How ISO’s food management standard may look after revision
ISO 22000, the International Standard for food management systems, is set to undergo a complete modification to bring it up to date with todays new food...
ISO 22000, the International Standard for food management systems, is set to undergo a complete modification to bring it up to date with todays new food...
The international working group responsible for revising the standard, whose secretariat is held by the Danish Standards Foundation (DS), ISO’s member for Denmark, held its fourth meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the week beginning 4th April 2016.
The standard is now at the Committee Draft (CD) stage – experts have sifted through over 1,000 comments collated by the Danish Standards Foundation. Points for improvement included:
The new ISO standard will incorporate recognised key elements to ensure food safety at every step of the food chain, right up to the point of consumption. These include:
ISO’s website stated: “Experts in Buenos Aires decided that a second CD would be necessary in order to have a more mature working document. There are major interests at stake between players in the global food chain, which means that a level of consensus has yet to be reached.
“The task of WG 8 is to clarify and communicate fundamental concepts in the simplest and most concise terms in order to produce a standard that is understandable and easy to implement in businesses, big or small, up and down the food chain.”
Another meeting will be held on 14–16 June 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark to address further issues while attempting to form a workable consensus.
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