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PRINCIPLES OF CERTIFICATION ACCORDING TO ISO 22000

Food safety and health unobjectionability issues have been the focus of consumers' attention for many years. In order to consolidate the disintegrated approach to food safety management, a standard was drawn up within the scope of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) oriented to the whole chain of entities engaged in food business. The standard refers to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points System principles (HACCP) and to the steps for this system implementation elaborated by the Committee of Codex Alimentarius, further developing them, at the same time being closely related to CSN EN ISO 9001. The certificate issued by an independent accredited certification body guarantees that the food safety management system established in the company has been assessed by an accredited certification body and satisfies the requirements of CSN EN ISO 22000 standard.

• BENEFITS OF CERTIFICATION

• Effective utilisation of the previously acquired certificates (HACCP, ISO 9001);
• Reducing cost of implementing the food safety system requirements according to other standards in the field of food safety (IFS, BRC…);
• Trustworthy guarantee of food safety confirmed by an independent third party;
• Contribution to the process of facilitating communication with trade chains.

IQNET – international certificate

Institute for Testing and Certification is a member of the Association for Quality System Certification CQS, which is a member of the international network IQNet. Through this co-operation, it is possible to issue upon request both the ITC certificate and the CQS certificate and the internationally recognized IQNet certificate within the framework of a single certification process.

CERTIFICATION PROCESS

The certification process consists of 3 basic phases:

• 1) Elaboration of documentation
• 2) Putting QMS into practice
• 3) Certification by an accredited certification body
• 4) Surveillance audit

The times of elaboration of documentation and putting the system into practice are individual (it usually takes several months).

RELATED SERVICES

• Certification of Quality Management system (ISO 9001)
• Certification of quality management systems in manufacturers of medical devices (ISO 13485)
• Certification of Environmental Management System (ISO 14001)
• Certification of occupational health and safety management system (OHSAS 18001)
• Certification of critical control points system in food processing industry (HACCP)
• Assessment of conformity of products to the requirements of European directives (CE marking of products)
• Testing of products, ATEST ITC
• Calibration, verification of standards and measuring instruments
  
• Voluntary certification – “ITC – certified quality“ mark
• Technical standardization

CONTACTS

Person	Phone	fax	e-mail
Jaroslav Rapant	+420 577 601 299	+420 577 104 855	qscertitczlin.cz

Post address:
Intitute for testing and certification
management system certification department
street T. Bati 299
764 21 Zlin
Czech Republic

The person responsible for accuracy of data: Jaroslav Rapant