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 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 (January 2010) - available from the 
             Downloads page at www.fssc22000.com

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 05/09 - Introduction of EA Guidance on the application of ISO/IEC 17021:2006 for Combined Management Systems Audits (130 KB)

EA-7/05 EA Guidance on the Application of ISO/IEC 17021:2006 for Combined Audits (335 KB)

Policy 07/09 - Extending the scope of accreditation to include additional, critical locations (local and foreign), locations (local and foreign) and foreign countries (40 KB)

Application Documents

Form 22 - Fee structure (25 KB)

Form 37 - HACCP application form (162 KB)

Form 45 - Information disclosure (50 KB)

Form 107 - ISO/IEC 17021 checklist  (680 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 (160 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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