GENERAL CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART 1 SCHEME OVERVIEW
PART 2 REQ IREMENTS FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO BE AUDITED
PART 3 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS
PART 4 REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION BODIES
PART 5 REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCREDITATION BODIES
PART 6 REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS
APPENDIX 1 : DEFINITIONS
APPENDIX 2: NORMATIVE REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
With a growing world population, there is an increasing need for affordable, safe, and good quality food products. To fulfill this need, FSSC 22000 provides a trusted brand assurance platform to the food industry. Key in this mission is the availability of the FSSC 22000 certification Scheme for food safety management systems. This document contains the new Version 5.1 of the FSSC 22000
Scheme published in November 2020. The main factors that initiated the development of this version have been:
• Incorporating the GFSI benchmarking requirements version 2020.1
• Strengthening the licensing process and the Integrity Program
• Minor editorial changes or amendments to the V5 Scheme requirements
ABOUT THE SCHEME
The Scheme consists of six Parts and two Appendices which are bundled in this document.
Furthermore, there are nine Annexes. All these documents also contain mandatory Scheme requirements. Lastly, there are guidance documents on several topics to provide additional support. All documents can be downloaded for free from the FSSC 22000 website.
HOW THE SCHEME IS ORGANIZED
PART 1 SCHEME OVERVIEW
This part describes the Scheme context and details including its certification scopes.
PART 2 REQUIREMENTS FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO BE AUDITED
This part describes the Scheme requirements against which licensed Certification Bodies shall audit the Food Safety Management System (FSMS) or FSMS and Quality Management System (QMS) of the organization in order to achieve or maintain certification for FSSC 22000 or FSSC 22000-Quality.
PART 3 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS
This part describes the requirements for the execution of the certification process to be conducted by licensed Certification Bodies.
PART 4 REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION BODIES
This part describes the requirements for licensed Certification Bodies that provide Scheme certification services to organizations.
PART 5 REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCREDITATION BODIES
This part describes the requirements for recognized Accreditation Bodies that provide accreditation services to licensed Certification Bodies.
PART 6 REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS
This part describes the requirements for licensed Training Organizations (TOs) who wish to provide approved Scheme training courses.
APPENDIX 1 DEFINITIONS
This part contains all definitions that have been used throughout all Scheme documents.
APPENDIX 2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES
This part contains all references that have been used throughout all Scheme documents.
ANNEXES
There are nine Annexes which are mandatory and necessary for proper implementation of the Scheme:
• Annex 1 CB Certificate scope statements
• Annex 2 CB Audit report template (FSSC 22000)
• Annex 3 CB Audit report template (FSSC 22000-Quality)
• Annex 4 CB Certificate templates
• Annex 5 AB Accreditation certificate scope
• Annex 6 TO Course specifications
• Annex 7 TO Training certificate templates
• Annex 8 E-learning requirements for training organizations
• Annex 9 CB Requirements for the use of information and communication technology (ICT) |