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ISO has launched a new CD that contains
the ISO 22000 series of standards developed to help operators in the food chain to implement food safety
management systems. The CD also includes related standards for conformity assessment professionals involved
in the certification of food safety management systems and in the accreditation of bodies carrying out
such certification.

ISO 22000:2005, which gives the requirements for a food safety management system,
is implemented by more than 700 organizations in some 60 countries. It and the supporting standards
in the series can be used by any type of organization in the food chain, ranging from feed producers,
primary producers through food manufacturers, transport and storage operators, including also subcontractors
to retail and food service outlets.

The CD is designated the ISO Pack
on Food Safety Management Systems and it includes the following

standards and related documents:

• ISO 22000:2005, Food safety management systems -Requirements
  for any organization in the food chain and its corrigendum ISO 22000:2005/Cor1:2006 give the basic
  requirements for a food safety management system to ensure food safety along the food chain, up to the
  point of final consumption.





• ISO/TS 22004:2005, Food safety management systems – Guidance on the application
  of ISO 22000:2005 gives guidance on the use of ISO 22000, which is based on the principles of
  the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system developed by the Codex Alimentarius Commission
  and is designed to be applied together with relevant standards published by that organization.
• ISO 22005:2007, Traceability in the feed and food chain – General principles
  and basic requirements for system design and implementation gives the principles and specifies
  the basic requirements for the design and implementation of a feed and food traceability system.
• ISO/TS 22003:2007, Food safety management systems – Requirements for bodies
  providing audit and certification of food safety management systems and ISO/IEC 17021:2006, Conformity
  assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems,
  have been developed for certification bodies and the accreditation bodies that approve them as competent.
  Certification of a food safety management system to ISO 22000 is not a requirement of the standard,
  but is one means of providing assurance that an organization has implemented a system for the management
  of food safety in line with its policy.

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