Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) demonstrate an organisation’s ability to control food safety hazards in order to ensure that food is safe at the time of human consumption.

JAS-ANZ offers accreditation to Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) to the following FSMS standards:

• CNAB-S152:2004
• HACCP Warranty
• ISO 22000:2005
• PrimeSafe
• TQCSI HACCP Code

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
             (Applies to all FSMS standards)

             ISO/TS 22003 - available from your national standards writing body
             (Applies to all FSMS standards)

Procedure 3 - Rules of procedure governing the use of the accreditation symbol (40 KB) (Applies to all FSMS standards)

Procedure 11 - Rules of procedure governing accreditation (70 KB) (Applies to all FSMS standards)

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) (Applies to all FSMS standards)

Form 37 - HACCP application form (162 KB) (Applies to all FSMS standards)

Form 45 - Information disclosure (50 KB) (Applies to all FSMS standards)

Form 104 - Victorian Meat Authority [VMA] Checklist (2 MB) (Applies to PrimeSafe Only)

Form 107 - ISO/IEC 17021 checklist  (680 KB) (Applies to all FSMS standards)

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) (Applies to all FSMS standards)

Accreditation Process 

Procedure 5 - The conduct of accreditation assessments (180 KB)  (Applies to all FSMS standards)

Advisory Notes

Advisory notes do not change accreditation criteria.

Advisory Note 2 - VMA HACCP - Meat Transfer Vehicles (10 KB) (Applies to PrimeSafe Only)

Advisory Note 6 - Fit and Proper Person - VMA HACCP (10 KB) (Applies to PrimeSafe Only)

Advisory Note 8 - Production of uncooked fermented comminuted meat products (10 KB) (Applies to PrimeSafe Only)

Advisory Note 8 - Attachment 1 (20 KB) (Applies to PrimeSafe Only)

Advisory Note 11 - Labelling requirements for rendering facilities (12 KB) (Applies to PrimeSafe Only)

 If you require further information please contact us.

Other information

For more detailed information click on individual standards click on the link below:

• ISO 22000:2005
• PrimeSafe

This page is written for CABs interested in gaining accreditation. If you are an organisation that is interested in gaining certification for one of these standards contact an accredited CAB for further information. A list of CABs accredited for FSMS is available here.