Core System Enhancements & Defect Fixes - August 2026 – MealSuite

August 27
- Migration of POS Service Settings to Core Account
August 25
- AI Recipe Import
August 20
- Allergens Filter on Recipes Listing Screen
- Unpublishing a Fluid Recipe
August 13 (US) and August 17 (CDN)
- Ability to Change the Preferred Unit of Measure (UoM) on a Master Recipe
August 6
Defect Fixes

August 27

Migration of POS Service Settings to Core Account

The following POS settings are now available from your Core account (in addition to still being available in the Touch Admin software for the time being):

Receipt and ticket closing
Enabling personalized menus at POS
Setting meal period (breakfast, lunch, dinner) end times
Reservation settings for a dining room
Requesting a new POS revenue center (formerly called POS location)

If you do not have a Core account login (or have one but it is inactive), then when in the Touch Admin software, click the Get Started button on the banner at the top of the screen, and enter your email address and your first and last name.

If the system notices that you do already have a Core account login that has gone inactive, you will get an email with a "This was me, accept and link my logins" button.
If you do not have a Core account login for the email address entered, you'll be prompted to create one via the form below. No welcome email will be sent, and you will be automatically redirected to the Core login screen.

August 25

AI Recipe Import

ANDI, the MealSuite AI Assistance, can now help import and create recipes from a file, such as a PDF or Excel® For example, if you download a PDF file of a recipe from a recipe site, you can then import that file to extract its details as a recipe in your account.

August 20

Allergens Filter on Recipes Listing Screen

The Allergens filter on the Recipes Listing screen now has the “does not contain” option, as indicated by the red cross-out icon:

With the “does not contain” option selected, the system will return results not containing the inputted value. For example, if the inputted value is “AllergenEggs”, the results returned would be recipes not associated with the AllergenEggs allergen group (i.e., all other recipes are returned except those associated with AllergenEggs).

Unpublishing a Fluid Recipe

When a parent account unpublishes a fluid recipe, and that fluid recipe is in use in either the parent account or one of their child accounts, the warning message now appears stating such so that you can determine if you want to continue with unpublishing the fluid recipe. Prior to the August 18 release, this warning message only appeared for non-fluid recipes.

By clicking the Where Used button, you can where the recipe is currently being used, which includes menus, personal menu, and other recipes.

August 13 (US) and August 17 (CDN)

Ability to Change the Preferred Unit of Measure (UoM) on a Master Recipe

For a master recipe using a standard unit of measure (UoM) for its portion size, you can change the unit of measure to the preferred UoM desired by your facility.

For example, if the UoM for an apple juice master recipe is fl oz, then this can be changed to cup, ml, or scoop.

When changing the preferred UoM, the system will automatically convert the amount so as to maintain the same nutrition and cost and prevent you from having to manually calculate the conversion. In keeping with the above example, if the juice is 4 fl oz, then the conversion options are as follows (also indicated in screenshot below).

1/2 cup
120 ml
1 #8 scoop

For more information and instructions, see Changing the Preferred Unit of Measure (UoM) on a Recipe.

August 6

Tray Menu Tickets now Prints Modifiers

Modifiers that are added to Instant Orders and Advanced Orders now print on a Tray Menu Tickets. When the tray menu ticket is generated, the modifiers appear in italics underneath their ordered item. In addition if a modifier is configured to appear with a highlighted colour on the KMS order screen, then that colour also displays for the modifier on the tray menu ticket.

Update to a Non-PCC Connect Interface

For a non-PointClickCare interface, when resolving a people data mapping issue from the Connect screen or the People Listing screen, the ability to just ignore the message has been re-implemented. Ignoring the message means the person's profile will not be updated with the information in the message. Any subsequent messages regarding the person will continue to be accepted by the system.

This is a useful option for a person who is an outpatient or who has been discharged (thereby allowing the system to accept a re-admit if needed), and messages are received before their re-admit.

Migration of POS Settings from Touch Admin Software to Core System Software

The following POS settings functionality has been moved from the Touch Admin software to the Core system software:

Migration of Smart Service Settings from Touch Admin Software to Core System Software

The following Smart Service settings functionality has been moved from the Touch Admin software to the Core system software:

Defect Fixes

August 28

Area	Details
People	Fixed issue with a published diet type/texture type combination mistakenly resulting in an invalid diet order message for a resident/patient profile. (Internal reference: DEF-14308) Fixed issue with items mistakenly being excluded from personal menu when the associated allergen is no longer assigned. (Internal reference: DEF-14274)
Core to Touch API	Fixed issue with Touch accounts not being synched. (Internal reference: DEF-14315)

August 27

Area	Details
Recipes & Foods	Resolved issue with recipe information mistakenly not being displayed for a user role. (Internal reference: DEF-13947)
People	On a Tray Menu Ticket, fixed issue with specific substitute not being displayed. (Internal reference: DEF-14219) For a reused advanced order, fixed issue with Tray Menu Ticket not matching the personal menu. (Internal reference: DEF-14219) On a resident/patient profile, after assigning an an allergen and clicking Save, resolved issue with the Save button mistakenly being still enabled.. (Internal reference: DEF-14011) On a resident/patient profile, fixed issue with error message mistakenly appearing requesting the user to update the diet intervention information. (Internal reference: DEF-12802)
Connect	Resolved a failed sync issue caused by uniqueness validation error for the barcode/badge ID field. (Internal reference: DEF-14298) For a PointClickCare Connect interface, resolved issue with active resident profiles being mistakenly archived. (Internal reference: DEF-14279) For the internal Connect API Settings modal, fixed issue with "Error - Organization is not found” message and the Organization Name' and Facility name fields being blank. (Internal reference: DEF-14193) For the internal Connect API Settings modal, resolved issue with mistakenly allowing configuration for a facility already in use. (Internal reference: DEF-14192) On History tab of a profile, fixed issue with "Translation missing" error in the Action column. (Internal reference: DEF-13938)
Vendors & Vendor Products	Resolved issue with missing products on the Vendor Product Selection screen. (Internal reference: DEF-14260)
System Settings	Fixed issue with incorrect page being available from Recently Visited section on home page. (Internal reference: DEF-14228) When the Session Timeout pop-up appears, fixed issue with nothing happening when the Continue Session button is selected. (Internal reference: DEF-14114)
Internal Settings	Fixed issue with change parent functionality not working. (Internal reference: DEF-14285) In the New Branded Product modal, fixed issue with the status circle icon for a product/nutrient source not showing as enabled when selected. (Internal reference: DEF-14191) Resolved issue with internal vendor product linking process. (Internal reference: DEF-14023)

August 25

Area	Details
Recipes & Foods	Resolved issue with a fluid substitution grid displaying the incorrect unit of measure. (Internal reference: DEF-14156) When setting the UoM for recipes via bulk recipe edit, resolved issue with changes not being applied for recipes in dual recipe categories. (Internal reference: DEF-13139) On the Fluid Substitution grid, fixed issue with items missing from the thin liquids fluid type. (Internal reference: DEF-11848)
Menus	Fixed issue with potassium level mistakenly changing for menu item accessed from WaaG view. (Internal reference: DEF-14133) Addressed issue with Recipe Cookbook Report (Menus) not generating with updated display names. (Internal reference: DEF-13142)
People	Fixed issue with portion size and unit of measure being inconsistent on personal menu, and AO and IO screens. (Internal reference: DEF-14102) Addressed issue with a specific substitute being mistakenly removed. (Internal reference: DEF-14007)
Vendors	Resolved issue with not all managed vendors (i.e. system vendors) appearing for selection. (Internal reference: DEF-14112)
Inventory	Fixed issue with inconsistent or stale timestamps for an inventory valuation. (Internal reference: DEF-14092)
Connect	Fix deployed for data cleanup. (Internal reference: DEF-14190)
Internal Settings	Fixed issue with linked food item to a vendor product not displaying. (Internal reference: DEF-14100) Fixed issue with no all vendors appearing from the internal Pending Vendor Product Liking screen. (Internal reference: DEF-14003)

August 20

Area	Details
Recipes & Foods	Fixed issue with error occurring when parent account attempted to select a preferred food in a food variation group. (Internal reference: DEF-13965) Addressed issue with slow load time when generating an AI recipe image. (Internal reference: DEF-13389) For the Scaled Recipes report, fixed issue with not all items being returned based on the Recipe Category and Tags filters. (Internal reference: DEF-13265)
Menus	Resolved issue with missing menu categories. (Internal reference: DEF-14069) Fixed issue with unpublished IDDSI tags mistakenly showing in the Recipe Cookbook report. (Internal reference: DEF-13104)
People	Fixed layout issue with the Meal Service Report. (Internal reference: DEF-14012)
Inventory	For Inventory On Hand, fixed issue with transaction history record of a product not getting created upon worksheet close. (Internal reference: DEF-14019)
Purchase Orders	Resolved issue with items being mistakenly excluded when populating a shopping cart from production. (Internal reference: DEF-13994) Resolved issue with a shopping cart being mistakenly populated with only one item. (Internal reference: DEF-13923) Fixed issue with order quantity not recalculating when switching a breakable product pack type. (Internal reference: DEF-10579) On a cart/shopping cart, fixed issue with Availability filter causing an error. (Internal reference: DEF-9206)
Connect	Fixed issue with room names in Connect mapping not matching what exists in facility builder. (Internal reference: DEF-12516) In the internal API settings for a PointClickCare Connect interface, fixed issue with incorrect facility names. (Internal reference: DEF-11900) When mapping a diet type, fixed issue with diet interventions mistakenly being listed in the Diet Order Type drop-down. (Internal reference: DEF-12247)
Production	When exporting the Service and Delivery Sheet to an Excel® file, fixed issue with utensils being in incorrect column. (Internal reference: DEF-13992)
Vendors & Vendor Products	Resolved partner-specific issue with vendor product import. (Internal reference: DEF-14095) Resolved issue with rule not being followed for vendor-specific product selection logic. (Internal reference: DEF-3348)
Internal Settings	Fixed issue with Brand Management screen not opening. (Internal reference: DEF-14021) Resolved issue with informative alerts on branded products preventing nutrition flow. (Internal reference: DEF-13966)

August 19

Area	Details
Connect	Fixed issue with people reports not being visible for certain users. (Internal reference: DEF-14216) Fixed issue with personal menu view and people reports showing past assigned diet orders for resident/patients. (DEF-14210)

August 18

Area	Details
Recipes	Fixed issue with a recipe extension grid mistakenly populating with existing recipe when attempting to create a substitute recipe from an extension template. (Internal reference: DEF-13897) Resolved an issue where duplicate food variations. (Internal reference: DEF-13341) Fixed issue with the Recipe Box filter for an open recipe. (Internal reference: DEF-14125)
Menus	For a flex menu (available to certain accounts only), resolved issue with RD signature not being removed after the portion size of an item in flex group is changed. (Internal reference: DEF-13114) Resolved pagination issue on Menu Templates screen for a French site. (Internal reference: DEF-12988) When scheduling a menu for a French site, fixed issue with date placeholder not being in French. (Internal reference: DEF-12722)
People	Fixed issue with profiles in culinary accounts not being created with a diet assignment of regular/regular in the back-end. (Internal reference: DEF-9182) On History tab of a profile, fixed issue with "Translation missing" error in the Action column. (Internal reference: DEF-13938) Fixed issue with Roster Report not honoring the Dining Area filter. (Internal reference: DEF-13261) Resolved quantity issue with Tray Menu Tickets. (Internal reference: DEF-13359)
Diet Orders	For a diet intervention, resolved issue with adding multiple serving size adjustments with the same serving size merges the customization. (Internal reference: DEF-13991)
Connect	Resolved following Connect issues: A08 containing allergen are not triggering separate Allergy message to be acknowledged. (Internal reference: DEF-9013) Connect mapping options fails with "TypeError: no implicit conversion of DateTime into String". (Internal reference: DEF-14135) Ignoring Diet Interventions does not clear "Unknown Modifier" Connect message(s). (Internal reference: DEF-14053) Unable to Ignore Allergen. (Internal reference: DEF-12380) Updates not "Auto Acknowledged" when they should be. (Internal reference: DEF-12373) "Action Required" notification persists regardless of presence of Connect messages. (Internal reference: DEF-12347) PCC Connect - Some history entries are blank/missing data. (Internal reference: DEF-13957) PCC Connect - Connect incorrectly assigning dining area value for snack. (Internal reference: DEF-12306) PCC Connect - Set whodunnit to fix failed sync reason 'Unable to create a Global ID for User without a model ID'. (Internal reference: DEF-14140)
Forecasting	Resolved issue with census numbers not being accurate on a forecasting worksheet. (Internal reference: DEF-14050)
HACCP	Fixed issue with functionality to copy HACCP checklists not being available. (Internal reference: DEF-14008)
Facility Builder	Fixed issue with inability to edit a residence area enabled as a dining area due to error/asking for table config. (Internal reference: DEF-12208)
Smart Service Settings	Resolved issue with the Save Changes button on the Configuration screen (Settings > Service Settings > Configuration) being inactive after making changes on the screen. (Internal reference: DEF-14120)
Vendors & Vendor Products	Fixed issue with slow load times when importing a vendor product list to an APL. (Internal reference: DEF-10142)
Internal Settings	Fixed issue with incorrect branded product being shown as the chosen option for an account. (Internal reference: DEF-14062) For the Core to Touch API, resolved cache issue. (Internal reference: DEF-14046)

August 17

Area	Details
Connect	Resolved issue in which a new admit was updating an existing different profile rather than creating a new profile. (Internal reference: DEF-14104)

August 6

Area	Details
Menus	Resolved issue with newly-added menu categories not being available for a corporate account. (Internal reference: DEF-14069)
Purchase Orders	For a shopping cart or PO, fixed issue with the Custom Sort option not being honoured when selected from the Storage Location column. (Internal reference: DEF-13952) When populating a cart from production, improved the logic to determine accurate pack size collection, which includes only adding individual stock units for a breakable pack product. (Internal reference: MS3-4254)
Inventory	Fixed issue with a transaction history record not getting created when closing an inventory worksheet. (Internal reference: DEF-14019)
Internal Settings	Excluded non-applicable products from the internal vendor product linking process. (Internal reference: DEF-14023) Fixed issue with Brand Management screen not loading. (Internal reference: DEF-14021)

August 4

Area	Details
Connect	Fixed issue with failed syncs due to "barcode length must be at least 4 characters" error message. (Internal reference: DEF-14085)