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What is FSSC 22000 Standard?

Combined with the ISO 22000 Food Safety Management standard with the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 220 or ISO/TS 22002-1: Part-1 Food Manufacturing and other additional requirements or ISO/TS 22002-1: Part-2 Packaging Requirement and other additional requirements

FSSC 22000 is Fully recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).

GFSI is an organisation committed to benchmarking food safety management schemes with an aim towards fostering a convergence between food safety standards.

Why FSSC 22000?

FSSC 22000 Standard can be applied to a broad spectrum of organisations of any size of complexity in food manufacturing. This program is designed for food manufacturers who supply or plan to supply their products to major food retailers or major branded food companies.

Those manufacturers certified against ISO 22000 will only need a review on additional requirements in order to meet the FSSC 22000 certification scheme. Any organisation with an existing food safety program such as GMP or HACCP, can use such program as a platform and incorporate the elements of the combined ISO 22000 and PAS 220 into their existing system.

The organisation willing to export to US and Canada shall have to be certified for FSSC 22000. The certified organisation will be uploaded on FSSC 22000 website which is an added credibility for food exporters.

FSSC 22006 Food Quality Certification is latest standard under FSSC 22000 certification scheme.

Who can apply for FSSC 22000 certification?

The organisation irrespective of manufacturing or service industry involved in food & beverage manufacturing, food & beverage service, food & beverage trading, food & beverage warehousing, food & beverage transportation and food packaging, involved in Agriculture, Aquaculture, Horticulture, Fruits & Vegetables, Dairy Products, Meat & Meat Products, Fish & Fishery Products, Spices & Condiments, Nuts & Nut Products, Cereals, Bakery & Confectionery, Restaurants, Hotels, Fast Food Operations can benefit of certification and implementation FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management System such as

• Organisational commitment towards  Food Safety
• develop internal system about Food Safety Hazard and Risk from process and product
• Develop Food Safety Monitoring Plan covering stages of inspections required to control manufacturing or service delivery process to eliminate, reduce or control health hazards and food safety risks from physical, chemical & microbiological contamination.
• Increase consumer confidence, community faith and stake holder confidence
• Reduce legal obligation related to product, service delivery such as Food Safety and Standards FSSAI Act, FSS Rules, Food Safety & Standard Rules.
• Global market access in terms of export and global recognition
• Independent of personal competency and high reliability on Food Safety Management System.
• Reduce Product Recall, Reduce Product Withdrawal, Reduce Non-Conformances, Reduce re-process, Reduce Legal Non-Compliances,
• Legal Compliance of Schedule 4 Compliance of FSSAI, FSSAI license conditions, FSSAI Inspection for India Organisations.
• Pre-Requisite Program, Operational PRP, Hazard Risk Evaluation, CCP Determination, HACCP Plan, Validation Plan, Verification Plan
• Food Safety concerned organisational approach
• Reduce Legal Obligation and compliance inspections. 

How to prepare for FSSC 22000 Certification?

• Carry out Gap Analysis, Food Safety Policy, Food Safety Objectives
• Determining role, responsibility and authorities, Identify and assemble core group, Appointment of Team Leader
• Management System Documentation: Level 1 to Level 4, Pre-Requisite Program, Operational PRPs, Hazard Evaluation, Critical Control Point, HACCP Plan, Food Safety Plan, Validation Plan, Verification Plan.
• Awareness Training to identified staff
• Internal Auditors Training for Conduct of Internal Audit
• Management Review Meeting
• Application to Certification Body
• Stage-1 Audit by Certification body for Readiness
• Final Stage-2 Certification Audit
• Non-conformance closure with evidence submit to Certification body
• Issue of FSSC 22000 Certificate by Certification body
• Verify your organisation name, address, contact details and scope of certificate online on www.fssc22000.com.

Competent and Expert Consultant can help you establish system according to FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management System  Requirements. Consultants have profession method of implementing FSSC 22000 requirement.

FSSC 22000 Additional Communication Requirements:

The Additional Communication Requirements in the Scheme address mandatory notification of serious events and situations to the Certification Body and require organizations to implement suitable emergency preparedness and response processes.

The FSSC Assurance Platform has added a new feature. As per 20 March 2024, serious situations and/or serious events relating to the FSSC 22000 scheme must be reported in the Assurance Platform. This new feature includes registration of serious situations, receipt of notifications and upload functionalities. The Certification Body’s Integrity Program Manager – Primary (IPM Primary) is responsible for reporting the serious situations in the Assurance Platform and for the follow-up of actions.

FSSC must be notified within three (3) working days of serious situation as described above. For more details refer FSSC 22000 Scheme (Version-6) documents.

Download, Read and Share following reference documents enclosed below:

• Training Organization Requirements in relation to managing the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
• FSSC22000-V5-FSMA-PCHF-Addendum
• CB-Requirements-COVID-19-26-March-2020-final
• Overview-of-main-changes_Version-5
• Guidance_Food-Fraud-Mitigation_Version-5
• Guidance-GAP-analysis-NTA-8059-ISO-22002-5
• Guidance-Food Defense FSSC22000 Version-5.1
• Guidance ISO-22000-Interpretation FSSC22000 Version-5
• FSSC-22000-Scheme_Version-5.1
• FSSC-22000-Scheme_Version-6.0
• Guidance_Food-Fraud-Mitigation_Version-6.0
• Guidance_Food-Defense_Version-6.0

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