ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management System)
ISO
22000 specifies requirements for a Food Safety Management System where an
organization in the food chain needs to demonstrate its ability to control food
safety hazards in order to ensure that food is safe at the time of human
consumption.
ISO
22000 specifies requirements to enable an organization to plan, implement,
operate, maintain and update a food safety management system aimed at providing
products that, according to their intended use, are safe for the consumer:
• To demonstrate compliance with applicable statutory and
regulatory food safety requirements
• To evaluate and assess customer requirements and demonstrate
conformity with those mutually agreed customer requirements that relate to food
safety, in order to enhance customer satisfaction,
• To effectively communicate food safety issues to their
suppliers,
customers and
relevant interested parties in the food chain,
• To ensure that the organization conforms to its stated food safety
policy,
•
To demonstrate such conformity to relevant interested parties, and to
seek certification or registration of its Food Safety Management System by an
external organization, or make a self-assessment or self-declaration of
conformity to ISO 22000.
