What is the Purpose of a Food Safety Management System?

The purpose of a food safety management system is to ensure that food is safe to eat and will not lead to outbreaks of foodborne illness among consumers. This also includes managing kitchen safety. Food incidents or concerns about the safety of food and whoever is preparing it can harm the food business operator’s reputation in the industry. 

To maintain both valuable partnerships and consumer confidence, a food business operator must have documentation of a food safety management system. Additional benefits of FSMS include:

• Less customer/consumer complaints

• Less food product recalls or returns

• Opportunity for ISO 22000 certification

• Standardized compliance with food laws and standards such as the US’s Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Controls (HARPC)

What are the Key Elements of Food Safety Management System?

According to ISO 22000, the key elements of food safety management system are:

• Interactive Communication

• System Management

• Prerequisite Programmes

• HACCP Principles

​Benefits of Food Safety Certification

ISO 22000:2018 helps in improving organizations’ food safety performance. It is a systematic way of addressing food safety issues such as unsafe food importation, foodborne illnesses, food contamination, and insufficient food security. Implementing ISO 22000 will benefit your organization with the following:

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Compliance With Global Regulatory Requirements

ISO 22000 sets internationally recognized food safety standards for controlling food hazards. It helps the organization to grow globally with recognized food safety policies and prevents costly ramifications, such as fines, penalties, product recalls, or business shutdowns.

Promote Health and Safety Regulation

Health and safety regulation is paramount to any business. It is implemented across industries to protect and secure your consumers as well as your employees. ISO 22000 helps minimize health and safety risks such as chemical contamination, diarrhoeal diseases, food risks, and work-related incidents and injuries.

Improve Food Risk Response Rate

FSMS in place helps businesses to respond immediately to any unexpected food safety issues. It diminishes the time to investigate food safety breaches which can give businesses more time to solve the problem.

Improve Business Credibility and Transparency

Business credibility relies on product expertise and customer feedback. ISO 22000 allows business to showcase their food safety management systems to ensure and deliver high-quality food products and services.

Increase Business Development and Growth

ISO 22000 helps secure business continual improvement plans on food safety systems. It is used to identify improvement needs and develop new strategies to deliver remarkable products to satisfy the consumer’s needs.

Reduce Food Safety Breach Investigation Time

Using ISO 22000 helps reduce the time necessary to investigate food safety breaches. The framework provides a systematic approach to food safety hazard management. With an FSMS, businesses can quickly identify and rectify potential food safety risks.

 

Customer Satisfaction and Brand Loyalty

Customers are the lifeline of any business. Customer satisfaction not only relies on product quality but also on food safety and hygiene. Implementing ISO 22000 can help companies to deliver high-quality products and services that consistently fulfill customer expectations and provide dependable and trustworthy service.

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