Session 5 Panel discussion: Standards and regulations

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Session 5 Panel discussion Standards and
regulations

• Regional Workshop
• Trade and Environment Dimensions in the Food and
  Food Processing Industries in Asia and the
  Pacific
• Bangkok, Thailand, 16-18 October 2006

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ISO

• The world's largest developer of standards
• Members 157 national standards bodies (100 member
  bodies 47 correspondent members 10 subscriber
  members)

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ISO "International Organization for
Standardization"

• "IOS" in English
• "OIN" in French (for Organisation internationale
  de normalisation)
• Use a word derived from the Greek isos, meaning
  "equal"

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ISO Technical bodies

• 2 959 technical bodies (192 technical committees
  541 sub-committees 2 188 working groups and 38 ad
  hoc study groups
• 15 649 International Standards (573 494
  pages) issued

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Why? Why? And Why?

• Why do we need international standards?
• Why should we support the work at international
  level?
• Why do we need to prepare ourselves to
  participate actively in the work?

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International Standards

• Making the development, manufacturing and supply
  of products and services more efficient, safer
  and cleaner.
• Trade between countries easier and fairer.
• Provide governments with a technical base for
  health, safety and environmental legislation.
• Transferring technology to developing countries.
• ISO standards also serve to safeguard consumers,
  and users in general, of products and services -
  as well as to make their lives simpler

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Making a positive difference!!

• ISO standards, not just to engineers and
  manufacturers for whom they solve basic problems
  in production and distribution,
  but to society as a whole
• Social Responsibility, Societal Security etc.

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ISO and Food Industry

• Processes in Food Industry
• General methods of tests and analysis for food
  products
• Food products in general

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ISO/ TC 34 Food products

• Scope Standardization in the field of human and
  animal foodstuffs as well as animal and vegetable
  propagation materials, in particular terminology,
  sampling, methods of test and analysis, product
  specifications and requirements for packaging,
  storage and transportation.
• Excluded products covered by ISO/TC 54
  Essential oils and ISO/TC 93 Starch (including
  derivatives and by-products).

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ISO/ TC 34 Food products

• ISO standards under the direct responsibility
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• ISO standards related to the TC and its SCs 700
  
• Other ISO and IEC committees in liaison ISO TC
  47, TC 54, TC 93, TC 176/SC 2, CASCO
• International organizations in liaison AOAC,
  CAC, COPA-COGECA, EAAP, EC - Commission, IDF,
  IHRA, IUPAC, NMKL, OIML, OIV, UN/ECE, UNIDO, WHO

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Participation in the work of ISO/TC 34

• Participating countries 51
• Observer countries 50

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Participation

• Secretariat
• Hungary (MSZT)
• Participating countries
• Argentina (IRAM)
• Australia (SA)
• Azerbaijan (AZSTAND)
• Barbados (BNSI)
• Belgium (IBN)
• Botswana (BOBS)
• Brazil (ABNT)
• Canada (SCC)
• China (SAC)
• Colombia (ICONTEC)

• Cuba (NC)
• Czech Republic (CNI)
• Denmark (DS)
• France (AFNOR)
• Germany (DIN)
• Ghana (GSB)
• Greece (ELOT)
• India (BIS)
• Indonesia (BSN)
• Iran, Islamic Republic of (ISIRI)
• Iraq (COSQC)

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Participation

• Netherlands (NEN)
• Norway (SN)
• Oman (DGSM)
• Philippines (BPS)
• Poland (PKN)
• Portugal (IPQ)
• Russian Federation (GOST R)
• South Africa (SABS)
• Sri Lanka (SLSI)

• Ireland (NSAI)
• Israel (SII)
• Italy (UNI)
• Japan (JISC)
• Kenya (KEBS)
• Korea, Republic of (KATS)
• Malaysia (DSM)
• Malta (MSA)
• Mauritius (MSB)
• Morocco (SNIMA)

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Participation

• USA (ANSI)
• Ukraine (DSSU)
• United Kingdom (BSI)
• Uzbekistan (UZSTANDARD)
• Venezuela (FONDONORMA)

• Sweden (SIS)
• Switzerland (SNV)
• Thailand (TISI)
• Trinidad and Tobago (TTBS)
• Turkey (TSE)

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Choices for developing countries

• Wait and see!! Be a standards taker
• Get actively involved!! Be a standards setter
• Consider Twinning Arrangements

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Working area of ISO/TC 34

• TC 34/WG 7 Genetically modified organisms and
  derived products
• TC 34/WG 8 Food safety management systems
• TC 34/WG 9 Traceability system in the
  agriculture food chain - General principles for
  design and development
• TC 34/WG 10 Food irradiation

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Working area of ISO/TC 34

• Joint CASCO - TC 34 WG Requirements for bodies
  providing audit and certification of food safety
  management systems
• TC 34/WG 12 Application of ISO 90012000 in the
  agriculture
• TC 34/SC 2 Oleaginous seeds and fruits and
  oilseed meals
• TC 34/SC 3 Fruit and vegetable products
• TC 34/SC 4 Cereals and pulses
• TC 34/SC 5 Milk and milk products

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Working area of ISO/TC 34

• TC 34/SC 6 Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and their
  products
• TC 34/SC 7 Spices, culinary herbs and condiments
• TC 34/SC 8 Tea
• TC 34/SC 9 Microbiology
• TC 34/SC 10 Animal feeding stuffs

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Working area of ISO/TC 34

• TC 34/SC 11 Animal and vegetable fats and oils
• TC 34/SC 12 Sensory analysis
• TC 34/SC 14 Fresh, dry and dried fruits and
  vegetables
• TC 34/SC 15 Coffee

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Processes in Food Industry

• ISO 220002005 Food safety management
  systems-Requirements for any organization in the
  food chain
• ISO/TS 220052005 Food safety management systems-
  Guidance on the application of ISO 220002005

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Benefits from implementation of ISO 22000

• For businesses,
• ISO 22000 widely accepted in food sector
• Businesses implementing ISO 22000 can compete on
  many more markets around the world

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Benefits from implementation of ISO 22000

• For consumers
• ISO 22000 provides assurance for
• -quality
• -safety
• -reliability

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Benefits from implementation of ISO 22000

• For trade officials negotiating agreements in
  food sector,
• International Standards, like ISO 22000, are the
  technical means by which political trade
  agreements can be put into practice/ reached

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Benefits from implementation of ISO 22000

• For developing countries,
• ISO 22000 represents an international consensus
  and constitute an important source of
  technological know-how
• It gives developing countries a basis for making
  the right decisions when investing their scarce
  resources

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Benefits from implementation of ISO 22000

• ISO 22000 can contribute to the quality of life
  in general by
• -ensuring safe food
• -reducing food-related 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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Benefits from implementation of ISO 22000

• For governments,
• -bases for developing health, safety and
  environmental legislation
• -education of food regulatory personnel

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Filling 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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Good scientific sense!!

• ISO 22000 makes good scientific sense for those
  who are involved in food processing,
  manufacturing, storage, distribution of food and
  food products
• ISO 22000 provides 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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World total number of ISO 90012000 certificates
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World total number of ISO 14001 certificates
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ISO Survey of Certifications (2005) Food
products, beverages and tobacco

• ISO 90012000 Certificates by industrial sector
  25737
• ISO 14001 Certificates by industrial sector 3099
• ISO 22000? Will see!!

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ISO 26000 Social Responsibility

• This standard is not a management system standard
  and is not suitable for conformity assessment or
  certification purposes

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Core issues

• Organizational governance
• Environment
• Human rights
• Labour practices
• Fair operating practices
• Consumer issues
• Community involvement/society development

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The environment

• Organizations should ensure that their
  activities respect, promote and advance
  internationally recognized environmental
  principles and commitments. For example,
  organizations should
• Support a precautionary approach to environmental
  challenges
• Undertake initiatives to promote greater
  environmental responsibility
• Encourage the development and diffusion of
  environmentally beneficial technologies and
• Accept the polluter pays principle

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The environment - Core issues

• Pollution prevention
• Prevention of global warming
• Sustainable consumption and land use
• Preservation and restoration of ecosystems and
  the natural environment
• Respect for future generations

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Developing countries in ISO
Total membership 157
Membership feescontributed in 2005
Developing countries 121 Developed countries
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as per July 2006
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ISO Action Plan 2005-2010
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ISO Action Plan 2005-2010
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ISO Action Plan 2005-2010
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ISO website

• http//www.iso.org

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Thank you note

• Dr. Deryck D. Pattron, Ph.D.,FDI, Ministry of
  Health,Port of Spain,Trinidad,West Indies
• Dr. Bernardo Calzadilla Sarmiento,DirectorTechnic
  al assistance and training servicesISO Central
  Secretariat
• Sari Rajakoski, ISO/DEVCO Secretariat

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End of presentation

• Thank you