ΟγΈΫΑωΊΟ²ΚΏͺ½±

This document specifies the requirements for the audit and certification of a food safety management system (FSMS) complying with the requirements given in ΟγΈΫΑωΊΟ²ΚΏͺ½±Β 22000 (or other specified FSMS requirements). It also provides the necessary information and confidence to customers about the way certification of their suppliers has been granted.

Certification of FSMS is a third-party conformity assessment activity (as described in ΟγΈΫΑωΊΟ²ΚΏͺ½±/IECΒ 17000:2020, 4.3), and bodies performing this activity are third-party conformity assessment bodies.

NOTEΒ 1Β Β Β  In this document, the terms β€œproduct” and β€œservice” are used separately (in contrast with the definition of β€œproduct” given in ΟγΈΫΑωΊΟ²ΚΏͺ½±/IECΒ 17000).

NOTEΒ 2Β Β Β  This document can be used as a criteria document for the accreditation or peer assessment of certification bodies which seek to be recognized as being competent to certify that an FSMS complies with ΟγΈΫΑωΊΟ²ΚΏͺ½±Β 22000 or other sets of specified FSMS requirements. It is also intended to be used as a criteria document by regulatory authorities and industry consortia which engage in direct recognition of certification bodies to certify that an FSMS complies with ΟγΈΫΑωΊΟ²ΚΏͺ½±Β 22000. Some of its requirements can also be useful to other parties involved in the conformity assessment of such certification bodies, and in the conformity assessment of bodies that undertake to certify the compliance of FSMS with criteria additional to, or other than, those in ΟγΈΫΑωΊΟ²ΚΏͺ½±Β 22000.

FSMS certification does not attest to the safety or fitness of the products of an organization within the food chain. However, an FSMS requires an organization to meet all applicable food-safety-related statutory and regulatory requirements through its management system.

NOTEΒ 3Β Β Β  Certification of an FSMS according to ΟγΈΫΑωΊΟ²ΚΏͺ½±Β 22000 is a management system certification, not a product certification.

Other FSMS users can use the concepts and requirements of this document provided that the requirements are adapted as necessary.