ISO 22000:2018

Introduction

ISO food safety management standards help organizations identify and control hazards to food safety while working with other ISO management standards, such as ISO 9001. Applicable to all types of manufacturers, ISO 22000 provides a reassurance layer within the global food supply chain, helping products cross borders and bringing food to people they can trust.

ISO 22000:2018 certification covers all processes that impact the safety of the end product in the food chain. The standard sets out the requirements for a comprehensive food safety management system and incorporates the elements of good manufacturing practices (GMP) and critical control points (HACCP) for hazard analysis.

ISO 22000:2018 establishes a common standard for food safety that harmonizes the various national standards into one easy-to-understand set of specifications that are easy to enforce and accepted worldwide. This globally accepted food safety standard can be used by all food supply organizations from farming to food distribution, manufacturing, and transportation.

Who needs?

ISO 22000 certification applies to any entity in the food chain, irrespective of its size, from feed farmers, primary producers to food manufacturers, storage and transport operators and retail and food subcontractors

Benefits of ISO 22000:2018

a. Demonstrates commitment to customer satisfaction

b. Give suppliers and stakeholders confidence in your hazard control

c. Place these threat checks around the supply chain

d. Make accountability and responsibilities transparent

e. Improve and update your systems continuously, so that they remain effective

f. Reduction of returns due to a decrease in non-standard production and image protection

g. Incorporate and improve internal processes required to consistently provide safe food

h. Forming discipline in output transactional control

i. Greater efficiency in management

j. Decrease in the unit of harmed product

k. Requires the

Principal of ISO 22000:2018

a. Hazard Analysis: Biological, chemical & physical.

b. Identify CCP: Identify the Critical Control Point of food Chain.

c. Controls: Establishment of critical control points and preventive measures thereon.

d. Monitoring of CCP.

e. Ascertain Corrective Actions.

f. Records Keeping.

g. Third-Party Audit

Elements of ISO 22000:2018

One may define the main elements as follows:

The Management Team includes

Food safety isn't just something the quality department needs to handle. It is a matter of top management. ISO 22000 focuses on the involvement of the management team, which must develop a policy overall.

Disclosure

Since food safety hazards can be implemented at any stage of the food chain, interactive communication is important, both upstream and downstream. Furthermore, internal communication is an essential element for avoiding misunderstandings and minimizing risks. In this connection, a common vocabulary is a great help.

The principles of the HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point)

ISO 22000 combines recognized HACCP concepts with prerequisite principals. The hazardous analysis defines an action plan setting out a policy and the preconditions for programs.

System Execution

ISO 22000 is based on a standardized management framework, based on applicable ISO 9001 sections. Together with ISO 14001, it is possible to combine these into one management framework.

System Specifications

Classify the prerequisite programs into 2 subcategories. The Infrastructure and Maintenance programs that cover permanent food safety features. The operating precondition programs are aimed at raising the possibility of hazards in the product or processing environment.

Procedure and Documentation

Procedure

Step1 Application review and contract review

Step 2 Audit: Audit will conduct in two phase- 1 and phase-2. In phase 1 control and other required measures will be suggested and in phase 2 review and check on compliance

Step3 Certification decision

Step 4 Continual assessments (surveillance audit)

Step 5 Renewal

Documents requirement:

a.FSMS Manual

b. Records for Management Review

c. Records for Responsibility & Authority

d. Records for Communication

e. Records for Emergency Preparedness

f. Records of Education, Training, Skills & Experience

g. Records Needed to Provided Evidence that the realization of Safe Products & Planning for the same

h. Records of Results of Prerequisite Programmes (PRPs)

i. Records for Data Collection for Hazard Analysis

j. Records for Verification of Flow Diagrams

k. Records for Hazard Analysis

l. Records for Hazard Assessment

m. Records for Effective Monitoring of Control Measures

n. Records for Established Operational PRPs

o. Records for HACCP Plan

p. Records for Selection & Implementation of CCP (Critical Control Points)

q. Records for Monitoring of CCP

r. Records for Verification Activities

s. Traceability (Where it is Requirement)

t. Records for Correction

u. Records for Corrective Action

v. Records for Potentially Unsafe Products

w. Records for Release of Unsafe Products as Safe

x. Records of Authority Responsible for Release of Product

y. Records for Disposition of Nonconforming Products

z. Records for Withdrawals of Unsafe Products & others as per the organization