Product Switching & Identity Reset Protocol
Version 2.0 · Publication Date: 2026-09-22 · Status: Published / Effective
Document ID: DV-F-39-v2.0
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Boundary. F-39 controls identity, verification, mapping, and documentation during product switching. Cleaning chemistry, sanitation validation, residue limits, equipment compatibility, and technical line-reuse suitability shall follow the beverage producer, equipment manufacturer, qualified draft professional, and applicable law or code.
1. Scope
F-39 applies whenever an in-scope draft pathway changes:
- product;
- producer;
- alcoholic/non-alcoholic category;
- line assignment;
- connection point; or
- point-of-service identity.
2. Pre-switch control
Before change, the organization shall identify:
- current product;
- intended new product;
- affected line and faucet;
- applicable sanitation or technical procedure; and
- person responsible for the change.
3. Alcoholic-to-NA transition
An alcoholic-to-NA transition shall not be placed into verified NA service until:
- the applicable qualified cleaning/sanitation procedure has been completed;
- the line is technically suitable for the new product;
- old physical identity has been removed or invalidated;
- the new identity has been applied;
- registry mapping has been updated where applicable; and
- the new pathway has been verified.
DraftVerify does not define a universal cleaning chemical, cycle, concentration, time, or residue threshold.
4. NA-to-NA transition
An NA-to-NA transition shall follow the applicable product, cleaning, identity-reset, and mapping requirements for the products and equipment involved.
5. NA-to-alcoholic transition
DraftVerify NA identifiers shall be removed, disabled, or otherwise changed so they do not falsely represent the pathway as NA.
Registry mapping shall be updated where applicable.
6. Identity reset
The operator shall ensure that:
- previous product identifiers no longer represent the active path;
- new physical identifiers match the intended product and path;
- point-of-service identity is current; and
- digital records match physical configuration.
7. Verification
The switched pathway shall be verified before normal NA service.
A mismatch shall be treated as an unresolved identity condition and the affected pathway shall not be represented as verified until corrected.
8. Records
The switch record shall identify, as applicable:
- date and time;
- previous product;
- new product;
- line or system identifier;
- sanitation/service reference;
- identity changes;
- person performing or authorizing the switch; and
- verification result.
9. Certification effect
Failure to control an alcoholic-to-NA identity transition is a major nonconformity and can be critical where actual product identity is uncertain or an alcoholic product may be represented as NA.