Food, cold chain and dark stores
Hygiene and EHS compliance for food warehouses, dark stores and cold-chain logistics, run as a continuous virtual audit on the CCTV you already have.
Food warehouses and dark stores have to hold hygiene and safety standards across cold rooms, storage aisles, packing zones and loading bays, every shift. Physical audits only show one moment in time, they take people and travel, and a spill, a blocked fire extinguisher or food left outside the cold zone can sit unnoticed until the next visit.
VICAS™ turns the CCTV cameras already installed into a virtual auditor. It analyses each feed continuously, flags deviations across hygiene and EHS (environment, health and safety) parameters, and logs each one with an image, time, camera and location. Management gets one dashboard and standardised audit reports for every site.
What it detects
Wet floors and spills
Wet or slippery floor areas are marked and flagged, so they can be cleaned before they cause a slip or contaminate a food-handling zone.
Holes, drains and floor damage
Holes in walls and open drain holes are detected as infrastructure upkeep issues, since gaps are an entry point for pests and a trip hazard.
Drain holes on the floor
Open drains and uncovered floor openings in walkways are picked up and logged with the camera, time and location for the maintenance team.
Food and non-food inventory mixed
Non-food items such as cartons and packaging stored among food products are flagged, so inventory hygiene is checked on every camera rather than during a walk-through.
Spit marks and stains
Stains and spit marks on walls, pillars and corners are detected as hygiene and upkeep issues so they are cleaned and tracked to closure.
Water dispenser and utility areas
Assets such as water dispensers are detected and checked for cleanliness and upkeep, one of the hygiene points on a virtual audit checklist.
Items fallen on the floor
Products and debris lying on the floor inside a marked zone are detected and highlighted, so aisles are cleared before they become a slip, trip or contamination risk.
Forklift without a fire extinguisher
A forklift operating without its fire extinguisher is flagged as a fire-safety non-compliance, with the camera, time and location logged.
Impact on the operation
Stat figures are published industry benchmarks for AI-based visual inspection, not measured results from this specific line.
People who fall ill every year from contaminated food worldwide, per the World Health Organization
Deaths a year linked to foodborne disease, per the World Health Organization
Share of the world's food lost between harvest and retail, per the FAO
Americans who get sick from foodborne illness each year, per the US CDC (2011 estimate of 48 million cases)