Use the ISO 22000 framework to keep food safe, from producer to consumer.
ISO 22000 is a set of guidelines that help businesses to set out and manage a Food Safety Management System (FSMS). The processes and procedures that a business implements through ISO 22000 will help them to identify, monitor, reduce and prevent food safety hazards at any stage of the food chain.
By helping you improve communications along your food supply chain, the ISO 22000 framework will help you deliver safe and healthy food to your customers. This globally recognised standard complies with the Codex HACCP Principles and has regulatory approval.
Using a Food Safety Management System will help you ensure the food you supply is of a high standard and free from contamination.
By becoming ISO 22000 certified, you will demonstrate your commitment to food safety to customers and other stakeholders. You will also introduce internationally recognised Food Safety Management processes into your business that will strengthen your risk management controls, and improve transparency and accountability. This will enhance your brand’s reputation, which in turn will give you a competitive advantage and help you win new business.
Here are the top benefits of using the ISO 22000 framework:
Embed internationally recognised Food Safety Management processes in your business
Strengthen risk management controls across your food supply chain
Improve the confidence of customers, suppliers and other stakeholders in the safety of your food and your ability to reduce health risks
Improve transparency and accountability in your organisation by clarifying responsibilities
Help you optimise and update your systems through a process of continuous improvement, so they remain effective
Reassure your management team that the organisation has robust and effective food safety procedures across its supply chain
Ensure your entire food supply chain has robust controls that prevent the introduction of hazardous materials and contamination
The ISO 22000 standard uses a structure of ten clauses called Annex SL which, roughly grouped together, cover four key areas:
Food safety – the processes and procedures your business needs to follow throughout its supply chain in order to keep food safe for consumption
Management Responsibility – the areas where your management team need to focus on, be involved with and be accountable for
Resource Management – how resources such as people, infrastructure and facilities must be assigned to ensure the best possible performance
Measurement, Analysis and Improvement – the final clauses cover how you can determine if your Management System is working as expected, facilitating the continual improvement of your system
The QMS process gets your business certified for success:
Our nationwide team of consultants and auditors has provided certifications to clients ranging from SMEs to blue chip organisations across a broad spectrum of verticals and industries.
Our processes add value at every stage, without taking up unwarranted management time. We commit to providing you with the best possible value for money – including a price promise from the outset, along with the ability to stagger payments at no extra cost.
We remove the red tape and paperwork for you, making the process as smooth and uncomplicated as possible, and ensuring you get the framework that works for you.
With the help of QMS, the certification process can take as little as 45 days to complete
A QMS Consultant will visit your Organisation to review and document your current processes and procedures, highlighting any areas that do not meet the requirements of the Standard.
Now its time to make sure any required process or procedural changes are made, as highlighted in the Review. QMS can provide templates to assist you in doing this.
An Auditor must now visit your Organisation to check that the documented processed are being followed and that the necessary changes have been made. Once they are satisfied, you will be rewarded with your certification.
Once you have achieved certification the certification cycle will commence. This
is made up of surveillance and re-certification audits, one of which must take place each year, around the anniversary of your certification. These visits confirm your continued compliance with the Standard and
verify the validity of your certification.
QMS Connect delivers all the tools you need to achieve and maintain ISO compliance.
With simple navigation, real-time reporting and the ability to modify and update content on the go, QMS Connect keeps you in control. Accessible online via your computer, tablet or smartphone 24 hours a day, QMS Connect helps you manage your ISO Management System in real-time.
QMS Connect helps engage your teams, so that you can capture data that will drive business decisions – increasing repeat business, reducing customer complaints and ultimately saving you both time and money.
Why you should choose QMS to assist your business with ISO certification
Overview of the ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System Standard
Understand the Basics of ISO 22000
A real life case study of a company that obtained ISO 22000 certification
A real life case study of a company that obtained ISO 22000 certification
Find out about QMS, our achievements and some of our clients
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