Food Compliance Agency — R638 COA & Hygiene Audits

za.co.foodcompliancePublished by foodcompliance.co.zaOfficial publisherv2.0.1Updated Oct 30, 2026

South African R638 Certificate of Acceptability (COA) food safety compliance and audit tools.

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableKnowledge & Memory Business & Commerce

Server details

Identifier: za.co.foodcompliance/foodcompliance-mcp
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Runtime: Web executable
Trust: Verified
Published: Oct 30, 2026

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Overview

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Remote MCP server for South African R638 Certificate of Acceptability food safety compliance, offering requirement checks, hygiene scoring and audit requests.

What you can do: Check CoA statutory requirements for a food premises category such as restaurant, butchery, bakery or food truck
Look up municipal EHP inspection protocols, zoning prerequisites and submission steps
Retrieve food handler training mandates, certificate validity and Person in Charge obligations
Score a facility's layout and structural readiness against R638 audit requirements and flag critical non-conformances
Submit an on-site pre-audit or municipal licensing inquiry to the agency's consulting desk
When to use it: Useful for South African food business owners, consultants or facility managers preparing for a Certificate of Acceptability or municipal health inspection, or for checking R638 training and premises requirements before applying.
Requirements: Remote streamable HTTP endpoint at foodcompliance.co.za; no packages, environment variables or headers declared. No authentication is declared, so no account or key setup is described.

Before you install

The audit request tool submits information to a third-party consulting desk, so avoid sending confidential business details unless intended. Guidance is informational and tied to South African R638 rules; verify against the relevant municipality before relying on it.

Installation

In SourceWeft

Open Food Compliance Agency — R638 COA & Hygiene Audits in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

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Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "food-compliance-agency-r638-coa-hygiene": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://foodcompliance.co.za/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

check_coa_requirements

Check Coa Requirements

Evaluates Certificate of Acceptability (CoA) statutory requirements under Regulation R638 for a specific food premises category (restaurant, butchery, bakery, cloud kitchen, food truck, warehouse, packaging plant, mobile cart). When to use: Call this tool when you specifically need to execute 'check_coa_requirements' on Food Compliance Agency (foodcompliance.co.za). Do NOT use this tool when another specialized tool fits better (use 'get_municipal_health_guidelines' or 'get_food_handler_training_standards' or 'calculate_facility_hygiene_readiness' for their respective operations). Parameters: premises_type (required), municipality (optional). Behavior & Side Effects: Strictly read-only, idempotent query with zero state mutation; public unauthenticated access allowed; rate-limited to 60 requests/min per IP. Returns: Structured JSON object containing status, matched records or computed metrics, and canonical action URLs.

Parametersmunicipalitypremises_typerequired

get_municipal_health_guidelines

Get Municipal Health Guidelines

Returns Environmental Health Practitioner (EHP) inspection protocols, zoning prerequisites, and submission steps for South African metropolitan municipalities. When to use: Call this tool when you specifically need to execute 'get_municipal_health_guidelines' on Food Compliance Agency (foodcompliance.co.za). Do NOT use this tool when another specialized tool fits better (use 'check_coa_requirements' or 'get_food_handler_training_standards' or 'calculate_facility_hygiene_readiness' for their respective operations). Parameters: municipality (optional). Behavior & Side Effects: Strictly read-only, idempotent query with zero state mutation; public unauthenticated access allowed; rate-limited to 60 requests/min per IP. Returns: Structured JSON object containing status, matched records or computed metrics, and canonical action URLs.

Parametersmunicipality

get_food_handler_training_standards

Get Food Handler Training Standards

Returns statutory training mandates under Regulation R638 Regulation 3, including syllabus prerequisites, certificate validity, and Person in Charge (PIC) obligations. When to use: Call this tool when you specifically need to execute 'get_food_handler_training_standards' on Food Compliance Agency (foodcompliance.co.za). Do NOT use this tool when another specialized tool fits better (use 'check_coa_requirements' or 'get_municipal_health_guidelines' or 'calculate_facility_hygiene_readiness' for their respective operations). Parameters: role (optional). Behavior & Side Effects: Strictly read-only, idempotent query with zero state mutation; public unauthenticated access allowed; rate-limited to 60 requests/min per IP. Returns: Structured JSON object containing status, matched records or computed metrics, and canonical action URLs.

Parametersrole

calculate_facility_hygiene_readiness

Calculate Facility Hygiene Readiness

Scores a commercial food facility's physical layout and structural preparedness against R638 audit requirements, identifying critical non-conformances. When to use: Call this tool when you specifically need to execute 'calculate_facility_hygiene_readiness' on Food Compliance Agency (foodcompliance.co.za). Do NOT use this tool when another specialized tool fits better (use 'check_coa_requirements' or 'get_municipal_health_guidelines' or 'get_food_handler_training_standards' for their respective operations). Parameters: has_dedicated_handwash_basin (required), has_double_compartment_sink (required), has_separate_prep_sink (optional), walls_impervious_tiled (required), floors_smooth_coved (required), has_grease_trap (optional), pest_control_contract (optional), trained_person_in_charge (optional). Behavior & Side Effects: Strictly read-only, idempotent query with zero state mutation; public unauthenticated access allowed; rate-limited to 60 requests/min per IP. Returns: Structured JSON object containing status, matched records or computed metrics, and canonical action URLs.

Parametershas_grease_trapfloors_smooth_covedrequiredpest_control_contracthas_separate_prep_sinkwalls_impervious_tiledrequiredtrained_person_in_chargehas_double_compartment_sinkrequiredhas_dedicated_handwash_basinrequired

request_compliance_audit

Request Compliance Audit

Submits an on-site Certificate of Acceptability (CoA) pre-audit or municipal licensing inquiry directly to the Food Compliance Agency consulting desk. When to use: Call this tool when you specifically need to execute 'request_compliance_audit' on Food Compliance Agency (foodcompliance.co.za). Do NOT use this tool when another specialized tool fits better (use 'check_coa_requirements' or 'get_municipal_health_guidelines' or 'get_food_handler_training_standards' for their respective operations). Parameters: business_name (required), contact_person (required), email (optional), phone (required), premises_type (required), location_city (required), urgent (optional). Behavior & Side Effects: Creates a live record/session in the backend database; no authentication required for public initiation; rate-limited to 60 requests/min per IP. Returns: Structured JSON object containing status, matched records or computed metrics, and canonical action URLs.

Parametersemailphonerequiredurgentbusiness_namerequiredlocation_cityrequiredpremises_typerequiredcontact_personrequired

Version history

v2.0.1LatestOct 30, 2026

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