Who should use ISO 22000:2005?
Since ISO 22000 is a generic food safety management standard it can be used by any organization directly or indirectly involved in the food chain including- Farms, Fisheries and Dairies, Processors of Meats, Fish and Feed, including Manufacturers of soups, snacks, bread, cereal, beverages, canned and frozen food, etc as well as food service providers such as restaurants, fast food chains, hospitals and hotels.
Supporting services should not be forgotten and providers of food transportation storage and distribution, catering services as well as product suppliers for equipment, additives, raw materials, cleaning and sanitizing products, packaging. In short if your products touch the food industry or the food we eat, part or all of the ISO 22000 requirements will apply.
HACCP Principles
The standard approach to HACCP is that specified by the Codex Alimentarius, 1997, and follows 7 basic principles:
Conduct a hazard analysis.
Determine the critical control points.
Establish critical limits.
Establish a system to monitor control of the CCP.
Establish the corrective action to be taken when monitoring indicates that a particular CCP is not under control.
Establish procedures for verification to confirm that the HACCP system is under control.
Establish documentation concerning all procedures and records appropriate to these principles and their application.
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