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ISO 22000: Food Safety Management System

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ISO 22000: Food Safety Management System Certification

ISO 22000/FSMS Certification is a procedure to verify that the essential principles of food safety applicable through out the food chain (including primary production through to the final consumer), to achieve the goal of ensuring that food is safe and suitable for human consumption.ISO 22000 helps in improving organizations’ food safety performance. It is a systematic way of addressing food safety issues such as unsafe food importation, foodborne illnesses, food contamination, and insufficient food security. This standard is utilized to help organization identifying and control food safety hazards, in order to ensure that food is safe at the time of human consumption. It provides a layer of reassurance within the global food supply chain, helping consistently provide safe products cross borders and bringing people food that they can trust.

What is ISO 22000: Food Safety Management System?

ISO 22000 is a Food Safety Management System (FSMS) that sets global standards to benchmark quality, safety, and processes across food industries. It combines and supplements the core elements of ISO 9001 and HACCP to ensure food safety on the global supply chain, prevents food risks, and control food contamination. ISO 22000 FSMS – Food Safety Management System is an internationally recognized standard, which can be applied / implemented to any organization within global food supply chain, from the growing to the service of produce. This ISO 22000 standard can be uniformly applied to any organizations regardless of its size or position in the food chain. It was drawn up by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to develop a Food Safety Management System tailored to its producer & manufacturer, regulators & retailer and most important to the consumers.
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What are the benefits of ISO 22000: Food Safety Management System

Implementing ISO 22000 will benefit your organization with the following: Compliance with global regulatory requirements ISO 22000 sets internationally-recognized food safety standards for controlling food hazards. It helps the organization to grow globally with a recognized food safety processes and prevents costly ramifications, such as fines, penalties, product recalls, or business shutdown. Promote health and safety regulation Health and safety regulation is paramount to any businesses. It is implemented across industries to protect and secure your consumers as well as your employees. ISO 22000 helps minimize health and safety risks such as chemical contamination, diarrhoeal diseases, food risks, and work-related incidents and injuries. Improve food risk response rate FSMS in place helps businesses to respond immediately to any unexpected food safety issues. It diminishes the time to investigate food safety breaches which can give businesses more time to solve the problem. Improve business credibility and transparency Business credibility relies on product expertise and customer feedback. ISO 22000 allows the business to showcase their food safety management systems to ensure and deliver high-quality food products and services. Increase business development and growth ISO 22000 helps secure business continual improvement plans on food safety systems. It is used to identify improvement needs and develop new strategies to deliver remarkable products to satisfy the consumer’s needs.

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The Certification Journey

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Certification Achieved

Certification Achieved Successful certification is communicated to the client. Certificates are issued.

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Certification Review & Decision

The organisations files are reviewed by an independent and impartial panel and the certification decision is made

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Recommendation for Certification

At this point in the process we review any corrective actions taken to address findings raised at Stage 1 & 2. Certification may be recommended.

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Stage Two

The second assessment determines the effectiveness of the system, and seeks to confirm that the management system is implemented and operational.

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Stage One

The initial assessment determines if the mandatory requirements of the standard are being met and if the management system is capable of proceeding to Stage 2.

Certification Achieved

Certification Achieved Successful certification is communicated to the client. Certificates are issued.

Certification Review & Decision

The organisations files are reviewed by an independent and impartial panel and the certification decision is made

Recommendation for Certification

At this point in the process we review any corrective actions taken to address findings raised at Stage 1 & 2. Certification may be recommended.

Stage Two

The second assessment determines the effectiveness of the system, and seeks to confirm that the management system is implemented and operational.

Stage One

The initial assessment determines if the mandatory requirements of the standard are being met and if the management system is capable of proceeding to Stage 2.

ISO 22000: Food Safety Management System FAQ's

ISO 22000 includes requirements for traceability systems that enable food businesses to identify the origin of raw materials, ingredients, and products, facilitating the recall of unsafe food products, investigating incidents, and enhancing transparency in the food supply chain.

Effective communication is essential in ISO 22000 implementation to ensure that relevant information regarding food safety hazards, control measures, and procedures is shared throughout the organization and with external stakeholders to maintain the integrity of the food safety management system.

ISO 22000 includes requirements for food defense and food fraud prevention, emphasizing the importance of implementing measures to protect food from intentional contamination and fraudulent activities that could compromise food safety.

Yes, ISO 22000 certification demonstrates a food business's commitment to ensuring food safety and can help meet regulatory requirements by providing a systematic approach to identifying and controlling food safety hazards throughout the food supply chain.

While HACCP focuses on identifying and controlling food safety hazards, ISO 22000 provides a broader framework for a food safety management system that includes HACCP principles but also integrates other key elements such as management commitment, communication, and continual improvement.

Yes, ISO 22000 is internationally recognized as a standard for food safety management systems. Organizations that obtain ISO 22000 certification demonstrate their commitment to ensuring the safety and quality of food products, which can enhance their reputation and competitiveness in the global food market.

To achieve ISO 22000 certification, an organization needs to develop and implement a food safety management system that meets the standard's requirements. This involves conducting internal audits, addressing non-conformities, and undergoing an external audit by a certification body to demonstrate compliance with ISO 22000.

The benefits for organizations implementing the standard include among others the following : • organized and targeted communication among trade partners ; • resource optimization (internally and along the food chain) ; • improved documentation ; • better planning, less postprocess verification ; • more efficient and dynamic food safety hazard control ;

This standard can be applied to any company in the food chain, from field to store including growers, transporters, packagers, processors, retailers, bottlers and restaurants. In few cases it can be a a specific mandatory requirement stated by their customer. The business of any size and location can apply for the certification.

ISO 22000 provides a framework for measuring and assessing food safety risks and performance. It allows an organization’s ability to comply with industry standards related to food safety. While it is voluntary to certify for ISO 22000, it does prove to be beneficial for producers, manufacturers, regulators and retailers, and most importantly consumers