About ISO 22000:2018 (Food Safety Management Systems)
ISO 22000:2018 is the international
standard for Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) published by ISO. It is a Management
System designed to enable organizations to control food safety hazards along
the food chain to ensure that food is safe at the time of consumption. It
covers all organizations in the food chain from “farm to fork”.
The
ISO 22000:2018 standard provides a benchmark for organizational performance in
terms of food safety.
The standard facilitates a set of principles that ensures a logical approach to
the management of overall food safety performance to consistently provide safe
food, products, and services
ISO 22000 is a truly international
standard suitable for any business in the entire food chain, including
inter-related organizations such as producers of equipment, packaging material,
cleaning agents, additives, and ingredients.
The new version of the standard also
introduces the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle and risk-based thinking. By
combining PDCA and risk-based thinking to manage business risk with HACCP to
identify, prevent & control food safety risk, ISO 22000 Certification support
organizations to decrease exposure to hazard & improve food safety.
ISO 22000 can be integrated into other
management systems.
ISO 22000 is applicable to all
organizations in the food chain, regardless of size and complexity.
Organizations that are directly or indirectly involved include, but are not
limited to:
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Food Manufacturers,
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Catering Services,
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Packaging Materials and other food
contact materials,
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Feed producers, animal food producers,
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Producers of Food Ingredients,
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Storage and Distribution Services,
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Suppliers of Equipment,
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Cleaning and Disinfectant Services,
Benefits:
ISO 22000 implementation improves /
leads to
- Conformance to Legal and Regulatory Requirements
- Promotes food safety culture.
- Reduces risk of food safety incidents.
- Ability to compete globally on quality and price.
- Provide recognition throughout the supply chain as single standard approach to Food Safety.
- Access to new markets through inclusion in the database of certified suppliers.
- Increase profits by aligning your products to retailer/consumer requirements.
- Improves the SAFETY and QUALITY of your product.
- The ability to reduce the number and frequency of inconsistent and costly audits.
- Hazard analysis to evaluate threats to food safety.
- Dynamic communication on food safety issues with suppliers, customers, regulators, and other interested parties.
- A systematic and proactive approach to the identification of food safety hazards and the development and Implementation of control measures.
- greater CONSISTENCY and TRACEABILITY of products and services
- Organizational PROFITABILITY.
- Organizational Credibility & Reputation.