MFA

Food Safety.

Recent incidents within the food industry have placed a more imminent need on management to provide the consumer with additional safeguards and recognised controls in order to re build their confidence in the supply of a quality and safe product. This is more critical in export markets where there is greater competioion, greater price differentials and a more discerning consumer.

ISO 22000:2005 specifies requirements for a food safety management system where an organisation in the food chain needs to demonstrate its ability to control food safety hazards in order to ensure that food is safe at the time of human consumption. It is applicable to all organisations, regardless of size, which are involved in any aspect of the food chain and want to implement systems that consistently provide safe products.

Many organisations are already meeting 90% of the requirements in the standard which looks for demonstration of compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory food safety requirements, evaluation and assessment of customer requirements and evidence of conformity with those mutually agreed customer requirements that relate to food safety, in order to enhance customer satisfaction and effective communication of food safety issues to their suppliers, customers and relevant interested parties in the food chain.

This makes ISO 22000 more than a set of standards. It is a business-building tool. For organisations wishing to extend their reach, provide a more logical and structured approach to food safety management, or gain easier access to more and bigger markets, then ISO 22000 should be an essential part of your business.

Benefits of ISO 22000:2005 implementation include;

• Clear communication across the entire supply chain
• Traceability – identification of an organisation’s impact on food safety within the supply chain
• Cost reduction due to a more efficient system
• Continuous improved business performance in line with the ISO 22000 food safety policy and objectives.
• Certification can give organisations a recognised "mark" which differentiates them from their competitors.

MFA can:

Conduct a gap analysis on your current systems against the requirements of ISO 22000:2005 and propose improvements.

Faciliate the implementation of ISO 22000:2005 within your oorganisation.

Manage your Food Safety System on an annual agreed fee basis which will include all aspects of the implemented system through to annual certification maintenance.