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16 The Revision of ISO 22000: An Overview of the Coming Changes

FEB Dr. Thijs Willaert Uncategorized

ISO 22000, the international standard for food safety management systems, is currently up for
revision. The new version, expected to be published in 2018, will bring signicant changes for
certied sites. As one of the leading certication bodies for ISO 22000, we will inform our clients
on the expected changes as the revision progresses.

The information on this page is based on the Draft International Standard (DIS), published in
March 2017. The page will be updated when new information on the revision becomes available.
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According to the latest ISO Survey, more than 32 000 organizations in the food supply chain currently
hold a valid ISO 22000 certicate. Since the rst publication of ISO 22000 in 2005, the amount of
organizations choosing to implement a food safety management system in accordance with the ISO
22000 standard has grown steadily each year.

During those years, however, users along the supply chain have not only learned a lot about food
safety, but have also been confronted with new challenges. This created a need for a full revision of the
standard.

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Purpose of the ISO 22000 Revision

With the revision, the International Organization for Standardization aims to:

Clarify key concepts that have caused confusion, such as Critical Control Points (CCPs), Operational
Prerequisite Programmes (OPRPs) and Prerequisite Programmes (PRPs).
Improve the readability and usability of the standard
Ensure the standard is relevant to all actors in the food supply chain
Ensure the standard suits the needs of SMEs
Increase the compatibility of ISO 22000 with other management system standards, by adopting a common
structure and terminology

Timeline

If the revision progresses according to plan, the standard will be published in 2018 as ISO 22000:2018. At the time
of writing, the latest available draft is the Draft International Standard (DIS).

After the publication in 2018, a transition period for certied sites will begin. We will keep you informed on all
details of the transition process as the nal publication draws closer.

For those that have not only implemented ISO 22000, but are also certied to FSSC 22000, it is worth keeping
mind that the new Version 4 will come into eect on January 1, 2018. This means that for those sites there will be
two revisions in short succession. For an overview of the changes in FSSC 22000 Version 4, please refer to this
summary.

ISO 22000:2018 Expected Changes

The new version will contain a large number of minor changes that have been introduced to increase the
readability and clarity of the standard. In practice, the large majority of these changes will have little if any

repercussions for the actual implementation of the standard. Still, based on the current draft, the revision will
also introduce a number of changes that are more structural in nature:

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organizations to combine ISO 22000 with the other standards mentioned above.
In accordance with the changes in ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015, the new version of ISO 22000 will
also be a risk-based standard. The standard will distinguish between risk at the operational level (through
the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point approach (HACCP)), as well at the strategic level of the
management system and its ability to reach its specied goals as such.
The standard now consistently distinguishes two Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycles. The rst applies to the
management system as a whole, while the second, within it, addresses the operations described in Clause
8, which simultaneously cover the HACCP principles. This is illustrated in the gure below.

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Dr. Thijs Willaert is Communications Manager at DQS CFS GmbH

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