Food safety management systems

The ISO 22000 series
Global standards for safe food supply chains

Food safety - ISO 22000

ISO Management Systems - May / June 2008

A Special Report from the May/June 2008 issue of
the magazine ISO Management Systems

The launching on 1 September 2005 of the ISO 22000 series, developed by ISO technical committee ISO/TC 34, Food products, signalled the arrival of a truly global option for ensuring safe food supply chains. This article gives a technical overview of the different standards in the series and how they can be put to use.


  • Survey “incomplete” but reveals ISO 22000 implementation in 72 countries
  • World food giant Danone one of the earliest adopters of ISO 22000
  • Kraft Foods evaluates ISO 22000 as global standard for ensuring food safety
  • World’s largest veal producer to implement ISO 22000 at all its facilities
  • Arla Foods sees ISO 22000 becoming international benchmark for food safety
  • International dimension of ISO 22000 motivates Malta’s leading food processor
  • Market feedback on ISO 22000
  • Eight keys to successful ISO 22000 implementation

Strengthening the food supply chain

ISO Focus, December 2008

Main focus from the December 2008 issue of
the magazine ISO Focus

“We are what we eat,” they say. But even the most health conscious consumers can find it difficult to totally control the quality of the food they eat. Modern agricultural practices, animal feed and transportation containers have all given rise to safety concerns at one time or another.


  • From great achievements to a new beginning
  • International standards for food safety – A collaborative approach
  • Standards and the WTO SPS Agreement
  • Standing for a non-negotiable right – The Global Food Safety Initiative
  • Harvesting new collaboration – The International Olive Council
  • Making it safe to eat – The ISO 22000 series
  • Quality crops
  • Irradiation – The new choice for food processing
  • A greener approach to crop protection
  • ISO enters a new field – Molecular biomarker analysis
  • Got good milk? – Team effort for the dairy sector
  • Keeping track – Radiofrequency identification of animals
  • Sustainable aquaculture – Fundamentally international

ISO 22000 - From intent to implementation

New ISO standard to facilitate traceability in food supply chains?
ISO takes another step forward towards ensuring the safety of food products for consumers with its new ISO 22005 standard on traceability in the feed and food chain, its latest addition to the ISO 22000 series on food management systems.

New ISO standard to facilitate traceability in food supply chains

ISO takes another step forward towards ensuring the safety of food products for consumers with its new ISO 22005 standard on traceability in the feed and food chain, its latest addition to the ISO 22000 series on food management systems.

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.

ISO/TS 22003 aims to build confidence in certification of food safety management systems

Certification to ISO 22000:2005, Food safety management systems - Requirements for any organization in the food chain, is not a requirement of that standard, which can be implemented solely for the benefits it provides. However, where certification is required by customers, or by regulators, or is judged desirable as a marketing differ.

Distance learning programme boosts ISO 22000 in the Ivory Coast

Where can one find skills training to help implement ISO 22000:2005 in countries where none exists? A Swiss distance learning course was the answer for consultant Olga Kouassi, who has since helped a food company in the Ivory Coast to achieve certification to the new food safety management standard.

Small company builds big ambitions on ISO 22000

Bramfood, a Canadian SME employing 20 people has achieved what is believed to be the first North American certification to ISO 22000 – particularly appropriate given the World Standards Day 2006 message "Standards: Big benefits for small business ”.

ISO 22000 is first in family of food safety management system standards

ISO 22000:2005, published on 1 September 2005, is a new International Standard designed to ensure safe food supply chains worldwide and the first of a family on food safety management systems.

How to implement a food safety management system

ISO followed up its publication of ISO 22000:2005, the International Standard for food safety management systems, with ISO/TS 22004:2005, which gives implementation guidance.

Early adopters underline benefits of new ISO standard for safe food supply chains

Companies among the first in the world to implement ISO 22000:2005 are underlining the benefits of the new International Standard for ensuring safe food supply chains.

ISO 22000 Food safety management systems - An easy-to-use checklist for small business

ISO 2000 Food safety MSWhen a food safety management system could be the entry ticket to increased business in the global market.

The integrated use of management system standards

Integrated use of MS standardsGuidance on how to make integrated use of management system standards

Related standards

  • ISO 22000:2005
    Food safety management systems -- Requirements for any organization in the food chain
  • ISO 22005:2007
    Traceability in the feed and food chain -- General principles and basic requirements for system design and implementation
  • ISO/TS 22003:2007
    Food safety management systems -- Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of food safety management systems
  • ISO/TS 22004:2005
    Food safety management systems -- Guidance on the application of ISO 22000:2005

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