ISO 22000

Definition of FSMS
Food safety

The concept that food will not cause harm to the consumer when prepared and/or eaten according to its intended use.

Management system A management system is a set of interrelated or interacting elements that organizations use to implement policy and achieve objectives.

Definition of FSMS
Food safety Management System

The policies, procedures, practices, controls and documentation that ensure the food sold by a food business is safe to eat and free of contaminants.

Definition of ISO 22000

It is a Food Safety Management System (FSMS) that uses a quality management system approach as well as a HACCP process. Thus it goes beyond Food Safety.

ISO 22000 as a standard takes the approach of ISO 9001 as a management system, incorporates the hygiene measures of Prerequisite programs, and adds HACCP principles.

Definition

It incorporates ISO 9001's eight quality management principles. ISO 22000 consists of numbered sections that correspond to similar sections of ISO 9000. HACCP is part of the seventh section of ISO 22000, called Planning and Realization of Safe Products.

Sections of ISO 9001

Sections of ISO 22000

Section 1: Scope Section 2: Normative Reference Section 3: Terms and Definitions Section 4: General Requirements Gives requirements for the overall Quality Management System:
process, documentation, manual, control of documents.

Section 1: Scope Section 2: Normative Reference Section 3: Terms and Definitions Section 4: Food Safety Management System

4.1 General requirements 4.2 Documentation requirements

Section 5: Management Responsibility Gives requirements for Management's role in the QMS

Section 5: Management Responsibility

Section 6: Resource Management

Section 7: Product Realization Section 8: Measurement, Analysis and Improvement

Section 6: Resource Management

Section 7: Planning and Realization of Safe Products Section 8: Validation, Verification, and Improvement of the Food Safety Management System

can be applied to any organization in the food chain.

Who are the intended users ?

ISO 22000 may apply to all types of organizations within the food chain ranging from feed producers, primary producers through food manufacturers, transport and storage operators and subcontractors to retail and food service outlets together with interrelated organizations such as producers of equipment, packaging material, cleaning agents, additives and ingredients.