Significance of ISO 22000 to the Food Industry

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Significance of ISO 22000 to the Food Industry

• By
• Dr. Deryck D. Pattron, Ph.D.
• FDI, Ministry of Health
• Port of Spain
• Trinidad
• West Indies

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Introduction

• In order to understand the significance of ISO
  22000
• we must first understand what ISO 22000 is about
  and
• how is it applicable to the food industry. To
  achieve
• these objectives we must ask the following
  questions
• What ISO 22000 means?
• -ISO 22000 means consensus agreements between
  all the economic stakeholders concerned
  suppliers users government regulators other
  interest groups, such as consumers

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How ISO 22000 benefit society?

• For businesses, the widespread adoption of ISO
  22000 means that suppliers can base the
  development of their products and services on
  specifications that have wide acceptance in their
  sectors
• This, in turn, means that businesses using ISO
  22000 are increasingly free to compete on many
  more markets around the world

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How ISO 22000 benefit consumers?

• For consumers
• - conformity of products and services to
  International
• Standards
• -provides assurance about
• -quality
• -safety
• -reliability

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How ISO 22000 benefit trade officials?

• For trade officials negotiating the emergence of
  regional and global markets, IS0 22000 create "a
  level playing field" for all competitors on those
  markets
• The existence of divergent national or regional
  standards can create technical barriers to trade,
  even when there is political agreement to do away
  with restrictive import quotas and the like
• International Standards are the technical means
  by which political trade agreements can be put
  into practice

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How ISO 22000 benefit developing countries?

• For developing countries, ISO 22000 represents an
  international consensus and constitute an
  important source of technological know-how
• By defining the characteristics that products and
  services will be expected to meet on export
  markets
• International Standards give developing countries
  a basis for making the right decisions when
  investing their scarce resources and thus avoid
  squandering them

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How ISO 22000 benefits everyone?

• ISO 22000 can contribute to the quality of life
  in general by
• -ensuring safe food
• -reducing foodborne diseases
• -better quality and safer jobs in the food
  industry
• -better utilization of resources
• -more efficient validation and documentation of
  
• techniques, methods and procedures
• -increased profits
• -increased potential for economic growth and
  development

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How ISO 22000 benefit governments?

• For governments, ISO 22000 provides
• -technological and scientific know-how
• -bases for developing health, safety and
  environmental legislation
• -education of food regulatory personnel

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How ISO 22000 benefit governments? (Contd)

• -certification or registration
• -international acceptance of standards used
  globally
• -economic benefits
• -social benefits
• -trade liberalization
• -food quality
• -food safety
• -food security

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What are the benefits of ISO 22000 for other
stakeholders?

• Confidence that organizations implementing ISO
  22000 have the ability to identify and control
  food safety hazards
• International in scope
• Provides potential for harmonization of national
  standards
• Provides a reference for the whole food chain
• Provides a framework for third party
  certification

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What are the benefits of ISO 22000 for other
stakeholders? (Contd)

• Fills a gap between ISO 90012000 and HACCP
• Contributes to a better understanding and further
  development of Codex HACCP
• Auditable standards with clear requirements
• System approach rather than product approach
• Suitable for regulators

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Summary of benefits of ISO 22000

• More efficient and dynamic food safety hazard
  control
• Systematic management of prerequisite programmes
• Valid basis for taking decisions
• Increased due diligence
• Control focused on what is necessary

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Summary of benefits of ISO 22000 (Contd)

• Saves resources by reducing overlapping system
  audits
• Organizes and targets communication among
  partners
• Resource optimization
• Improves documentation
• Better planning, less post-process verification

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Conclusions

• Food safety is related to the presence of and
  levels of food-borne hazards in food at the point
  of consumption. As food safety hazards may be
  introduced at any stage of the food chain,
  adequate control throughout the food chain is
  essential. Thus, food safety is a joint
  responsibility of all parties participating in
  the food chain
• Failures in food supply can cause human
  suffering, death, poor reputation, violations,
  poor nutrition, poor quality products and
  decreased profits
• ISO 22000 ensures integrity of food supply chain
  by minimizing food-borne hazards throughout the
  food chain by ensuring that there are no weak
  links

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Conclusions (Contd)

• It therefore makes good scientific sense for
  those who are involved in food processing,
  manufacturing, storage, distribution of food and
  food products to adopt and implement ISO 22000
• ISO 22000 for food safety management systems is
  intended to provide food safety and security
• ISO 22000 can be applied on its own or in
  combination with other management system
  standards such as ISO 90012000

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Bibliography

• ISO 2005-Food safety management
  systems-Requirements for any organization in the
  food chain. (2005). Geneva FDSI 22000.
• ISO 90012000. Quality management
  system-Requirements.
• Codex Alimentarius Food Hygiene Basic Texts.
  (2001). Rome FAO
• Reference websites http//www.iso.org
• http//www.codexalimentariu
  s.net

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Thank You

• Dr. Deryck D. Pattron
• FDI, Ministry of Health
• Port of Spain
• Trinidad, West Indies
• dpattron_at_scientist.com