The International Organization for Standardization (Organisation internationale de normalisation), widely known as ISO, is an international-standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on 23 February 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary industrial and commercial standards. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.[1]
While ISO defines itself as a non-governmental organization, its ability to set standards that often become law, either through treaties or national standards, makes it more powerful than most non-governmental organizations. In practice, ISO acts as a consortium with strong links to governments.
ISO 22000 is a general derivative of ISO 9000. The ISO 22000 international standard specifies the requirements for a food safety management system that involves the following elements:
- Interactive communication
- System management
- Prerequisite programmes
- Principles
Implementation of ISO 22000:
1- Documentation
2- Management Responsibility
- Food Safety Policy
- Regulatory Requirement
- Communications
- Emergency Preparedness
- Review
3- Resource Management
- Human
- Infrastructure
- Work Environment
4- Production
- Prerequisite Programmes
- Hazard Analysis
- Operational Prerequisites
- HACCP Plan
- Verification
- Traceability
- Control of nonconformity
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5- Validation, Verification and Improvement of the Food Safety Management System
Benefits of ISO 22000:
- In 148 countries worldwide - from farmers to food services, to processing, transportation, storage, retail and packaging - ISO22000 is already proving its worth.
- ISO 22000 tackles key issues in the food supply chain, each contributing to an organisation’s ongoing business performance in relation to food safety management.
- It is flexible and allows an organisation to develop a food safety management system tailored to its particular suppliers, customers and relevant parties.
- Helps clear communication across the entire supply chain
- Legal compliance
- Cost reduction due to a more efficient system
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