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ISO 22000 Food Safety Management Systems Certification
ISO 22000 is an internationally recognised Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) standard. It is the world’s leading food safety management standard and has been implemented in food safety standard globally.
All requirements of this International Standard (ISO 22000) are generic and are intended to be applicable to all organizations in the food chain regardless of size and complexity. This includes organizations directly or indirectly involved in one or more steps of the food chain. Organizations that are directly involved include, but are not limited to, feed producers, harvesters, farmers, producers of ingredients, food manufacturers, retailers, food services, catering services, organizations providing cleaning and sanitation services, transportation, storage and distribution services. Other organizations that are indirectly involved include, but are not limited to, suppliers of equipment, cleaning and sanitizing agents, packaging material, and other food contact materials.
Key Principles ISO 22000 contains eight key principles of quality management which are not auditable but do form the fundamental characteristics of quality management:
Food industry focus and customer satisfaction
Leadership
Involvement of people & processes
System approach to management
Continual improvement
Factual approach to decision making
What is ISO 22000?
ISO 22000 is an internationally recognised Food Safety Management Systems(FSMS) standard. It is the world’s leading food safety management standard and has been implemented in food safety standard globally.
All requirements of this International Standard (ISO 22000) are generic and are intended to be applicable to all organizations in the food chain regardless of size and complexity. This includes organizations directly or indirectly involved in one or more steps of the food chain. Organizations that are directly involved include, but are not limited to, feed producers, harvesters, farmers, producers of ingredients, food manufacturers, retailers, food services, catering services, organizations providing cleaning and sanitation services, transportation, storage and distribution services. Other organizations that are indirectly involved include, but are not limited to, suppliers of equipment, cleaning and sanitizing agents, packaging material, and other food contact materials
Benefits of ISO 22000
The ISO 22000Food SafetyManagement Systems standard offers a wide variety of benefits to an organisation. The quality standard is applicable to companies of any size or sector who seek to improve their internal management and operational processes. We recommend that companies who are completing ISO 9001 certification apply the standard throughout their organisation, as opposed to at a particular department, site or divisions of the company.
A clear, auditable, global standard providing a framework to bring together all parts of your Food Safety Management System (FSMS)
Demonstrates commitment to customer satisfaction
Tests compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and your own systems through internal audits and management reviews
Improves internal and external communications
Improves your organizations image
Links pre-requisite programs (PRPs & OPRPs), HACCP with the Plan-Do-Study-Act philosophies of ISO9001 to increase the effectiveness of your food management system
Requires regular testing of data integrity / lot recall programs and process audits
Aligns with other management systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001)
ISO 22000 Food Safety management certification
ISO 22000 certification process requires a company to undergo a two stage ISO22000 audit process of its business continuity management systems.
ISO 22000 Stage 1 (Pre-assessment)
ISO 22000 Stage 2 (Certification)
ISO 22000 Stage 1 is completed on site to determine if your system has met the minimum requirements of the standard and is capable of being audited.
ISO 22000 Stage 2 (once stage one is completed and you have made any necessary changes) is an audit of the effectiveness of the system. Both stages must be completed to become certified.
An ISO 22000 certificate lasts for 3 years and a company needs to undergo surveillance visit audits annually to maintain their FSM 22000 certification.
After each stage, the Lead Auditor will prepare and deliver a comprehensive written audit report detailing the findings of the assessment. On successful completion of stages one and two, the auditor will recommend to our CAAC Certification Manager with the detailed report. The Certification Manager will review your file to ensure that the recommendation has been made in an impartial, fair and competent manner, then the company will be informed of its status.
Once your organisation passes both stages, you will be officially certified to ISO 22000.
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