Commercial Kitchen Compliance Software for California
EvidLY documents the work your kitchen does every day — and identifies what your county and your carrier require that isn’t yet in your record. Food safety. Fire safety. Vendor services. Team certifications. Regulatory changes. All connected. All visible.
Every compliance surface — one intelligence layer.
Temperature logs, checklists, corrective actions — documented as you work.
Every shift, every station. Timestamped, attributed, and ready when an inspector asks.
Fire safety across five standards — extinguishers, suppression, sprinklers, alarm, hood — one view.
Service dates connected to your policy provisions. EvidLY identifies what’s overdue before it becomes a denied claim.
Vendor-of-record data, service windows, credential management.
Know what’s due before the equipment fails or the certificate expires.
ServSafe, food handler cards, fire extinguisher training — all in one place.
Flagged 60 days before expiration. Not the morning of inspection.
FDA recalls, state code changes, county rule updates — filtered to your kitchen.
EvidLY identifies what affects your operation. Not every recall in the country.
Your insurance policy, read against your operations.
Identifies the provisions governing your kitchen that aren’t yet documented — before your carrier finds them at claim time.
Built for California’s two rulebooks
A California commercial kitchen answers to two codes, written by two agencies, enforced by two inspectors who never compare notes.
The fire side — the California Fire Code
The 2025 California Fire Code, built on the 2024 International Fire Code and in force since 1 January 2026, is enforced by the fire marshal. It pulls in five NFPA standards for the kitchen: NFPA 96 for the hood and duct, NFPA 17A for the suppression system, NFPA 10 for extinguishers, NFPA 25 for sprinklers and NFPA 72 for the alarm. Each one produces a record with a date on it.
The food side — CalCode
The California Retail Food Code, Health and Safety Code section 113700 and following, is enforced by 62 health departments — 58 counties and four cities — each with its own inspection form and its own grade card. It asks for the permit, the food protection manager certificate, the handler cards, the temperature logs and the pest control report.
EvidLY is CalCode compliance software and California Fire Code compliance software in one place: every record from both sides, held with the date it is due and the rule that requires it. Fire safety records · Food safety records
Fire first, then food
The fire records have the shortest intervals, the strictest askers and the largest consequences. They are the ones a food safety app never holds.
Hood and duct cleaning certificate — NFPA 96 Table 12.4 sets the interval by cooking volume and equipment type: monthly for solid fuel, quarterly for charbroilers, woks, high-volume and 24-hour kitchens, semiannually for moderate volume, annually for low volume. That is your calendar, not a preference. Produced by the cleaning contractor, dated on the day of service.
Fire suppression service tag — NFPA 17A: semiannual service by a licensed contractor, tag on the system.
Portable extinguisher tags — NFPA 10: monthly visual check, annual maintenance tag.
Sprinkler inspection report — NFPA 25: quarterly and annual inspections by the sprinkler contractor.
Fire alarm test record — NFPA 72: annual test, semiannual visual, by a state-licensed alarm contractor.
Five records, five contractors, five calendars. EvidLY holds each one with the date it is due, the rule that requires it, and a seal recorded at release — so the fire marshal, the adjuster and the landlord see the same dated record.
The gap that costs you isn’t on the inspection. It’s in the fine print.
Every county enforces them separately. EvidLY never combines them into one score.
58 California counties and four city health departments mapped to CalCode, State Fire Safety, and local requirements. Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Arizona next.
Fire safety services for Cintas, Aramark and Yosemite National Park. Not a feature spec.
What your county asks for
Every one of California’s 62 health departments inspects against the same CalCode and publishes its own results. EvidLY reads them so you know what your county cites most.
Who asks for the records
The fire marshal
At the annual fire inspection. Wants the hood certificate, the suppression tag, the extinguisher tags, the sprinkler report and the alarm test.
The health inspector
On inspection day. Wants the permit, the manager certificate, the handler cards and the temperature logs.
The insurance company
At renewal and at the claim. Wants proof the systems named in the protective safeguards endorsement were kept in service.
The property manager
Under the lease. Wants the hood certificate and the suppression tag, on the schedule the lease names.
The compliance officer
Across every unit. Wants one dated set per kitchen, not a binder per store.
How it compares
The compliance apps on page one — Operandio, Jolt, FoodDocs, SafetyCulture and the rest — run checklists and temperature logs on the food side. None of them holds the kitchen's fire records or reads the insurance policy. See the comparisons · Looking for an Operandio alternative? · Restaurant compliance software, every state →
Questions
What is commercial kitchen compliance software?
Software that holds the records a commercial kitchen is asked for — the fire safety records the fire marshal and the insurance company want, the food safety records the health inspector wants, each vendor’s insurance and license paperwork, and the conditions in the insurance policy — with the date each record is due and the rule that requires it. Checklist apps run the daily tasks; compliance software holds the proof.
Is EvidLY CalCode compliance software?
Yes. EvidLY holds every food safety record CalCode and your county health department ask for — the permit, the food protection manager certificate, the food handler cards, the temperature logs and the pest control report — and adds the fire side, which CalCode does not cover and no food safety app holds.
Does EvidLY work outside California?
Yes. California is built, with all 62 health departments. The five NFPA fire standards are the same in every state, and each state’s fire and food rules are resolved during onboarding, inside the same 15 days as your account.
What does it cost?
EvidLY publishes its pricing per kitchen, with a pilot for two to nine kitchens and Enterprise from ten. The full price list is on the pricing page, and the Risk Assessment costs nothing.
Ready to see it?
Book a 30-minute demo and see how EvidLY keeps every fire and food safety record ready — before anyone asks.
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