FOOD STANDARDS
PREPARED BY MR. XABIB WAHAB (MSC. HUMAN NUTRITION)
ISO standards
ISO is an international standard setting
body founded on February 23rd 1947. The
organization promotes worldwide
proprietary, industrial and commercial
standards. Its headquartered in Geneva,
Switzerland and works in 164 countries
worldwide. Its independent and non-
governmental organization (NGO).
POPULAR STANDARDS DEVELOPED
BY ISO
ISO 9001 For Quality Management
System.
This standard is for business and
organization that want to make sure
that their standards meet the customer’s
requirement.
ISO 45001 For Occupational Health
and Safety Management System.
This standard focuses on reducing
workplace hazards and makes sure
everyone gets home safely.
ISO 14001 For Environmental
Management.
This standard focuses on improving the
environmental standards. It provides
assurance to management, employees
and stakeholders that the
environmental impact of the company
is being measured and improved.
ISO 22000 For Food Safety
Management.
This ensures that the food we eat is safe.
It focusses on the highest level of food
safety throughout the entire life cycle of
food.
ISO 27001 For Information Security
Management System.
This standard focuses on providing
security for any kind of digital
information. It helps an organization to
manage the security of assets such as
financial information, employment data
etc.
THE GENERAL IMPORTANCE OF ISO
STANDARDS
International standards mean that consumers
can have confidence that their products are
safe, reliable and of good quality.
The standards help business to increase
productivity while minimizing errors and wastes.
The standards also serve to protect the
consumers and the end users of products and
services, ensuring that the certified products
conform to the minimum standards set
internationally.
INTRODUCTION TO ISO 22000
(FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT)
By the early 2000s, a number of standards have
been developed by different private and
national organizations around the world. This
led to complications when companies started
using their own in-house developed codes to
audit their suppliers. Different audit criteria
made it nearly impossible for suppliers to fulfill
all requirements in the global market.
Continuation….
In 2001, the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) started working on an
auditable standard for Food Safety
Management System (FSMS). This international
FSMS standard, known as ISO 22000, was finally
published on September 1, 2005. It is a
framework that combines prerequisite
programs, the HACCP principles and
application steps as described by the Codex
Alimentarius Commission and elements of the
ISO 9001:2000 standard.
Continuation…
Within two years, the standard has been
implemented by organizations in more than 50
countries as an alternative to more than 20
food safety schemes developed by individual
companies in the sector for auditing their
suppliers.
What is ISO 22000?
It is a Food Safety Management System
(FSMS) that uses a management systems
approach as well as a HACCP process.
The goal of ISO 22000 is to provide one
internationally recognized standard for a
food safety management system that can
be applied to any organization in the food
chain.
The general benefits of ISO 22000
For businesses, the widespread adoption of
ISO 22000 means that suppliers can base the
development of their products and services
on specifications that have wide
acceptance in their sectors;
This,
in turn, means that businesses using ISO
22000 are increasingly free to compete on
many more markets around the world.
The benefits of ISO 22000 to
consumers
conformity of products and services to
International Standards
provides assurance about: Quality, Safety,
reliability
The benefits of ISO 22000 to traders
For trade officials negotiating the emergence of
regional and global markets, IS0 22000 create "a
level playing field" for all competitors on those
markets;
The existence of divergent national or regional
standards can create technical barriers to trade,
even when there is political agreement to do
away with restrictive import quotas and the like;
International Standards are the technical means
by which political trade agreements can be put
into practice
The benefits of ISO 22000 to
developing countries
For developing countries, ISO 22000 represents
an international consensus and constitute an
important source of technological know-how;
By defining the characteristics that products and
services will be expected to meet on export
markets;
International Standards give developing
countries a basis for making the right decisions
when investing their scarce resources and thus
avoid squandering them
