ISO 22000:2018 (Food Safety Management Systems)

What is  ISO 22001:2018?

ISO 22000:2018 is developed to manage food safety processes effectively, designed to implement within the framework of a management system ensuring efficacy and continual improvement of food safety practices. food safety standards shall be aligned with other management systems in the organization for better monitoring and improvement.

ISO 22000 certification can be implemented in the food processing sector, food packaging, suppliers who are directly or indirectly involved in supply to these sectors, food caterers, storage & distribution facilities, chemical, and machinery manufacturers, etc.

ISO 22000:2018 standard is a global standard widely used by the food sector to implement and improve the processes in compliance with best practices for food-related businesses. The elements of food safety standards are ensuring effective controls on all areas of food processing ie, direct and indirect stakeholders by determining that the system is designed and implemented to support organizations’ processes consistently and thoroughly, reiterating commitment to eliminate food risks and implement good food safety practices.

Benefits of ISO 2200 Certification

• Improved consumer confidence
• Eliminates risk management
•  Enables continuous improvement of organization
•  Enhances productivity by helping to take the right development action at the right time
•  Increased brand awareness
•  Ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements
•  Ensures well-functioning self-monitoring system
• International standards support to face global competition.
• Our professional food safety auditors can guide organisations to ensure that the products are produced, prepared, packed and distributed by maintaining internationally recognized food safety practices.

Steps to obtain ISO 22000 Certification

1. Application review
2. Contract review and audit date announcement.
3. Stage 1 Audit : Management systems review to ensure the readiness for certification
4. Stage 2 Audit: SAB Certifications shall perform on-site audit to verify the established system and its compliance with Standard and legal requirements.
5. Closure of Findings: The organization shall close all the findings derived from the audit process by sharing the root cause and corrective action report.
6. Issuance of Certificate and Certification Mark: SAB Certifications shall issue ISO 22000 certification and certification mark with relevant usage policy.
7. Surveillance audits:  Surveillance audit shall be performed by the SAB Certification as scheduled. The audit plan will be shared with client 30 days before the audit due date.