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The ISO 22000 Standards &
Integrated Chain Management of
Food Safety
IDF/DFC/DPAC Conference on Food Safety in the Canadian Dairy Chain
Ottawa, Canada
11 -12 March 2009
Albert F. Chambers
Vice-Chair
Canadian Advisory Committee, ISO/TC34
President
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Presentation Outline
• ISO 22000 Family of Standards
• Buyer Recognition
• Update on Adoption of ISO 22000
• ISO 22000 & Canadian dairy industry
• Summary
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ISO 22000 Family of Standards
• New Family – initiated in 2001
• Four (4) Standards to date:• ISO 22000:2005 – Food safety
management system – Requirements
• ISO/TS 22003:2007 - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of food safety management systems
• ISO/TS 22004:2005 - Guidance on the application of ISO 22000
• ISO 22005:2007 – Traceability in the feed and food chain
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ISO 22000 - Outline
• Section 1 – Scope
• Section 2 – Normative Reference
• Section 3 – Terms & Definitions
• Section 4 – Food Safety Management System
• Section 5 – Management Responsibility
• Section 6 – Resource Management
• Section 7 – Planning & Realization of Safe Products
• Section 8 – Verification, Validation & Improvement
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ISO 22000 - Key Characteristics (1)
• An auditable management system standard
(based on ISO 9001:2000)
• Specific to food safety management but open to
integration (quality, environment, buyer
specifications, etc)
• Based on Codex HACCP with some innovations
• Enables a food business to plan, implement,
operate, maintain and update a system to
provide safe end products and demonstrate
conformity with applicable regulatory
requirements
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Key Characteristics (2)
• Designed for all segments of food chain &
all types of food business
• Micro to global size
• Direct - farm to final marketers
• Indirect - input suppliers & service
providers
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ISO 22000 – Benefits/Requirements (1)• Strong management commitment to food
safety
• More efficient & dynamic control of food safety hazards
• Rigorous hazard analysis as a firm foundation for all control measures
• Systematic management of prerequisite programs
• Better planning, less post-process verification
• Better documentation
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ISO 22000 – Benefits/Requirements (2)• Clear provisions for validation, verification
& updating
• Requires good communication internally & along the supply chain
• Resource optimization (internally & along food chains)
• Promotes a culture of food safety
• Facilitates increased due diligence
• Reduced costs due to overlapping audits
• International acceptance
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Regulatory Requirements
• ISO 22000 requires food businesses to:
• Demonstrate compliance with statutory &
regulatory requirements
• Makes regulatory requirements an essential
input to Clause 7 – planning & realization of
safe products
• Uses the Codex principles, codes and
standards (including concept of FSOs, etc in
Guidance – ISO 22004:2005)
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Section 7 – Planning & Realization
• Prerequisite Programs (“Initial” & “Final”)
• Preliminary Steps (team, product characteristics, inputs, intended use, process mapping, etc)
• Hazard analysis (hazards, acceptable levels, assessment, control measures)
• Design of Operational PRPs & CCPs
• Updating “initial” system
• Verification planning
• Traceability system
• Control of non-conformity (corrections & corrective action, recalls, etc)
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ISO 22000 & SME’s
• ISO 22000 recognizes that the capacities of food businesses differ (micro to very large)
• Standard permits two options for hazard analysis
• Site specific development
• Externally-developed combination of control measures (HACCP-based programs) to specifically address SMEs, farms, etc.• Consistent with national/regional approaches (e.g.
Canadian on-farm programs, international or national GAPs, EU industry/ ”branch” programs)
• Industry “program” must demonstrate it meets ISO 22000 requirements – e.g. Section 7
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ISO/TS 22003:2007 – Audit & Certification• Technical Specification – Food Safety
Specific - covers• Requirements for accreditation of
Certification Bodies (based on new ISO 17021:2006)
• Qualifications & Competencies of auditors, certification officers, technical experts, etc
• Certification Process (2 stage audit, etc)• Realistic Food Business Classifications• Minimum Audit Times• Multi-site Audits permitted for some
ISO 22005: 2007 - Traceability• Uses Codex definition of traceability
• Requires food/feed business to:
• Set objectives (food safety, quality, etc)
• Design system to meet regulatory & customer
requirements
• Specify the information to be obtained from its
suppliers, collected within itself & provided to its
customers
• Establish procedures, documentation, etc
• Implement the system (training, etc)
• Monitor the system
• Review it regularly & Update
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ISO 22000 – Buyer Recognition
• Retailers & Manufacturers demanding food safety
assurances thru audit & certification
• Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) – private
sector benchmarking initiative supported by Wal-
Mart, major retailers, etc
• ISO 22000 + BSI PSA 220 – GFSI
benchmarking initiative supported Kraft, Danone,
Unilever, Nestle & EU food manufacturer’s
association – likely by Spring 2009
IS0 22000 versus Private Standards
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Number
of
Criteria
CODEX
G eneral
Principles of
Food
Hygiene
(Rev. 4-
2003)
AIB
Consolidated
Standards for
Food Safety
NSF
Cook &
Thurber
Food
Safety,
Quality &
Food
Defence
SAFE
GMA
Version
11
Silliker
GMP &
Food
Safety
Audit
System
2006
ISO
22000
:2005
BRC
Version
4
Dutch
HAACP
Option B:
HACCP
Based
Food
Safety
System
IFS
Version
4
SQF
2000
level 3
GFSI
Guidance
Document
Version 5
CODEX: 37 Criteria
37 37 37 36 36 34 37 37 36 37 37 37 Avg All
% 100% 100% 97% 97% 92% 100% 100% 97% 100% 100% 100% Audits
Avg non-GFSI benchmarked audits 36 Avg GFSI benchmarked audits 37 36
97% 99% 98%
ALL 67 KEY CRITERIA: (Food Safety, Regulatory, Quality Management)
67 37 63 62 62 56 64 62 54 63 61 61 Avg All
% 55% 94% 93% 93% 84% 96% 93% 81% 94% 91% 91% Audits
Avg non-GFSI benchmarked audits 61 Avg GFSI benchmarked audits 60 61
92% 90% 91%
Source: US GMA Presentation – USDA National Advisory Committee for Meat &
Poultry Inspection (27/08/08)
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Update on ISO 22000 adoption (1)
• ISO 22000 published in September 2005
• Monachus Consulting survey published in
ISO Management Systems magazine (May/June 2008)• Survey is informal & incomplete – 1,152 in 72
countries
• Input from industry contacts & publicly available websites
• Not all certification bodies provide open access
• ISO to include in annual survey in 2008 • 2007 “estimate” was 4,000 certifications in 93
countries
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Update on ISO 22000 adoption (2)
ISO Management Systems, May/June 2008, page 11
Canada now exceeds - 125 certifications
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Update on ISO 22000 adoption (3)
ISO Management Systems
May/June 2008, page 10
Dairy Ranked 3rd
Adoption in the Dairy Sector (1)
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• Global Firms
• Arla Foods – adopting ISO 22000 in its
plants in 12 countries (e.g. 2008 - 20 sites in
Denmark , 5 in Sweden, etc)
• Kraft Foods – ISO 22000 is its preferred
standard
• Danone – implementing group-wide: 30+
sites in early 2008
• Nestlè - manufacturing sites to be certified
against ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO
22000.
• Milk, Cheese, Ice Cream, Yoghurt plants
certified to ISO 22000 in:
• Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Georgia, Hong
Kong, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan,
Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey, Vietnam
• Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy,
Ireland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,
Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden,
Switzerland, UK, Ukraine
(Monachus survey – 2008)
Adoption in the Dairy Sector (2)
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Integration along the supply chain
Grain Farm Feed Mill Dairy Farm
ProcessorFurther
Processor
Distribution
Centre
RetailerConsumer
Trucker
Caterer
- Potentially using organization-specific (red)
- Potentially using externally-developed (green)
• Dairy Processors (may face demand from
retailers/manufacturers for GFSI benchmarked)
• FSEP/HACCP = strong base
• Management system requirements – upgrade needed
• Trucking/Distribution (possible GFSI demand)
• CTA HACCP-based = external combination
• Management system requirements – upgrade needed
• Dairy Farms (ISO 22000 may not be necessary)
• CQM™ Program = external combination
• Management system requirements – upgrade needed
Adoption in Canadian Dairy Sector
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ISO 22000 Publication
• A 2007 publication, in
collaboration with ITC:
ISO 22000, Food safety
management systems - An
easy-to-use checklist for small
business - Are you ready?
• Enables small businesses to
assess their readiness to
implement the new ISO 22000
standard
• Published in English, French &
Spanish (available on Amazon)
ISO 22000 Family - Summary
• Strong management system requirements
• Innovates on Codex HACCP foundation
• Useable by full supply chain (input suppliers, farms, processors, transporters, final marketers) & all sizes (micro to global)
• Integrates Food Safety & Traceability
• Requires Regulatory compliance
• Strongly supported by global dairy firms
• Internationally Recognized Audit & Certification
• Soon to be benchmarked to GFSI
• Managed for the Future
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Merci & Questions
Albert F. Chambers
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