Certification: 
Food Safety Management System / Voluntary assessment
Certification standard:
International standard ISO 22000 (Requirements for a food safety management systems)
Standard owner:
ISO International Organization for Standardization
What does the standard ISO 22000 cover?
The ISO 22000 standard defines the requirements for a certifiable food safety management system (FSMS). This includes but is not limited to:
- Implementation of a food safety management system (FSMS), taking into account the context of the organisation and the expectations of interested parties
- Management, roles, responsibilities and authorities in the organisation as well as implementation of the food safety policy and objectives
- Actions to address risks and opportunities
- Planning of changes
- Provision of the necessary resources (people, infrastructure, work environment)
- Employee competence and awareness, internal and external communications
- Operational planning and control
- Prerequisite programmes in accordance with the industry-specific ISO/TS 22002-X standard
- Traceability system
- Emergency preparedness & response
- Risk analysis, validation of control measures and emergency response plan (HACCP / OPRP plan)
- Control of monitoring and measurement, verifications
- Corrections and corrective actions
- Handling of unsafe products, withdrawal and recall
- Evaluation of food safety management system performance
- Internal audit, management review, improvement, updating
