Standards Library

Manage food safety standards (the rules and items your hazard analysis points to).

What this is for

A food safety standard in MyHaccpPlan is a structured list of items — typically clauses, requirements, or PRP modules — that you can link to during hazard evaluation. When the decision tree concludes that a hazard is controlled by, say, a specific PRP, you pick the standard items that apply. Those items then appear in the printed hazard analysis as the justification.

The Standards Library is where standards are managed. Two scopes exist:

• Global standards — managed by Datahex super admins. Available to everyone via the Marketplace.
• Customer standards — managed by your admin. Visible only to your customer.

When you create a plan and pick a standard, a copy of it is embedded in the plan. Later edits to the library don’t change existing plans — you have to manually re-import or re-link.

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Common tasks

How to open the Standards Library

Click the Standards icon in the header (or File → Standards Library). The modal opens with a sidebar of standards and a detail panel.

How to download a global standard to your customer library

1. In the library, click Marketplace at the top of the sidebar.
2. Browse the global standards.
3. Click Add to my library on the one you want.

The standard is copied into your customer library and is now editable. See Marketplace.

How to create a new standard

1. In the library, click + Add standard.
2. Type a Name and Description.
3. The empty standard appears in the sidebar.
4. Add items to it (see below).

How to add items to a standard

1. Open the standard in the detail panel.
2. Click + Add item.
3. For each item, fill in:
   • Title (e.g., 4.7.1 Cleaning of equipment)
   • Content — rich text describing the requirement.
4. The item appears as a collapsible card.

How to edit or delete an item

Hover the card → click the pencil to edit, the trash to delete (with confirmation). Drag the handle to reorder items.

How to import a .hplns standards file

1. In the library, click Import at the top.
2. Pick a .hplns file from your computer.
3. The file’s standards are added to your customer library.

This is useful for porting standards from another instance, or for re-importing a backup.

How to export your standards

Click Export at the top of the library. Choose between:

• Export selected — picks specific standards into one .hplns file.
• Export all — exports every standard in your customer library.

How to use a standard in a plan

In the Setup wizard step 2, multi-select one or more standards from the dropdown. The items become available in the hazard analysis decision tree.

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Screen reference

Sidebar

Element	Description
Standard list	All your standards (customer-specific).
+ Add	Create a blank standard.
Marketplace	Browse global standards to import.
Import	Upload a .hplns file.
Export	Download as .hplns.

Detail panel

Element	Description
Name + description	Editable.
Items list	Cards, collapsible. Each has title and rich-text content.
+ Add item	Append a new item.
Drag handle	Reorder items.

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FAQs

What’s the difference between a “global” and “customer” standard? Global standards are maintained by Datahex (typically the published versions of common standards: BRC, SQF, FSSC, etc.). Customer standards are private to your organization — usually customizations or additional standards you’ve created. Global standards become customer standards once you copy them via the Marketplace.

If I edit a standard, does it update plans that already use it? No. Each plan embeds a snapshot of the standard at the time of plan creation. To pull updates, re-link the standard in File → Edit setup (with the CONFIRM warning if hazard data exists).

Where do the items show up in a plan? In the Decision tree wizard, after a hazard concludes as PRP/CCP/etc., you pick the standard items that justify the control. Those items are then shown in the Hazard Analysis tables and the printed plan.

Can I have items with images or tables? Yes — the item content is rich text (Tiptap), so you can include images, tables, lists, and formatted text.

What’s a .hplns file? A plain JSON file containing one or more standards (with all items). Use it to back up, share between instances, or import from a partner.

How do I delete a standard from my library? Open it, click the trash icon at the top of the detail panel. Plans that already use a snapshot of the standard are unaffected.