ISO 22000 : 2018

Food Safety Management

ISO 22000 specifies the requirements for a food safety management system. It combines the HACCP principles with a management system structure so that food safety is controlled consistently across the whole chain — growers, processors, packers, transporters, storage, retail and food service.

What it covers

• Prerequisite programmes: hygiene, pest control, cleaning, personnel practice, facility design.
• Hazard analysis and critical control points, with defined limits and monitoring.
• Traceability and recall procedures that can be demonstrated, not just described.
• Communication along the food chain, in both directions.

Who it is for

Any organisation in the food chain, regardless of size: food manufacturers, ready-to-eat producers, spice and ingredient suppliers, beverage plants, packaging manufacturers, cold-chain logistics operators, catering companies and restaurant groups.

HACCP and GMP

If your buyer has asked specifically for HACCP or GMP rather than ISO 22000, we issue those as well — and we will tell you which one actually satisfies the requirement you have been given, rather than selling you all three.

Not sure whether this is the standard your customer is actually asking for? Send us the requirement and we will tell you — even if the answer is a smaller job than you expected.