ISO 22000: 2005 (Food Safety Management Systems)

ISO 22000: 2005 – Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) Requirements for any organization in the food chain and needed to develop a food safety management system.

Introduction
The ISO 22000: 2005 family is a series of standards for organizations in the food chain.

The difference between ISO 22000: 2005 and the HACCP

• Codex HACCP is an excellent guidance document, provides information about the principles of HACCP
• ISO 22000: 2005 is an auditable standard.
• Having general requirements for a food safety management system.
• Validation, verification and improvement of the food safety management system.
• Management responsibility.
• Resource management.
• Planning and realization of safe products.

it’s not only for food processors

• Food safety is as strong as the weakest link in the food chain.
• Therefore, ISO 22000: 2005 is written to be used by all organizations that are in the food chain, regardless of size or position in the food chain.
• It also provides a common description for a food safety management system regardless of whether or not an organization must also comply with national regulatory HACCP requirements.

Benefits after implementing ISO 22000: 2005

• A clear, auditable and global standard, which provides a state of the art definition of a food safety management system.
• Incorporating the five preliminary steps and seven principles of codex HACCP.
• A direct link between pre-requisite programs and the HACCP plan designed to increase the effectiveness of the food safety management system.
• Providing an approach and structure in alignment with both QMS & EMS.
• Improving internal communications on food safety issues with staff & enhancing customer satisfaction and improving your image with customers.