A Food Safety Management System (FSMS) requires organisations to:
- understand external & internal issues, and interested parties, relevant to food safety
- develop a Food Safety Policy – typically one page document declaring commitment to food safety
- appoint a Food Safety Team
- develop a Hazard Control Plan
- develop a FSMS or Management Manual briefly addressing the clauses of ISO 22000
- implement food safety practices to address the respective pre-requisite program (PRP)
- develop procedures, particularly for each of the critical control points (CCPs) and operational pre-requisite programs (OPRPs)
- implement record keeping for monitoring of the CCPs and OPRPs
- develop and monitor food safety objectives and targets
- embrace food safety risks and opportunities, and consider the need for a Food Defence Plan and Food Fraud Vulnerability Plan
- monitor food safety performance
- plan responses to food safety emergencies
- ensure staff are competent and understand their food safety responsibilities
- control food safety nonconformances and take corrective action for significant or repetitive nonconformances
- ensure internal and external communication of food safety issues
- implement evaluation and monitoring of external providers
- implement verification of the Hazard Control Plan and PRPs
- conduct internal audits of the food safety management system
- ensure senior management strategically review the food safety management system.
Documentation requirements:- Food Safety Policy
- Hazard Control Plan
- FSMS or Management Manual
- Procedures
- Food Safety Improvement Plan (monitoring food safety objectives and targets)
- Emergency Plan
- Records for OPRP & CCP monitoring
- Registers for nonconformances and corrective action.
Benefits of Food Safety Management System:
- demonstrated due diligence
- meeting regulatory and customer requirements
- enhanced company profile and reputation, and stakeholder confidence
- greater marketing opportunities leading to higher profits
- enhanced food safety in supply chain
- minimised risk and food safety related incidents
- improved food safety performance
- greater protection from spurious food poisoning allegations
- food safety culture embedded and employees empowered
- easily integrated with other management systems.
TQCSI Certification Process:- contact your TQCSI Office and ask for a quote or apply on-line - TQCSI will need to know what your business does and how many employees (full time equivalent)
- to prevent delays, don’t wait until your Food Safety Management System is fully implemented.