ISO 22000
Food safety is the most important issue in the global food supply chain. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has developed this standard for the certification of food safety management systems.
LRQA is in an ideal position to provide a range of accredited services to this new standard as we have been closely involved in its development as a member of the ISO 22000 working group.
How can ISO 22000 benefit my organisation?
This is an opportunity to achieve international harmonisation in the field of food safety standards and it will also provide a tool to implement HACCP throughout the food supply chain because the standard is suitable for all stakeholders in the chain.
The format of the standard is the same as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and so makes it suitable for the development of an integrated risk based management system.
How can we gain certification to ISO 22000?
The ISO 22000 standard was first published in 2005 and LRQA was one of the first certification bodies to be accredited by UKAS to provide services to this new standard. Instrumental in the development of the standard as a member of the ISO 22000 working group, this means our customers will be assured of accurate information about this standard and certification to the standard.
LRQA can provide you with:
- Pre-assessments and Gap Analysis against the ISO 22000 standard
- Certification to ISO 22000
- Additionally we can offer certification against the RVA accredited HACCP standard (this standard has been used as input for ISO 22000 and is very similar to it)
LRQA can assess each standard or approval separately and we can also provide integrated assessments combined with approvals such as the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard and the International Food Standard (IFS).
Background to ISO 22000
There is considerable international interest in this standard. The working group that has developed the ISO 22000 has representatives from 14 countries and from organisations such as the Codex Alimentarius, the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and the European food industry organisation (CIAA).
The standard has three parts:
- requirements for good manufacturing practices or pre-requisite programmes
- requirements for HACCP according to the HACCP principles of the Codex Alimentarius
- requirements for a management system
The requirements for good manufacturing practices are not listed in the standard but the standard makes references to existing practices.
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