ISO 22000
Overview
ISO 22000 is a safety standard that is accepted and trusted the world over. Organization that implement the ISO 22000 standard demonstrate compliance with all relevant regulatory food safety requirements. The intention of this standard is to plan, implement, operate, maintain and update a food safety management system aimed at providing food products that are safe for the consumer.
- Developed by ISO and globally acknowledged
- Comprehensive standard covers all aspects of the business and aligned to ISO 9001
- Applicable for all the stakeholders in the food chain (primary producer/input or equipment manufacturer/food processor)
- Certification valid for 3 years;
- Certification (stage 1 & 2) followed by annual surveillance
Benefits of ISO 22000
Certifying your food management system against the requirements of ISO 22000:2005 will bring the following benefits to your organization:
- Applicable to all organization in the global food supply chain
- A truly global international standards
- Provides potential for harmonization of national standards
- Covers the majority of the requirements of the current retailer food safety standards
- Complies with the codex HACCP principles provide us communication of HACCP concept internationally
- An auditable standard with clear requirements which provide a framework for third party certification
- System approach, rather than products approach
- All control measures are subjected to hazard analysis
- Systematic management of prerequisite programmes
- Dynamic communication on food safety issues with suppliers, customers, regulators and other interested parties.
