In recent years, food safety accidents have occurred frequently, and China's food safety production is facing a severe test. Every link of the whole supply chain from farmland to dining table is facing the challenges of product safety, quality reliability and efficiency improvement.

 

Under the double strict supervision of regulations and consumers, the quality and safety of food and agricultural products have attracted more and more attention. Adopting the food safety management system is a strategic decision of the organization, which can help improve the overall food safety performance and lay a good foundation for promoting sustainable development. The potential benefits of implementing the food safety management system can stabilize the ability to provide food safety, products and services that meet customer requirements and applicable legal requirements; Dealing with risks related to objectives; Demonstrate the ability to meet the requirements of the specified food safety management system, and the organization can determine various factors that may lead to the deviation of its process and food safety management system from the planning results, implement control, and prevent or reduce adverse effects.

 

ISO 22000:2018 applies HACCP principle as a method to the whole system; Hazard analysis is defined as the core of safe food realization planning, and the product characteristics, expected uses, flow charts, processing steps, control measures and communication in the preparatory steps formulated by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) are taken as the input of hazard analysis and its update; At the same time, the HACCP plan and its prerequisite - the prerequisite scheme are dynamically and evenly combined.

 

ISO 22000:2018 expresses common requirements in food safety management, rather than specific requirements for any kind of organization in the food chain. The standard is applicable to all organizations in the food chain that want to establish a food safety system, regardless of their size, type and products provided.