ISO 22000, first published in 2005 and second in 2018, is a type of standard for food safety management systems (FSMS). ISO 22000 is one of the main and basic standards in food industries and organizations which can find their way in the supply chain and the international markets by this certificate. This standard is essential for all organizations and does not depend on the size and complexity. Generally, the execution of this standard enables the organizations to provide safe products and services to the customers, detect risks, show conformity with requirements, plan the processes and interactions, and manage the opportunities.
One of the essential standards for the producers and suppliers of dried fruits and nuts is ISO 22000
Why ISO 22000?
As ISO 22000 standard is requirements of FSMSs, it can fulfill the organizational needs to show its ability in food safety management and open new opportunities to enter the global markets. This standard has many benefits.
Benefits of ISO 22000 certification
- The organization commitment toward food safety
- Internal food system development for risk and hazard management
- Legal obligation reduction of food services and products
- Better global market for export
- Legal compliance of other certificates
- Reduction of legal obligation and compliance inspections.
The principles of ISO 22000 standard:
- Programming, implementing, maintaining, and updating a safe food management system to be safe based on requirements,
- Showing the procedures of the conformity of the requirements,
- Evaluating the implementation and conformity of the food safety requirements in ISO 22000,
- Solving the food safety problems in the food systems
- Ensuring the organization implementation of food safety requirements,
- Final assessment and getting certificates
In addition, the prerequisite of ISO 22000 is HACCP that was explained in another article in our website. Of course, this standard can be used independently or integrated with the other standards. HACCP is used to analyze risks. In addition, ISO 22000 is the prerequisite of FSSC 22000. ISO 22000 as the food safety management systems has requirements for organizations in the food chain which is made of 6 steps as follows:
- ISO 22001 is about guidelines food and drink industry (replaces: ISO 15161:2001).
- ISO/TS 22002 is the prerequisite program of food safety including food manufacturing, catering, farming, packaging, and animal food production.
- ISO TS 22003 is about food safety management systems for the audit and certification of FSMSs.
- ISO TS 22004 is about the application of ISO 22000:2005.
- ISO 22005 is about traceability in the food chain and general requirements for system design and implementation.
- ISO 22006 is about quality management systems and the application of ISO 9002:2000 for crop production.
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