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What is ISO 22000 (FSMS) Certification?

ISO 22000 is a Food Safety Management System that can be applied to any organization in the food chain, farm to fork. Becoming certified to ISO 22000 allows a company to show their customers that they have a food safety management system in place. This provides customer confidence in the product. This is becoming more and more important as customers demand safe food and food processors require that ingredients obtained from their suppliers to be safe.

ISO 22000 combines and supplements the core elements of ISO 9001 and HACCP to provide an effective framework for the development, implementation, monitorization and continual improvement of a documented Food Safety Management System (FSMS) within the context of the organization’s overall business risks.

Why ISO 22000?

ISO 22000 sets out the requirements for a food safety management system and can be certified to it. It maps out what an organization needs to do to demonstrate its ability to control food safety hazards in order to ensure that food is safe. It can be used by any organization regardless of its size or position in the food chain.

Who can apply for ISO 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 ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System.

Benefits of ISO 22000 Certification:

• 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 ISO 22000 Certification?

Plan for Documentation, Implementation and training for ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management System) Certification Consultancy

• Carry out Gap Analysis of Infrastructure and Documentation Practices against ISO 22000 Clause requirements
• Define Food Safety Policy and Food Safety Objectives
• Define roles, responsibility and authorities, Identify and assemble Food Safety Team Members FSTM from each functions and Appointment of Food Safety Team Leader called FSTL
• Conduct Awareness Trainings
• System Documentation:
  • Pre-Requisite Program, Product Description, Process Flow Chart, Operational PRPs, Organisation context risk & Opportunity Analysis,  Hazard Evaluation, Critical Control Point, HACCP Plan, Food Safety Plan, Validation Plan, Verification Plan.
• Internal Auditors Training to FSTM and Conduct an Internal Audit
• Conduct of Management Review Meeting as per agenda defined in ISO 22000
• Apply to Certification Body for Inviting for Stage-1 (Document Review Audit) and Close Audit Non-Conformities before Final Stage-2 Certification Audit.
• Invite for Final Certification Audit–Stage-2 Audit
• Close Non-conformities identified in Stage-2 Audit
• Certificate issued by Certification Body.

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

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