Benefits of adoption:
Certifying your food management system against the requirements of ISO 22000:2005 will bring the following benefits to your organization:
- Applies to all organizations in the global food supply chain.
- A truly global international standard.
- Provides potential for harmonization of national standards.
- Covers the majority of the requirements of the current retailer food safety standards.
- Complies with the Codex HACCP principles.
- Provides communication of HACCP concepts internationally.
- An auditable standard which provides a framework for third-party certification.
- Auditable standard with clear requirements.
- Suitable for regulators.
The structure aligns with the management system clauses of ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004.
Specific benefits include:
- System approach, rather than product approach.
- Resource optimization - internally and along the food chain.
- All control measures subjected to hazard analysis.
- Better planning, less post process verification.
- Improved documentation.
- Systematic management of prerequisite programs.
- Increased due diligence.
- Dynamic communication on food safety issues with suppliers, customers, regulators and other interested parties.
- A systematic and proactive approach to identification of food safety hazards and development and implementation of control measures.
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