Questions & Answers
Q: Are primary producers considered to be food
manufacturers by PAS220 / ISO22002?
Growing operations for fruit and vegetables / livestock / broad
acre crops are not currently within the scope of the FSSC22000
certification as the PAS 220 only addresses PRPs for food
manufacturers. Processing and packing of agricultural
products are however covered.
Q: Can I please clarify whether there are exclusions for a
sales office to be certified. If a corporate office, which does
not manufacture products but supports sites with approved
supplier program, procurement etc, does this office need to
be certified?
In the current scheme, Head Office activities not at the
manufacturing site being audited cannot be certified. Site
activities that are supported by HO will however be
evaluated as part of the individual site audit.
Q: How many businesses are currently certified for FSSC
22000 in Australia?
There are only 18 Certification Bodies in the world that can
currently certify to FSSC 22000, of which SAI Global is one of
them. There are over 500 certifications to FSSC 22000
worldwide and SAI Global has certified 2 companies in
Australia, with another 6 in progress.
Q: Can you confirm if an organisation needs to be certified
to ISO 22000 before applying for FSSC 22000 certification?
No, organisations that apply for FSSC22000 certification will
be audited to all components of the scheme via the Stage 1
and Stage 2 audit process. ISO 220000 is not a pre-requisite
to the FSSC certification process as it is included in
FSSC22000 scheme requirements.
If a company is currently certified to ISO22000, they need
only have an upgrade audit against the additional FSSC
requirements and PAS 220 for certification to FSSC22000 to
be achieved.
Q: Does one need to consider Ethical Policy and Procedures
with this standard?
There are no specific requirements related to Ethical Policies
or Procedures included in the requirements of the
independent standards that comprise the FSSC220000
scheme.
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Q: Is ISO 22000 just HACCP with some extensions?
ISO22000 includes all aspects of Codex HACCP with the
addition of the ISO series of standards traditional
management commitment, documentation and records,
system management and continual improvement
requirements as well as a few prescribed food safety
requirements that have not been formally defined in the
Codex HACCP principles, e.g. emergency preparedness,
operational prerequisite programmes.
Q: Is ISO 22000 recognised by Coles and Woolworths as an
acceptable std to satisfy their requirements.
No neither ISO22000 or FSSC22000 are recognised by Coles or
Woolworths as approved standards for suppliers.
Q: What is an example of an OPRP?
Applicable OPRPs are dependent on the result the sites hazard
analysis and the resultant significant hazards identified for
control, so which PRPs are identified as OPRPs will depend.
Some examples of OPRPs that we have seen in the conduct of
ISO22000/FSSC audits include; Allergen Management
Programmes and Cleaning / Sanitising Programmes.
Q: You mentioned ISO 22000 did not include all
ISO 9001 quality requirements particularly customer
specifications. Are there any more?
Although food safety is a common and accepted quality
parameter for food products, there are additional quality
specifications for food products that need to be considered
and these are not necessary to incorporate into a ISO22000
based FSMS.
Other aspects of a companys business related to sales,
marketing, design/development, purchasing that must be
covered by an ISO9001 system may not be considered within a
FSMS. Also, there are specific requirements in ISO9001
regarding quality policy, quality objectives and the management
review process that are not specifically required by the ISO22000
FSMS standard.
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Q: Why consider certification to FSSC 22000 while Training
supermarkets are mandating certification to BRC, WQA or
the Aldi standard? Implementing FSSC 22000

Every individual company needs to assess customer
requirements when deciding on the best standard to obtain
independent certification, so if FSSC 22000 is not accepted by a
companys customers there would be no reason for a company
to consider this scheme as a viable alternative.
But, some of the benefits of FSSC 22000 include:
Independent ISO-based food safety scheme; Use of existing,
independent, international standards in ISO22000, PAS 220
or ISO/TS 220002; Same format as other ISO standards allows
ease of integration with other management systems, e.g. ISO
9001, ISO 140001, etc; Stakeholder approval & commitment
- recognised by industry/retailers including Kraft Foods,
Unilever, Kelloggs , Aldi, Costco; Independent scheme
management; and Transparency
Q: Is an off-site warehouse included that is owned by the
company?
FSSC 22000 is a combination of ISO22000 Food Safety
Management Systems Requirements for any organisation in
the food chain, in conjunction with PAS220 (Pre-requisite
programs) is a food safety management standard gaining in
importance internationally particularly among large multi-site
food manufacturers seeking to benchmark their food safety
performance. This training course outlines the requirements of
the ISO 22000 in conjunction with PAS220 standard and how to
apply them within your organisation.
Duration: 2 days
Price: $935.00
Sydney: 16-17th November
Melbourne: 30th November 1st December
Call Advancing Food Safety on 02 9898 0344.
Or click here to register online

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