Making the decision to register to ISO 22000 or FSSC 22000 When you are evaluating 22000 Registration, you will need to know what it will take for your organization to build the Food Safety Management System (FSMS), and what the benefits of registration will be. The answer will be different for every company. It depends [...]
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Introduction to ISO 22000 and FS22000 Certification (FSSC 22000)
Introduction to the ISO 22000:2005 and FS22000 (FSSC 22000) standards ISO 22000 and FS22000 (Formerly known as FSSC 22000) are both standards for Food Safety Management Systems registration schemes. That means that the standards contain requirements for a Food Safety Management System that can be certified by an accredited body. Any food organization will benefit [...]
Getting your Project Started: ISO 22000 and FSSC 22000
Once you have determined that implementing a Food Safety Management System is right for your company, what next? Drawing from years of experience with Management Systems implementation, the experts at 22000-Tools recommend starting by evaluating your current system against the requirements of the standard. This evaluation, typically called a "gap analysis" will give you important [...]
ISO and FSSC 22000 Implementation
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All-in-One Implementation Package
Companies around the world are using the All-in-One Documentation, Tools and Training package to simplify their implementation project. The package provides step-by-step guidance, presentation tools, computer-based training programs, checklists and documentation templates so your project manager has everything they need to run a successful project. Learn More
Action Plan for Implementation of ISO 22000 and FSSC 22000
You can now download a free Action Plan to help you plan and organize your implementation project. This action plan has 37 different tasks for your organization to complete to implement the food safety management system and prepare for registration. The plan will help you assign, schedule and track these key tasks to help you [...]
Understanding the requirements of ISO 22000
When I am working with a company that is beginning to implement the Food Safety Management System, the first thing I want to do is help them understand what the standard is asking of them. I start by training the management team, and make sure to include the person who is most likely to lead [...]
Food Safety Team Leader
Where HACCP requires a HACCP team and team leader, ISO 22000 requires a Food Safety Team and spells out responsibilities for the Food Safety Team Leader. One of the responsibilities the team leader will have now that may be new is to report to top management on the effectiveness and suitability of the food safety [...]
Management Review
Another piece of the system that may be new to your organization is management review. Management review is a meeting where top management focuses entirely on the performance of the management system. This is really a jewel in the system. A company can gain tremendous improvements with effective management reviews. A typical structure for this [...]
Documentation of Processes
Documenting processes provides control and consistency of how processes are performed. You will need to document procedures called out by the standard as well as those required to ensure control of other processes in your FSMS. This means that your FSMS will have more documented procedures than just those specifically named in the standard but [...]
ISO 22000 Implementation Package
