HACCP Certification Mark

• The customer has submitted to voluntary assessment (audit) according to defined criteria (certification standard).
• A certificate and/or the authorisation to use a certification mark is only issued if the assessment (audit) does not reveal any major nonconformities with the requirements of the certification standard.
• The certificates and/or certification marks are valid for a restricted period of time. Interested parties can check the validity of individual certificates in the certificate database of TÜV SÜD Management Service GmbH..
• To maintain certificate validity, the certificate holder must annually complete an announced audit with a positive result.
• Unannounced audits are possible in specific cases.

Independent and qualified experts (auditors) apply the following auditing techniques:

Document review:

• Evaluation of hazard analysis, HACCP plan
• Inspection of product descriptions and specifications, flow charts
• Review of measures of basic hygiene, measures to control critical control points and corrective actions
  

On-site inspection of the premises:

• Inspection of all production and storage areas of the organisation
• Interviews of employees of the organisation
• Comparison of the documentation against the actual processes
• Evaluation of the control of production, storage and transport processes

• Certification according to HACCP TÜV MS Standard does not constitute product certification. Certification thus does not provide any direct statements on the quality of a product or service of the certified customer.
• Certification according to HACCP TÜV MS Standard does not mean that the company manufactures products or provides services of higher quality.
• Certification according to HACCP TÜV MS Standard does not ensure in each specific case that a product or service complies with customer requirements, even though this is one of the key objectives of the quality management system.