FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -ISO 22000 is an internationally recognised standard that combines the ISO9001 approach to food safety management and HACCP for the assurance of food safety at all levels. The standard maps out how an organisation can demonstrate its ability to control safety hazards to ensure that food is safe.

Detailed explanation-2: -To ensure food safety along the food chain, ISO 22000 combines the follow-ing generally recognized key elements: interactive communication; system management; prerequisite programmes; and the principles of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP).

Detailed explanation-3: -ISO 22000 sets out the requirements for a food safety management system and can be certified to it. It maps out what an organization needs to do to demonstrate its ability to control food safety hazards in order to ensure that food is safe.

Detailed explanation-4: -FSSC 22000 certifies the food, feed and packaging safety systems of companies in the food chain that process or manufacture animal products, perishable vegetable products, products with a long shelf life and other food ingredients like additives, vitamins and bio-cultures.