TS ISO 22003-2
Food safety - Part 2: Requirements for bodies providing evaluation and certification of products, processes and services, including an audit of the food safety system
This document is supplemental to ISO/IEC 17065. It specifies the rules applicable for the audit of a food safety system (FSS) and certification of products, processes and services complying with requirements of a certification scheme that is based on the internationally accepted principles of food safety (e.g. CODEX General Principles of Food Hygiene[8]) and includes management system elements.
This document does not apply to certifications that are solely based on product testing (e.g. performed by an organization applying ISO/IEC 17025) or inspection (e.g. performed by an organization applying ISO/IEC 17020) and does not apply to ISO/IEC 17065-based food safety schemes that do not include both internationally accepted principles of food safety and management system elements.
It also provides the necessary information and confidence to customers about the way certification of their suppliers has been granted.
Certification of FSS is a third-party conformity assessment activity (as described in ISO/IEC 17000:2020, 4.3) and bodies performing this activity are third-party conformity assessment bodies.
NOTE This document can be used as a criteria document for the accreditation or peer assessment of certification bodies which seek to be recognized as being competent to certify that an organization’s products, processes and services and its FSS comply with the requirements of a certification scheme. It is also intended to be used as a criteria document by regulatory authorities and industry consortia which engage in direct recognition of certification bodies to certify that an organization’s FSS complies with a certification scheme’s requirements. Some of its requirements can also be useful to other parties involved in the conformity assessment of such certification bodies, and in the conformity assessment of bodies that undertake to certify the compliance of an FSS with additional criteria.
FSS certification does not attest to the safety or fitness of the products of an organization within the food chain. However, certification requires an organization to meet all applicable food-safety-related statutory and regulatory requirements through its FSS.
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TS ISO 22003-2 addresses the requirements for bodies that audit a food safety system (FSS) and certify products, processes, and services. It is aimed at certification bodies operating within schemes grounded in food safety principles and including management system elements, so it helps define how such bodies are assessed and how their certification work is structured.
This document is supplementary to ISO/IEC 17065, meaning it does not replace the general product certification framework but adds food-safety-specific rules. A key distinction in the scope is between certifications based only on product testing or inspection and certification arrangements that also consider an FSS and associated management system elements. In practical technical terms, that difference matters because the basis of the certification decision changes the kind of evidence, competence, and scheme structure involved.
How the food-safety certification context is framed
The standard sits within third-party conformity assessment, as understood in ISO/IEC 17000. That places emphasis on independence, consistency, and confidence for customers and other interested parties. In general technical terms, certification in this context is not a simple statement about a single product sample; it is a structured assessment against a defined scheme, supported by documented rules and ongoing competence in the certification body.
Importantly, FSS certification does not by itself attest that an organization’s products are safe or fit for consumption. Instead, the certification requires the organization to meet all applicable food-safety-related statutory and regulatory requirements through its FSS. That makes the standard especially relevant for understanding the boundary between certification of a management-based food safety scheme and narrower forms of testing- or inspection-based conformity assessment.
- Publication Date: 30.09.2022
- Standard Status: U (Yürürlükteki Standard/Standard)
- Publisher: TSE
- Document Language: tr
- ICS Classification: 03.120.20 Ürün ve Şirket Belgelendirmesi, Uygunluk Değerlendirmesi ; 67.020 Gıda Sanayi Prosesleri
- Pages: 41
- Source Standard: ISO 22003-2:2022
- International Equivalents: ISO 22003-2-EQV
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