ISO 22000 Food Safety Information Center

GFSI gives FSSC 22000 Full Approval

The FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management System had been benchmarked by GFSI, but was awaiting full approval by the GFSI board. That approval was announced today!

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Interest in FSSC 22000 is growing rapidly as many large multinational food companies are asking their suppliers to achieve Food Safety Management Systems Registration.

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ISO and FSSC 22000 Implementation

GFSI Board meeting to be rescheduled

Because of the heavy snows the board meeting, where a review and pending decision on full GFSI recognition of FSSC 22000 was scheduled, was canceled and will be rescheduled soon. Information on the status of the standard is available at the Foundation for Food Safety Certification website.

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ISO 22002-1- New Technical Specification on Prerequisite Programs

This newly released technical specification gives detailed requirements for food manufacturers to follow when implementing prerequisite programs for ISO 22000 Food Safety Management Systems. The specification is based on the PAS 220 that was developed for use in the FSSC 22000 Registration scheme.

The Global Food Safety Initiative wanted to see more specific PRP requirements added to ISO 22000 before benchmarking the standard and voting on approval. By adding PAS 220 requirements to ISO 22000 they created FSSC 22000, which has now been benchmarked. Final approval is pending and will be addressed at the next GFSI board meeting.

ISO/TS 22002-1 will play a similar role. By using ISO/TS 22000 along with the ISO 22000 standard when developing a food safety management system, manufacturers will have more guidance on the specifics that are required for their PRPs.

Additional information

Webinar from LRQA-Assurance in the food supply chain

LRQA is offering a free Webinar on Feb 16th at two different times. The webinar will include updates on FSSC 22000, GFSI, 2and Party Certification, ISO 31000 - Risk Management and a question and answer session. They have information posted at:

LRQA Webinar