ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management System

ISO 22000 is a standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization dealing with food safety. ISO 22000 is an international certification standard that defines the requirements of food safety management systems all over the world.
The standard has become necessary because of the significant increase of illnesses caused by infected food in both developed and developing countries. In addition to the health hazards, food-borne illnesses can give rise to considerable economic costs covering medical treatment, absence from work, insurance payments and legal compensation.
ISO 22000 has been developed to aid harmonisation of approaches to managing food safety, not for just one part of the food chain, but for all organizations in the food chain and for those organizations supplying to the food chain, materials and services that could impact on the safety of food.