ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management System
ISO 22000 food safety management standards help organizations identify and control food safety hazards, at the same time as working together with other ISO management standards, such as ISO 9001. Applicable to all types of producer, ISO 22000 provides a layer of reassurance within the global food supply chain, helping products cross borders and bringing people food that they can trust.
ISO 22000:2018 certification covers all the processes in the food chain that impact the safety of the end product. The standard specifies the requirements for a comprehensive food safety management system, as well as incorporating the elements of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) An established management system according to ISO 22000 supports your food safety and reduces the liability risks for your products. You also benefit from the easy integration of the ISO 22000 standard into existing quality management systems such as ISO 9001 or ISO 14001
An ISO 22000 Certification for Your Business
Could Provide the Following Benefits:
• Give suppliers and stakeholders confidence in your hazard controls
• Put these hazard controls in place across your supply chain
• Introduce transparency around accountability and responsibilities
• Increase the profits & Insurance of safer food
• Control and eliminate food safety risks
• Continually improve the processes needed to provide safe food
• Built customer’s confidence on your ability to control any food safety hazards
• Promote international trade
• Fewer errors and customer complaints.
• Continual improvement in products & processes.
• Resource optimization – internally and along the food chain.
• Sustainable food safety performance.
• Improved utilization of resources worldwide
• Increased company profits
• Potential increased economic growth
• Reduction in rates of foodborne disease
• More efficient documentation of techniques, methods and procedures
ISO 22000 contains the food safety management system requirements of FSSC 22000 (which is a Global Food Safety Initiative, GFSI recognized scheme) and is used along with requirements for prerequisite programs for the appropriate industry sector.
“Focus on food safety
From Farm to Fork, make food safe”
ISO 22000 Applicable Industry:
ISO 22000 certification is applicable to any organization within the food chain, regardless of size, from feed producers, primary producers through food manufacturers, transport and storage operators and subcontractors to retail and food outlets. These include among others:
• Food manufacturers
• Food processing industry
• Restaurants
• Animal feed manufacturers
• Primary production (animals and plants)
• Transport, storage
• Wholesalers and retailers
• Packaging, cleaning agent and additive industry