Food safety management - ISO 22000 series

ISO has developed a series of standards for food safety management systems that can be used by any organization in the food supply chain. It features:

•         ISO 22000:2005 – Overall requirements (by the end of 2010, some

·         18 630 certifications to ISO 22000 had been issued in 138 countries)

•         ISO/TS 22002-1:2009 – Specific  prerequisites for food manufacturing

•         ISO/TS 22002-3:2011 – Specific prerequisites for farming

•         ISO/TS 22003:2007 – Guidelines for audit and certification bodies

•         ISO 22004:2005 – Guidelines for applying ISO 22000

•         ISO 22005:2007 – Traceability in the feed and food chain.


- Sayed Naim KHALID