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ISO 22000

What is ISO 22000 Certification?

ISO 22000, Food safety management systems (FSMS) is an international standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization applicable to all the organizations involved throughout the food and feed chain, regardless of size or sector.

This standard aims at controlling food safety hazards along the food and feed chain. To make sure that the ISO 22000, Food safety management continues to serve organizations and keep its relevance in today’s market place. ISO 22000 is applicable to all organizations in the food and feed industries, regardless of size or sector.

Following the same High-Level Structure (HLS) as other ISO management system standards, such as ISO 9001 (quality management), it is designed in a way that it can be integrated into an organization’s existing management processes but can also be used alone and seeks to identify the most recent issues surrounding the food safety while keeping pace with the current needs of modern food sector. All industries practicing food supply and have been certified earlier to ISO 22000:2005 are supposed to migrate to the ISO 22000:2018 soon. By combining PDCA and risk-based thinking to manage business risk with HACCP to identify, prevent and control food safety hazards, ISO 22000 helps organizations to reduce exposure to risk and improve safety.

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Key changes from ISO 22000: 2005 to ISO 22000: 2018

ISO 22000:2018 the revised food safety standard was published on 19th June 2018, but what are the changes?

ISO 22000:2005, the international food safety standard that specifies the requirements to ensure safe production within the entire food chain, from farm to fork, has now been revised and updated and ISO 22000:2018 has been released.

The objective of this update has been to harmonize the scheme with other standards following the ISO high level structure. Anyone currently certified to ISO 22000:2005 will have 3 years to transition over to the new standard.

  • High level structure

    ISO 22000 has implemented the High Level Structure (HLS) with 10 clauses like other ISO standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and the recently released ISO 45001. This now facilitates the integration of these management systems for those organizations that use them all.

  • Risk Based approach

    The standard has now a strong connection with the food hygiene principles of Codex Alimentarius and a new approach to risk in two different levels, the organizational (strategic direction of the business) and the operational level.

  • PDCA Cycle

    Two different Plan-Do-Check-Act cycles work together in this new version, one through the entire food safety management system and the other at the operations level that simultaneously covers the HACCP principles.

  • Operation Process

    New definitions have been added and also critical terms such as CCPs, OPRPs and PRPs have been revised and are now clearer. Control measures are now categorized to be managed as Operational Prerequisite Programmes (OPRPs) or as Critical Control Points (CCPs). These measures are now related only to significant hazards and not managed at a Prerequisite Programmes (PRPs) level. The approach to identify each category is now different. Control measures managed as OPRPs have measurable action criteria while those managed at CCPs have only measurable critical limits that enable timely correction.

Transition from ISO 22000:2005 to ISO 22000:2018

The revised Food Safety Management System of ISO 22000 has been published on June 19, 2018 marking the start of 3 year transition period (until June 19 2021) for all certified companies i.e. with this release, ISO 22000:2005 will be withdrawn from consideration.

So, if you are certified to the ISO 22000:2005 standard, you will have migrate to ISO 22000:2018 until June 19, 2021 in order to maintain the validity of certification. Hence, we recommend you to start your transition preparation as soon as possible to incorporate all needed changes into your existing management system and stand out at a global level.

ISO 22000:2018 Transition Time-Line

2018

19 june 2018

ISO 22000:2018 standard publication

2019

18 june 2019

first year transition

2020

18 june 2020

Second year transition

2021

29 june 2021

End of ISO 22000:2018 transition
Creasation of ISO 22000:2005 standard

ISO 22000 Certification clients

Adani Wilmar Limited
Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd.
Rasna Pvt. Ltd.
Makson Pharmaceuticals (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Accura Oraganic Foods
Flavaroma Flavours & Fragrances Pvt. Ltd.
IDMC Limited
Vimlachal Print & Pack Pvt. Ltd.
Janak Dehydration Pvt. Ltd.
Siddhi Margarine Specialties Limited

ISO 22000 Training

We offer a customized training program for ISO 22000 Certification.

ISO 22000 Awareness Training

Implementation and documentation requirements

ISO 22000 Internal Auditor Training

Educate & train personnel to perform internal audit.

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  • Team 4C has IRCA certified ISO 22000, Food safety management systems (FSMS), auditors for Consulting Services having 15+ years of experience
  • 400+ FSMS implementation in 10 different states, in 20+ sectors of Food & Dairy Industry
  • 800+ Food Safety, Hazard Analysis (HACCP) Documentation prepared
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  • Hands on experience of Team 4C in implementing ISO 22000 Food safety management system.
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