ISO 22000 is a Food Safety Management System that can be applied to any organization in the food chain, farm to table. Becoming certified to ISO 22000 allows a company to demonstrate to their customers that they have a food safety management system in place.
This standardized certification ensures the integrity and safety of the total food chain which proves to be very critical related to the health of the customers.
Food safety is the headline of the newspapers or many articles all over the world and can’t be ignored. As hazards of food by microbiological, chemically or tainting can be detected at any stage. This standard manages the food chain at each stage to ensure the quality product reaches the end-user. ISO 22000 standard developed by the International Organization of Standards (ISO) is applicable to all the food handlers during the entire food chain right from the farmers, manufacturers, packagers, transporters to retailers.
ISO 22000 is a wider globally accepted concept as people are more cautious when it comes to health and food safety. ISO 22000:2018 is a method to harmonize the management system in handling the food and ensuring that the quality of the product is not damaged. Achieving the ISO 22000 certificate for an organization states you value your customers’ health. This standard outlines your organization to manage the process of food by controlling any risk or contamination. This standard works with similar principles of HAACP to provide food safety.
Benefits of ISO 22000
Implement ting ISO 22000 helps your organization resulting in:
- Improvement in the management system. An internationally-recognized standard that incorporates legal and regulatory requirements relating to food safety management including HACCP systems prioritizing customer health and safety.
- Guarantee for quality and safety of the food products
- Enhancement in brand loyalty
- Reduction in food poisoning
- Reduction in cost and better utilization of resources
- Improved and better consistency in output and traceability of products and services throughout the entire process.
- Hazard analysis ensures identification, assessment and better control down the food chain.
- Improved compliance with hygiene regulation
- Creating confidence among the customer’s, thus able to penetrate new markets and business growth thus increases profit
- Control and Eliminate the Food Safety Risks
- Reduce the wastage of Raw Material and time
- Ensure sustainable Food Safety
- Increased product safety and reduced risk of product liability
- Promote international trade
Organizations involved in the supply of food chain can apply for ISO 22000 certificate. They can be:
- Farmers
- Additive producers
- Food processors
- Providers of machinery related to food process
- Hotels, catering service providers
- Food retailers, manufactures, transporters, etc.
ISO 22000 certification is a truly international standard suitable for any business in the entire food chain, including inter-related organizations such as producers of equipment, packaging material, cleaning agents, additives, and ingredients. ISO 22000 is a set of guidelines that help businesses to set out and manage a food safety management system (FSMS). The processes and procedures that a business implements through ISO 22000 will help them to identify, monitor, reduce, and prevent food safety hazards at any stage of the food chain.