ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management Systems 

Food safety management systems 

Requirements for any organization in the food chain allows any organization, including small and/or less developed organizations (e.g. a small farm, a small packer-distributor, a small retail or food service outlet) to implement externally-developed elements in their FSMS. food safety management system (FSMS) to enable an organization that is directly or indirectly involved in the food chain:

 a) to plan, implement, operate, maintain and update a FSMS providing products and services that are safe, in accordance with their intended use; 

b) to demonstrate compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory food safety requirements; 

c) to evaluate and assess mutually agreed customer food safety requirements and to demonstrate conformity with them; 

d) to effectively communicate food safety issues to interested parties within the food chain; 

e) to ensure that the organization conforms to its stated food safety policy; 

f) to demonstrate conformity to relevant interested parties; 

g) to seek certification or registration of its FSMS by an external organization, or make a self-assessment or self-declaration of conformity to this document.