ISO 22000 concerns food-safety management across the food chain. ISO's catalogue currently lists the 2018 edition with a 2024 climate-action amendment; its next edition remains a draft. Confirm the published edition and applicable amendments with the intended certification body. [S25]
Certification and food-business licensing are different
Do not use an ISO project as a substitute for reviewing your FSSAI registration or licence. Likewise, an FSSAI certificate alone does not show that an ISO 22000 audit has taken place. Keep each scope, application, audit and resulting document separately labelled. For the licensing changes, use the linked FSSAI preparation guide.
Map your actual food chain
Write down the products, ingredients, suppliers, premises, outsourced activities, storage arrangements and delivery methods. Identify where responsibility changes hands. A kitchen, a packaging operation and a cold-storage provider need different operational evidence; copying another company's checklist can miss the important question.
Prepare records that can be followed
| Record group | Preparation question |
|---|---|
| Suppliers and incoming materials | Can you connect an incoming batch to its supplier, receipt and acceptance record? |
| Handling and processing | Who records the operating checks, exceptions and action taken? |
| Cleaning and equipment | Can the team show what was done, when and by whom? |
| Traceability and complaints | Can you follow a selected product through the records and identify the responsible contacts? |
Test the handover before an audit
As a preparation exercise, choose one real batch and ask the team to locate its records without reconstructing them from memory. Note the missing links and assign corrections. Do not invent historical logs to make a file look complete. Product-specific hazards, testing methods and control limits need competent assessment; this article does not prescribe them.
Agree the certificate you actually need
If a customer asks for certification, obtain its required scope and any additional scheme requirements in writing. Ask the certification body to identify the sites and activities to be audited and how certification can be independently checked. Certification comes from an external body, not from ISO. [S23]
What does a useful quotation separate?
System-development assistance, staff preparation, laboratory or specialist work, certification-body fees, correction of audit findings and ongoing follow-up. Agree who supplies each item before comparing headline prices. Neither an audit booking nor a consultant's document pack is an issued certificate.
Official references and their limits
- ISO: ISO 22000:2018 catalogue ↗
Published edition, 2024 amendment and draft successor status checked. Full standard, sector schemes and business-specific hazard controls require separate work.
- ISO: Certification and accreditation explained ↗
Explains independent certification and verification routes; does not certify LIQUETAX or any particular certificate.
Older guidance must be read with subsequent changes. Reachability of a reference is not proof that it answers your particular case.
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