ISO 22000 - Food Safety System

ISO 22000 specifies the general requirements for development, application and improvement of a company’s Food Safety Management System. ISO 22000 is addressed to all companies that participate directly or indirectly in the food supply chain, and it can be applied by all companies, regardless of their size or complexity.

• ISO 22000 is the top Food Safety Management Systems certification standard. The standard’s fundamental principles are:
  • Effective control throughout the food supply chain
  • Effective communication among all the interested parties of the food supply chain (businesses, suppliers, clients, authorities)
  • Systemic management
  • The required programs
  • The principles of hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP)

The standard is also based on the principles that are common to management system standards. The management principles are:

• Focus on the customer
• Engagement of top management
• Active participation of personnel
• A process approaches
• Continual improvement
• Documentation-based decision making
• Management of relationships with interested parties