Requirements for ISO 22000 Certification

ISO 22000 certification is a Food Safety Management System (FSMS) System. The general requirements for a Food Safety Management System (FSMS) are as follows:

• The top-level management requires determining an overall food safety policy for the organization to eliminate food safety hazards.
• Defining objectives of the organization and aligning business processes and operations to comply with ISO 22000 standards and requirements.
• Assigning roles and responsibilities and allocating resources to establish effective food safety management. It also requires the food industry to maintain records and documents related to food safety management.
• Maintaining information related to the performance of the system. It helps organizations evaluate the effectiveness of the management system.
• Establishing a food safety team.
• Establishing adequate communication system procedures, internal and external, to manage food safety across the food supply chain.
• Determining an emergency plan.
• Executing management review meetings to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the Food Safety Management System.
• Providing required resources, training the personnel, adequate infrastructure and establishing an appropriate work environment to ensure the effectiveness of the FSMS.
• Integrating Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles.
• Implementing traceability and transparent system to identify and eliminate food safety hazards across the supply chain.
• Taking corrective actions and implementing appropriate controls to eliminate non-conformities.
• Establishing an adequate documented procedure for managing the withdrawal of products.
• Controlling, measuring and monitoring the effective food safety management across the food supply chain.
• It requires an organization to establish and maintain a periodic internal audit program.
• To establish an effective Food Safety Management System (FSMS), an organization requires improve its infrastructure and processes continually.