PRESS RELEASE
Tuesday, 6 September 2005
NEW: BS EN ISO 22000:2005 Food safety management systems. Requirements for any organization in the food chain
Failures in the food supply chain can be dangerous as well as costly in terms of company reputation, financial penalties and shareholder value. BS EN ISO 22000, the new standard for food safety management systems, will help eliminate weak links in the food supply chain and benefit the consumer as well as business.
Food producers, manufacturers, handlers or suppliers know that customers expect them to identify and control food safety hazards and the conditions that impact on food safety.
BS EN ISO 22000 specifies the requirements for a food safety management system in the food chain where an organization needs to demonstrate it can control food safety hazards and provide consistently safe end-products that meet both the customers’ requirements and the food safety regulations.
The standard combines generally recognized key elements to ensure food safety along the food chain including: interactive communication, system management, control of food safety hazards through pre-requisite programmes and HACCP plans, and continual improvement and updating of the management system.
Who should use the standard?
As food safety hazards may be introduced at any stage of the food chain, adequate control is essential. Thus BS EN ISO 22000 could apply to any organization participating in the food chain, including:
Primary food producers through to food manufacturers, including food processors
Retail and food service outlets
Feed producers
Transport and storage operators
Producers of equipment and packaging material
Producers of cleaning agents, additives and ingredients.
Benefits to users:
Resource optimization – internally and along the food chain
More efficient and dynamic food safety hazard control
Hazard analysis of all control measures
Better planning, less post-process verification
Improved documentation
Systematic management of prerequisite programmes
Control focused on what is necessary
Widely applicable because it is focused on end results
Valid basis for taking decisions
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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