Changes to several International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards were initiated at the Fifth Plenary Meeting of ISO Subcommittee 17 in Copenhagen, Denmark, during the week of September 14, 2014. Subcommittee 17 is part of Technical Committee 34 – Food products.
A working group started the development of a standard to describe the prerequisite programs for animal foods and feeds. This working group is using PAS 222 – Prerequisite programs on food safety for manufacturing food and feed for animals. This new standard will be used with ISO 22000 for certification of those sites that manufacture animal foods and feed.
In addition, a working group began the revision of ISO 22000. Table 1 presents an outline of PAS 222, which can be downloaded for free from shop.bsigroup.com/en/forms/PASs/PAS-222/.
Annex SL and Its Impact on ISO 22000
What is the ISO standard known as Annex SL?[1] Or a more important question: How will Annex SL affect my FSSC 22000 certification? Back in 2012, ISO issued a new standard, ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, Consolidated ISO Supplement – Procedures specific to ISO. One small part (20 out of 178 pages) is known as Annex SL – Proposals for management system standards. The small part of the standard may have some big implications for sites using ISO standards.