefood 360° is a food safety management software brand serving food manufacturers and other organizations that need to coordinate food-safety programs, supplier controls, audits, traceability, and regulatory compliance. The company was founded in Dublin, Ireland, in 2011 by former food-industry consultants George Howlett and Philip Gillen. Its central offering is a cloud-based, web-accessible platform intended to replace fragmented or paper-based food safety processes with a more integrated digital system. The platform combines food safety management, supply-chain management, and auditing functions. Its modules support activities such as hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), internal and external audits, cleaning controls, pest-control records, corrective and preventive actions, document management, incident handling, supplier approval, and related compliance workflows. The system is available through a web browser and a mobile application, enabling users to collect and manage operational information across facilities and supply-chain activities. The company describes the platform as comprising more than 35 specialized modules, allowing customers to adopt functions relevant to their operations rather than relying on a single narrowly defined application. Safefood 360° positions its software around international food-safety standards and the practical requirements of food manufacturing. Its stated framework includes BRCGS, the United States Food Safety Modernization Act, Global Food Safety Initiative requirements, ISO 22000, and Safe Quality Food standards. The product is designed to help organizations organize evidence, standardize procedures, improve visibility into supplier and site performance, and support preparation for audits and certification reviews. It does not itself constitute a food-safety certification scheme; rather, it is a software tool for managing the processes and records associated with food-safety programs. The business expanded beyond its Irish origins and operates internationally across Europe, North America, Australia, and Africa. In 2020, Safefood 360° was acquired by LGC Group. Following the acquisition, it became part of LGC Assure, an umbrella grouping that also includes quality, compliance, and assurance activities associated with areas such as BRCGS, INFORMED, and Sports and Specialised Analytical Services. This ownership structure places the software within a broader quality-assurance ecosystem while preserving its focus on digital food-safety and supplier-management workflows. Safefood 360° therefore occupies an enterprise software niche at the intersection of food manufacturing, quality assurance, supply-chain oversight, and regulatory compliance. Its principal value proposition is the centralization of operational controls and supporting records, helping organizations move from disconnected spreadsheets, forms, and paper files toward a shared system for monitoring food-safety performance and demonstrating compliance.

Safefood 360° began in Dublin, Ireland, in 2011. It was established by George Howlett and Philip Gillen, both of whom had backgrounds as food-industry consultants. The founders developed the business around the need for food manufacturers to coordinate increasingly complex food-safety programs, supplier controls, audit evidence, and compliance documentation in a more systematic way than paper records and disconnected files allowed. The company’s principal product evolved as an integrated, web-based food safety management system. Rather than concentrating on one isolated compliance task, the platform brought together a range of operational modules covering food safety, supplier management, auditing, and related quality processes. The system’s scope included HACCP activities, audit planning and execution, cleaning controls, pest-control records, corrective actions, documentation, and other workflows. A browser-based interface supported organizational access across sites, while a mobile application enabled users to interact with records and activities away from a desktop environment. Safefood 360° developed its product for food manufacturing organizations operating under internationally recognized food-safety and quality frameworks. The platform has been described as supporting requirements associated with BRCGS, the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act, the Global Food Safety Initiative, ISO 22000, and Safe Quality Food. Its role is to help customers organize procedures, records, approvals, supplier information, audit findings, and evidence of corrective action. By centralizing those activities, the software is intended to improve visibility and consistency while reducing reliance on paper-based administration. The company expanded internationally after its Irish foundation and came to operate across four continents: Europe, North America, Australia, and Africa. Its customer proposition centered on food manufacturers and related businesses that needed a common system for managing food-safety programs and supply-chain information across facilities or supplier networks. The product also supported auditing as a distinct use case, allowing organizations to plan, conduct, document, and follow up on food-safety reviews. A major ownership change occurred in 2020, when LGC Group acquired Safefood 360°. The brand subsequently became part of LGC Assure, an umbrella organization associated with quality assurance and safety standards across multiple industries. LGC Assure’s wider activities include BRCGS, INFORMED, and Sports and Specialised Analytical Services. Safefood 360° consequently became the digital food-safety management component within a broader assurance-oriented group rather than an independent standalone company. The brand’s development reflects the wider digitization of food quality and safety management. Its software addresses a specialized enterprise need: connecting operational food-safety controls with supplier oversight, audits, traceability, and compliance evidence. Public reference material does not provide detailed information about later product releases, financial performance, customer counts, or changes in executive leadership, so those aspects remain undocumented here.

1. 2020Acquired by LGC Group

   LGC Group acquired Safefood 360°, after which the brand became part of the LGC Assure umbrella.

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2. 2011Company founded in Dublin

   George Howlett and Philip Gillen founded Safefood 360° in Dublin, Ireland, with a focus on software for food-safety management.

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Enterprise SaaS for food manufacturers that need integrated food-safety, supplier-quality, audit, traceability, and standards-compliance workflows.

• Safefood 360° integrated food safety management platformEnterprise SaaS

  The brand’s core web-based platform brings together food-safety management, supplier-quality management, auditing, and compliance activities. It is designed for food manufacturing businesses and includes modules for HACCP, audits, cleaning, pest control, documentation, corrective actions, traceability, and other food-safety processes. The system is intended to replace fragmented paper-based workflows with centralized records and shared visibility across sites and supply-chain activities. Company descriptions state that the platform contains more than 35 specialized modules and is aligned with major food-safety frameworks including BRCGS, FSMA, GFSI, ISO 22000, and SQF.

• Safefood 360° mobile applicationMobile enterprise software

  The mobile application provides access to the Safefood 360° system outside a conventional desktop browser. It supports the collection and review of food-safety and quality information in operational settings, helping users work with audits, inspections, records, and corrective-action processes across manufacturing facilities and supply-chain activities.

• 2020Joining the LGC Assure portfolioM&A

  LGC Group acquired Safefood 360° as part of its expansion of quality-assurance and safety-standard activities.

  What changed. Safefood 360° became part of LGC Assure, alongside assurance and compliance activities associated with BRCGS, INFORMED, and Sports and Specialised Analytical Services.

  Aftermath. The brand continued to represent digital food-safety and supplier-management software within LGC Group’s broader assurance structure.

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• 2020LGC Group acquires Safefood 360°

  Safefood 360° was acquired by LGC Group and incorporated into the LGC Assure portfolio, broadening the group’s quality-assurance and compliance offering with food-safety management software.

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