Case Study: Chelan Fruit achieves halved inspection time and boosts food safety, compliance & productivity with SafetyChain Software

How a leading us fruit packer boosted food safety, compliance & productivity with a paperless system

Chelan Fruit is the largest apple-packing cooperative in the U.S. (300 members) that also handles cherries, pears and plums. Facing paper-heavy inspection and recordkeeping processes across multiple facilities, management lacked real-time visibility into operations, spent excessive time filing and chasing paperwork, and needed to meet rising food-safety requirements (FSMA, SQF Level 3).

Chelan implemented SafetyChain’s cloud FSQA/QMS with standardized digital forms, affordable Android tablets and cross-departmental onboarding. The paperless system cut inspector time by 50% or more, shrank weekly paperwork from a day to about an hour, increased frequency and value of plant walkthroughs, improved data accuracy and sign-offs, delivered real-time visibility into issues, and boosted employee engagement.

Chelan Fruit

Robert Peebles

Director of Employee and Food Safety