What is ISO
22000:2018 Certification?
ISO 22000 is Food Safety Management Systems Certification Schemes that
provide assurance to your customers that you have implemented an effective food
safety plan and management system. ISO 22000, a Food Safety Management System was developed by the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO). This standard is
applicable to any company in the food industry, from farmers, manufacturers and
transporters to packagers and retailers. ISO 22000:2018 certification is recognized
globally and is growing in popularity. The number of certifications has doubled
in the last year. ISO 22000 requires that PRPs, appropriate to the organization and product,
are executed to control the likelihood of introducing hazards. The standard
does not specify required PRPs and details of the PRPs, but asks the
organization to consider and use appropriate information (statutory, regulatory
and customer requirements and more).
What
does ISO 22000:2018 require?
ISO 22000 requires that you build a Food Safety Management System. This
means that you will have a documented system in organization and fully
implemented throughout your facility that includes:
- Effective
Prerequisite Programs in place to ensure the clean sanitary environment
- A
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Plan developed to identify, prevent
and eliminate the food safety hazards,
- Established
documented ISO Food safety Management System Certification
Service processes to manage the food safety throughout your
organization - from management and business planning aspects to day to day
communication and operations affecting food safety.
The ISO 22000 standard contains the specific requirements to be addressed by Food Safety Management System. The standard requires food safety management system processes including:
- Having
an overall Food Safety Policy for your organization, developed by the top
management.
- Setting
targets that will drive your organizations efforts to comply with this
policy.
- Planning
and designing a management system and documenting the system.
- Maintaining
records of the performance of the system.
- Establishing
a group of qualified individuals to form a Food Safety Team.
- Defining
communication procedures to ensure effective communication with important
contacts outside the organization (regulatory, customers, suppliers and
others) and for effective internal communication.
- Having
an emergency plan.
- Holding
management review meetings to evaluate the performance of the FSMS.
- Providing
adequate resources for an effective operation of the FSMS including
appropriately prepared and qualified personnel, sufficient infrastructure
and appropriate work environment to ensure food safety.
- Implementing
Prerequisite Programs.
- Following
HACCP principles.
- Establishing
a traceability system for identification of products.
- Establishing
a corrective action system and control of non-conforming product.
- Maintaining
a documented process for handling withdrawal of product.
- Controlling
monitoring and measuring devices.
- Establishing
and maintaining and internal audit program.
- Continually updating and improving the FSMS.
How
does a company achieve ISO
22000:2018 certification?
Once you have decided that ISO 22000:2018 is right for your company, you
will need to implement food safety management system processes to meet the
requirements of the standard. These requirements go beyond PRPs and HACCP and
incorporate processes to manage system throughout the organization. This
implies planning, designing, documenting and implementing a comprehensive
system of food safety management.
It can take organizations 3-9 months or more to complete implementation in
their Company. Once the system is in place and being utilized as part of day to
day business you will have a Registrar come from ISO 22000 Certification Body and perform a Certification Audit. If
the auditor finds that the system is compliant with standard and is being
followed throughout the organization, they will suggest your facility for
certification.
So how does a company plan, design, document and implement the system to
become prepared for certification?
If you have not implemented a
management system before, it can be difficult to know how to plan and manage
all the pieces of the implementation project.
AUDIT PROCESS: CLICK HERE
Who needs ISO 22000:2018 Certification?
More and more food businesses are requiring that their providers have a food
safety management system in place. It is becoming a necessity if you wish to
supply major food companies, sell to large retailers or enter into new markets. Each step in the food supply chain is critical to the safety of the end
product. The ISO 22000 standard explains requirements and standards of food
safety across national borders and throughout the supply chain.
ISO 22000 certification
is for all those involved in the food supply chain
including any company involved with:
- feed
production
- food
manufacturing
- food
ingredients
- transportation
of food
- packaging
of food
- selling
(retail or wholesale)
- serving
prepared food (restaurants, grocery stores)
- food
equipment production
- food
additives
Consumers and governments are increasingly aware of the issue of food safety
and are demanding accountability and assurances of food safety. Achieving ISO 22000:2018 certification from an ISO 22000 Certification Body will
give your customers down the chain confidence in your product. ISO 22000
becomes both a good safety tool also a good marketing tool and a business
improvement tool.
ISO 22000 Certification Body provides ISO 22000
accreditation necessitates that the organizations occasionally review its
quality procedures.
HOW
MUCH GLOBAL RECOGNITION DOES ISO 22000 HAVE?
Since ISO 22000 is an internationally known and acknowledged standard, it
opens the doorways to help you grow your business by the introduction of
globally recognized processes to your organization. The Certification not only
grants you an international recognition but also makes you more compliant with
the International food safety standards.
·
More
confidence among stakeholders
ISO 22000 is the standard certification which ensures the quality of your
food and food safety, along with the practices of hazard control which further
results in confidence among stakeholders and suppliers in your organization.
·
Credibility
and Transparency
Credibility is one of the business aspects which is not easy to find in
business dealing with the food chain nowadays. ISO 22000:2018 certification allows you to be more transparent and
thus more credible to the customers and shareholders. This eventually
strengthens your business growth.
·
Continual
improvement of business
Continual improvement and updating of systems and practices let your
organization improve regularly. This process also helps an organization by
making the systems effective. ISO 22000 certification helps an organization to
achieve continual improvement of the food business.
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questions: Click here
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