The ISO 22000 – Food Safety Management System standard is based on the HACCP principles of the internationally recognised Codex Alimentarius. The focus of this standard is food safety at every stage of the supply chain.
Despite only aspects of food safety being addressed, this standard suggests that the methodology used is also introduced to address ethical and consumer-awareness issues.
An organization certified by this standard demonstrates to the market that it has a food safety management system which is capable of supplying safe products or products which are safe to the consumer when used as intended, in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements, as well as with customers’ requirements related to food safety.
