ISO 22000 is the management system that aims to define work standards in order to ensure that food does not cause any harm to the health of the final consumer.
Inadequate conditions for handling, packaging and transporting food, cause illness and serious health problems, and may even threaten the lives of consumers. Therefore, it is necessary to correctly control the entire production chain of your factory.
For this reason, ISO 22000 was developed to establish the requirements of the food safety system, from the first moment of the manufacture of inputs to the final stages of packaging, transport and storage.
Among the benefits of adopting ISO 22000 in an organization, the main ones are:
• Implement internationally recognized processes in their businesses;
• Offer suppliers and stakeholders greater reliability and confidence in relation to their risk controls;
• Insert risk controls throughout your supply chain;
• Establish transparency in the rendering of accounts and responsibilities;
• Minimizes food hazards and leads to better health and safety outcomes for customers, employees and others who may come into contact with food
Other standards related to ISO22000 are: ISO/TS 22004:2005, a guide for the implementation of ISO22000; ISO/TS 22003, requirements for bodies offering food safety system auditing and certification; and ISO 22005, on traceability in the food chain.
The standard has a structure very similar to ISO 9001 and 14001. Its criteria are divided into three parts:
• Food safety following the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) risk control standards.
• Food practices, production and manufacturing or prerequisite programs.
• Management system: monitoring, ethics, customer contact, documentation, etc.
Therefore, it is important to keep up to date with the regulations that govern business activities. They exist for the purpose of protecting all sides, favoring society as a whole, ensuring personal and economic growth.
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