Food Safety System Certification Audits — FSSC 22000
A scheme-based evaluation combining food safety management, applicable prerequisite programmes and FSSC additional requirements. Audits examine the organisation’s controls and their implementation within an eligible food chain…
- Category
- Certification Audits
- Delivery region
- Saudi Arabia, GCC and MENA
Key requirements — selected themes
- ISO 22000 food safety management system requirements
- Applicable sector prerequisite programme requirements
- FSSC additional requirements for the relevant category
- Food defence, fraud mitigation and applicable culture controls
- Scheme-specific audit, reporting and certification rules
- Ongoing maintenance, notification and surveillance obligations
High-level summary
A scheme-based evaluation combining food safety management, applicable prerequisite programmes and FSSC additional requirements. Audits examine the organisation’s controls and their implementation within an eligible food chain category.
Certification is offered only through the relevant licensed and accredited arrangements. The applicable scheme version is determined by the official transition programme; publication of Version 7 does not mean Version 7 certification audits are immediately available.
Third-party certification pathway
References: [S22] · [G01] · [G02] · [G03]
- Application & scope. Confirm eligible food chain category, scope and the scheme version permitted on the planned audit date.
- Review & audit planning. Confirm eligibility, impartiality, competence and applicable rules; agree scope, audit time and programme.
- Stage 1 — readiness. Review system readiness, applicable prerequisite programmes and FSSC additional requirements.
- Stage 2 — implementation. Evaluate implementation against the permitted scheme version and all applicable category requirements.
- Nonconformity resolution. Review corrections and corrective actions; verify closure or accept action plans as the applicable rules require.
- Independent certification decision. A competent function independent of the audit evaluates the evidence; certification is issued only when requirements are met.
- Surveillance. Conduct scheme-required surveillance, including the applicable unannounced audit arrangements.
- Recertification. Reassess the system before certificate expiry and complete the required review and decision for a new cycle.
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