The FSSC 22000 certification scheme has been developed and is maintained by the Board of Stakeholders of the Foundation for Food Safety Certification, based in the Netherlands. The aim of the Foundation is to provide a certification scheme which has broad acceptance, through adding value to the relationship between the certified food organizations and those around it such as the government, customers and suppliers.

The FSSC 22000 certification scheme pulls together ISO 22000:2005 and BSI-PAS 220: 2008 as the set of certification criteria, and relies heavily on ISO/TS 22003 as the accreditation criteria – however with some additions for certification bodies.  These additions are documented in the scheme rules published by the Foundation – Food Safety System Certification 22000 (FSSC 22000) – Certification scheme for food safety systems in compliance with ISO 22000: 2005 and BSI-PAS 220: 2008.

The FSSC 22000 certification scheme has gained full recognition through the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).  The press release regarding this recognition can be accessed through this link.

For more information about the FSSC 22000 certification scheme, including to access associated scheme documents, please visit their website at http://www.fssc22000.com/.

The following provides links to the accreditation criteria, accreditation application pack documentation, and other related documents. All policies and procedures are un-controlled when printed. Please read all appropriate accreditation criteria, Procedure 5 (accreditation process), and when ready provide a completed application (with signatures, appropriate application fee, and documentation set) for review.

Accreditation Criteria

             ISO/IEC 17021 - available from your national standards writing body

             ISO/TS 22003 - available from your national standards writing body

             Food Safety System Certification 22000 (FSSC 22000) – Certification
             scheme for food safety systems in compliance with ISO 22000: 2005
             and BSI-PAS 220: 2008 (July 2010) - available from the 
             Downloads page at http://www.fssc22000.com/

IAF MD 11:2013 - IAF Mandatory Document for the application of ISO/IEC 17021 for audits of integrated management systems (120 KB)

Procedure 3 - Rules of procedure governing the use of the accreditation symbol (40 KB)

Procedure 11 - Rules of procedure governing accreditation (70 KB)

Policies

Policies introduce or change accreditation criteria.

Policy 01/11 - Arrangements for the Transition from ISO/IEC 17021:2006 to ISO/IEC 17021:2011 (1.2MB)

Enclosure 1 for Policy 01/11 - IAF Informative Document for the Transition of Management System Accreditation to ISO/IEC 17021:2011 from ISO/IEC 17021:2006 (130 KB)

Enclosure 2 for Policy 01/11 - Form AUD 125 - ISO/IEC 17021:2011 Transition Checklist (35 KB)

Policy 03/11 - Transfer of Accredited Management Systems Certification (95 KB)

Policy 4/13 - Introduction of IAF Mandatory Documents MD5:2013 and MD11:2013 (85 KB)

Enclosure 1 for Policy 4/13 - IAF MD5:2013 – IAF Mandatory Document for Duration of QMS and EMS Audits (140 KB)

Enclosure 2 for Policy 4/13 - IAF MD11:2013 – IAF Mandatory Document for the application of ISO/IEC 17021 for audits of integrated management systems (120 KB)

Application Documents

Form 22 - Fee structure (25 KB)

Form 37 - FSMS application form (162 KB)

Form 45 - Information disclosure (50 KB)

Form 107 - ISO/IEC 17021 checklist  (930 KB)

Form 109 - ISO/TS 22003 Checklist for Food Safety Management Systems - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of Food Safety Management Systems (360 KB)

Form 12 – FSSC 22000 Checklist (40 KB)

Accreditation Process 

Procedure 5 - The conduct of accreditation assessments (180 KB)

Advisory Notes

Advisory notes do not change accreditation criteria. There are no current advisory notes.

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