ISO 22000:2005
23rd August 2007
This is an international standard for Food Safety Management Systems where an organization in the food chain needs to manage food safety hazards and risks in order to ensure that food is safe at the time of human consumption. Clients will be confident when they see that you have it and large food producers are especially keen on ISO 22000:2005 if you clients are confident, consumers and legislators will be too. It has the same format as other standards, including ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. So it’s easy to integrate with the standards you’re using at the moment.
ISO 22000 is recognised throughout the global food chain at the moment lots of organisations need several food safety standards. This means there’s often overlap between the standards, and you have to spend more time and money getting them. It is the tool to harmonise all HACCP based standards
ISO 22000 is the first standard that all parts of the food supply chain can use, from ‘farm to fork’. This includes suppliers of non-food products and services, like cleaning, equipment manufacturers and transport companies. ISO 22000 is right for you whether you’re a small, medium or large-sized company; whether you’re a bakery with 10 employees, a packaging company, or an international food manufacturer or supermarket.
