IMS Alerts e-newsletter, Vol.3, No.3, June 2007
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Help for small businesses to implement ISO 22000 food safety management systems
The International Trade Centre (ITC) and ISO have just released a new product designed to make it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the food sector to benefit from the advantages of implementing a food safety management system.
The product consists of a combined handbook and CD-ROM, ISO 22000 Food Safety Management Systems – An easy-to-use checklist for small business – Are you ready? It is aimed at SMEs, both in developed and developing countries, for which a food safety management system meeting the requirements of the International Standard ISO 22000:2005 could be the entry ticket to increased business in the global market and participation in cross-border food supply chains.
ISO standards and World Environment Day
ISO standards will promote sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture
ISO 14065 standard – new tool for international efforts to address greenhouse gas emissions
While ISO 14064 provides requirements for organizations or persons to quantify and verify GHG emissions, ISO 14065 specifies accreditation requirements for organizations that validate or verify resulting GHG emission assertions or claims.
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Special Report: The impact of ISO 14001
Launched by ISO in 1996, ISO 14001 has in just over a decade become the international benchmark for environmental management systems. The leaders of ISO technical committee ISO/TC 207 and its subcommittee SC 1 share their perspectives on the road ISO 14001 has traveled so far, as well as on how they see its future.
This article provides a round-up of ISO 14001 users illustrating the huge variety of these organizations, which are estimated to employ some 20 million people worldwide.
ISO 14001 has emerged as the international benchmark standard for environmental management among large and small companies, public authorities and nongovernmental organizations alike. This article examines its impact on different areas such as management and the public sector, and looks at future trends.
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ISO 14001 and ISO's complete offering for sustainable development
ISO Secretary-General Alan Bryden: “ In a decade, ISO 14001 has become a globally relevant tool for managing the environmental impact of human activities. At the same time, ISO International Standards as a whole constitute a toolbox not only for the environmental integrity of the planet, but also for economic growth and social equity.
- Launching of ISO 14065 for accrediting greenhouse gas verification bodies
- Future ISO 26000 standard on social responsibility reaches positive turning point
- ISO/TS 22003 aims to build confidence in certification of food safety management systems
International ISO 14001's role in making Beijing 2008 the greenest Olympics yet
The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing promises to be the greenest yet with environmental pollution control and eco-development as key objectives of the organizing committee’s Beijing Olympic Action Plan – driven by its ISO 14001:2004-based environmental management system.
- ISO 9004:2000 used for benchmarking by European medicines agencies
- Distance learning programme boosts ISO 22000 in the Ivory Coast
- Sonae Sierra's shopping centres go green with ISO 14001
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ISO 14971:2007 specifies a process for a manufacturer to identify the hazards associated with medical devices, including in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices, to estimate and evaluate the associated risks, to control these risks, and to monitor the effectiveness of the controls. The requirements of ISO 14971:2007 are applicable to all stages of the life-cycle of a medical device.
ISO/TS 22003:2007 defines the rules applicable for the audit and certification of a food safety management system (FSMS) complying with the requirements given in ISO 22000:2005 (or other sets of specified FSMS requirements), and provides the necessary information and confidence to customers about the way certification of their suppliers has been granted.
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