ISO 22000:2005 (Food Safety Management System)

In order to define the food safety management system to an international standard to meet the requirements that cover all the organizations included in food chains, which includes everything from farms to the forks. The generally recognized key factors are combined in order to meet the standards of ensuring food safety; these factors include:

Interactive communication Systems management Control of food safety hazards through pre-requisite programs and HACCP plans continual improvement and updating of the food safety management system.

Who is it relevant to?

It is a true depiction of internationally set standards that are perfect for any kind of business related to the food chain including the organizations that are inter-related such as manufactures, packaging groups, cleaning, Adding additives and ingredients. This particular standard is also for those companies who seek to improve the management system quality and food safety management.

What would you get?

If you plan on certifying your food management system to the ISO 22000 standards, then these are a few benefits that will be present:

• As it is set according to the global standards, it is applicable to any food providing chain in the world.
• 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 Provides communication of HACCP concepts internationally an auditable standard with clear requirements which provides a framework for third-party certification Suitable for regulators.
• the structure aligns with the management system clauses of ISO 9001:2008, and ISO 14001:2004
• Enabling communication about the risks with the partners along the way.

There are few other benefits as well that include:

• Hazard analysis is the basis of any controllable measures along the food chain as well as internally. In short, it optimizes the resource.
• Better organizing: improvement in less post verification can be seen.