Food safety management system requirements
The ISO 22000 standard contains the following specific requirements to be addressed by the food safety management system (FSMS):
- Have an overall food safety policy for your organization, developed by top management
- Set objectives that will drive your company’s efforts to comply with this policy
- Plan and design a management system and document the system
- Maintain records of the performance of the system
- Establish a group of qualified individuals to make up a food safety team
- Define communication procedures to ensure effective communication with important contacts outside the company (regulatory, customers, suppliers and others) and for effective internal communication
- Have an emergency plan
- Hold management review meetings to evaluate the performance of the FSMS
- Provide adequate resources for the effective operation of the FSMS, including appropriately trained and qualified personnel, a sufficient infrastructure and an appropriate work environment to ensure food safety
- Implement prerequisite programs
- Follow HACCP principles
- Establish a traceability system for identification of product
- Establish a corrective action system and control of nonconforming product
- Maintain a documented procedure for handling withdrawal of product
- Control monitoring and measuring devices
- Establish and maintain an internal audit program
- Continue to update and improve the FSMS
Source: Vinca, LLC.
