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ISO 22000 and FSSC 22000: distinguish the standard from the scheme

ISO 22000:2018 is the food-safety management-system standard. The applicant implements the system and prepares procedures specific to its own operations and operating records. A certification enquiry to Kayra concerns actual activities, sites, application information, authority and impartiality risks; this role does not include designing or implementing the client’s system. For FSSC certification, separately verify the selected legal entity’s programme licence, relevant scope and current status; ISO 22000 accreditation alone is not an FSSC licence. A management-system certification body, other parts of the same legal entity and controlled entities cannot offer or provide management-system consultancy; separate contracts do not remove this restriction.

Updated: 3 October 2026

ISO 22000 and FSSC 22000: distinguish the standard from the scheme

ISO 22000:2018 is the food-safety management-system standard. FSSC 22000 is a Foundation FSSC certification scheme combining ISO 22000, relevant prerequisite-programme requirements and additional scheme requirements. The scheme’s current category, version and authorised certification-body conditions must be checked separately. An ISO 22000 certificate does not automatically become an FSSC certificate.

Conditional operating example

A hypothetical packaging or food operation should first establish its actual activity and customer acceptance request. Compare the offered scheme category, applicable PRP reference, additional controls and audit programme in writing. Reusing an implemented ISO system may help close gaps; relabelling its certificate cannot establish scheme conformity. ISO system certification and a food product’s legal acceptability remain separate.

Connect hygiene foundations and hazard analysis

Use appropriate prerequisite programmes for the activity, then assess biological, chemical and physical hazards and select controls. A hypothetical recipe change may introduce an allergen or alter a process condition; review cleaning, labelling, suppliers and hazard controls rather than only editing the product name. Distinguish validation that controls can achieve their purpose, operational monitoring and verification that the system works.

Standard edition and programme limits

ISO 22000:2018 with its 2024 amendment provides the food-safety management-system framework. A revision project is not a newly published edition. System certification is not a product certificate attesting the safety of every batch. The business retains its food-law and safety responsibilities, including HACCP and prerequisite practices appropriate to its actual activity.

Official sources and application limits

The operating examples are hypothetical, not customer events or guaranteed decisions. The actual standard and competent body determine requirements.

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