- June 27, 2024
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The ISO 22000 standard specifies the framework for the implementation of a Food Safety Management System, through which Organizations in the food chain effectively control potential risks with the ultimate goal of ensuring food safety.
The standard can be applied to all organizations in the food chain, regardless of size and complexity. All requirements of the standard are general. Organizations of the food chain, include the companies involved in the production of animal feed, primary production, processing, transport and storage, retail and wholesale as well as final distribution to the consumer. Also, the requirements of the standard can be applied to service companies e.g. cleaning, as well as in companies producing equipment and packaging materials for food.
Based on the European Food Hygiene Legislation (Regulation 852/2004), which also applies in Cyprus, all food businesses must identify, monitor and systematically control all critical points, which may affect food safety .
These HACCP principles (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) are integrated into the standard as well, together with the provisions of the Codex Alimentarius Commission which mainly concern provisions for prerequisites. Hazard analysis is the key process for an effective food safety management system, through the organization and establishment of an effective combination of preventive control measures for all potential hazards reasonably expected to occur in the food chain.
ISO 22000 aims to harmonize, on a global scale, the requirements for food safety management by food chain organizations, while satisfying applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Benefits of implementing a Food Safety Management System (HACCP):
- Ensuring that products are not harmful to the health of the consumer, which should be the ultimate goal of a business
- Taking on the social responsibility of every business
- Reducing financial costs as well as increasing productivity, through better management of company resources, raw materials, energy and time
- Boost for competitiveness in sales and marketing, where the application of HACCP can be a powerful promotional and advertising tool