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CQI - ISO 22000 2018 Transition Policy (4p)

The document summarizes the key changes in the transition from ISO 22000:2005 to ISO 22000:2018 for food safety management systems. It outlines the training requirements for auditors to be certified in the new standard by 2021. Auditors must complete an IRCA training course covering the new Annex SL requirements and audit skills for ISO 22000:2018. Organizations and auditors will need to update their systems and practices to comply with revised requirements in areas like leadership engagement, risk-based thinking, and documented information.

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CQI - ISO 22000 2018 Transition Policy (4p)

The document summarizes the key changes in the transition from ISO 22000:2005 to ISO 22000:2018 for food safety management systems. It outlines the training requirements for auditors to be certified in the new standard by 2021. Auditors must complete an IRCA training course covering the new Annex SL requirements and audit skills for ISO 22000:2018. Organizations and auditors will need to update their systems and practices to comply with revised requirements in areas like leadership engagement, risk-based thinking, and documented information.

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CQI Policy for transition to ISO

22000:2018
ISO 22000:2018 - Food safety management systems – Requirements for any
organisation in the food chain

This document has been prepared by the CQI Policy Directorate to describe the
position the CQI has adopted regarding the revision to ISO 22000, resulting in the
publication of ISO 22000:2018. It describes transition training requirements for IRCA
Certificated FSMS auditors.

Detailed transition information will be communicated to Approved Training Partners


and IRCA Certificated auditors directly.

Enquiries relating to this policy should be directed to [email protected]

Introduction

ISO 22000:2018 sets out the requirements for a food safety management system. It defines
what organisations must do to demonstrate their ability to control food safety hazards and
ensure that food is safe for consumption. It is linked to align with the United Nations’ Codex
Alimentarius, which develops food safety guidelines for governments

ISO 22000:2018 will support organisations in implementing a food safety management system
which demonstrates their ability to:

 consistently provide food-related products and services that are safe and meet regulatory
requirements
 improve management of risks in food safety processes

ISO 22000:2018 is the first major revision to since the standard was launched. It has been
revised with the rising global challenges facing the food industry in mind, it addresses the need
for maintaining trust in sustainable food security systems. It adopts the same high-level
structure, common terms and definitions and core text as the existing ISO standards for quality,
environment, health and safety, etc. This will make it easy for organisations to integrate the
requirements of the standard into existing management processes, though it may also be used
alone.

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The revisions will impact all those involved with implementation, management, and audit of food
safety management systems. Complying with the requirements of ISO 22000:2018 will benefit
organisations and consumers around the world. At the same time, it will present revised
challenges for FSMS and audit professionals. Those leading, managing and auditing FSMS
management systems will need to revise their current thinking and work practices to maintain
organisational compliance and benefit from the revised standard to its full extent.

Transition requirements for IRCA certificated FSMS auditors

All IRCA Certificated FSMS auditors, irrespective of grade, are required to ensure their
knowledge, skills, and experience pertaining to ISO 22000:2018 are current by the end of the
three-year transition period at the end of June 2021.

The recommended method of doing so is to through successfully completing an IRCA certificated


FSMS transition training course which comprises:

 A one-day module covering Annex SL


 A module covering the audit skills applicable to ISO 22000:2018

Auditors who have successfully completed the Annex SL module of IRCA Certified ISO
27001:2013, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 transition training, ISO 45001:2018 migration
training, or IRCA Certified ISO 27001:2013, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, or ISO
45001:2018 training are not required to take the Annex SL module.

IRCA will consider other transition training where the auditor can demonstrate this training meets
the IRCA transition training requirements.

Certificates of successful completion of ISO 22000:2005 training and audits against this standard
are not accepted for ISO 22000:2018 auditor certification.

CQI members with responsibility for food safety management systems are also strongly
encouraged, as part of their CPD, to acquire the necessary knowledge, skill and understanding.

Training and membership queries

For training queries, email [email protected].

For membership queries, email [email protected].

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Annex - ISO 22000:2018 - key changes

Food safety-specific requirements

The main food safety-specific additions to the core Annex SL requirements are related to:

1. Planning of changes (6.3)


2. Prerequisite programs (8.2)
3. Traceability system (8.3)
4. Emergency preparedness and response (8.4)
5. Hazard control (8.5)
6. Updating the information specifying the PRPs and the hazard control plan (8.6)
7. Control of monitoring and measuring (8.7)
8. Verification related to PRPs and the hazard control plan (8.8)
9. Control of product and process nonconformities (8.9)

Many of these elements were part of the previous version. In ISO 22000:2018 they have been
revised and upgraded to fit into a more strategically positioned management system.

Moving from ISO 22000:2005 to ISO 22000:2018

The main changes moving from ISO 22000:2005 to ISO 22000:2018 are as follows:

1. CONTEXT (Clause 4) Organisations are required to identify any external and internal issues
that may affect the ability of their FSMS to deliver its intended outcomes. These outcomes
are the continual improvement of food safety performance, fulfilment of legal and other
requirements, and achievement of food safety objectives.
Organisations are also required to determine the relevant needs and expectations of their
relevant interested parties – i.e. those individuals and organisations that can affect, be
affected by, or perceive themselves, to be affected by organisations’ decisions or activities.
2. LEADERSHIP (Clause 5) Top management are required to demonstrate that they engage in
key FSMS activities, as opposed to simply ensuring that these activities occur. This means
that there is a need for top management to be seen as actively involved in the operation of
the FSMS and as accountable for its results.
3. RISK-BASED THINKING (Clause 6) Organisations must demonstrate that they have
determined, considered and, where deemed necessary, taken action to address any risks
and opportunities that may affect (either positively or negatively) the ability of their food
safety management system to deliver its intended outcomes.

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These risks can be categorised in two levels:
- policy level, usually managed by the top management and related to the organisation’s
strategic planning and views, and;
- operational level, which are those directly related to food safety, and already addressed
by ISO 22000:2005 through the application of the HACCP technique and application of
control measures like CCPs and OPRPs.
4. COMMUNICATION (Clause 7) Communication with interested parties plays an important
role in an effective FSMS. Organisations need to be sure that the information provided is
consistent with the information generated within the FSMS, i.e. that it is accurate, timely and
properly directed.
5. OPERATIONS (Clause 8) Organisations need to operate their operational processes by a)
managing temporary and permanent changes under controlled conditions, b) ensuring that
outsourced processes are controlled, c) controlling the procurement of products and services,
and d) ensuring that all staff meet the requirements of the FSMS.
6. IMPROVEMENT (Clause 10) Improving the organisation’s food safety performance and the
food safety management system (as two separate issues) was already required by ISO
22000:2005. In ISO 22000:2018, those requirements are stressed in several clauses in the
standard as one of the functions of the FSMS.
7. TERMINOLOGY (Clause 3) This clause contains the terms and definitions used in the
standard, irrespective of whether they come from Annex SL or were added by the project
committee ISO/TC 34/SC17. The revised standard contains many notes for clarification of
the context for terms and definitions.
8. ANNEXES ISO 22000 has two informative annexes that provide a comparison between
Codex HACCP and ISO 22000:2018 as well as a cross reference between the revised 2018
version and the earlier 2005 version.
9. DOCUMENTED INFORMATION References to requirements for documents and records
have been replaced by the term “documented information”. Maintained documents comprise
procedures, policies, plans etc. that need to be available to perform and retained documents
contain retrievable information e.g. of measurement and monitoring. Control of documented
information continues to be a requirement.
10. CLARITY There has been a conscious attempt to revisit the wording of the standard with a
view to making the requirements easier to understand and to aid its translation.

[ENDS]

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