ISO 22000 Certification in Philippines

 

Today let me take you through ISO 22000 certification in Philippines. ISO 22000 is the Food Safety Management System standard set up by ISO. International Organization for Standardization popularly known as ISO is an independent international body which is involved in the process of setting international standard; it was founded in the year 1947 and right from its inception it is involved in the process of setting market relevant international standard. It has published around 22000 standards till date and one among them is the ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management System). It has members from across 167 countries which meet annually at the General Assembly to discuss future strategies and course of action. In this blog I will be discussing the details about ISO 22000, benefits of getting ISO 22000 certified, its implementation in the Republic of Philippines and the process of getting ISO 22000 certified.

Details about ISO 22000

ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management System) aims at providing safe, healthy and uncontaminated food to consumers. It is dedicated to all the players in the food business which encourages them to provide best healthy food to its consumers. The recent most updated version of this standard was published in the year 2018 and hence it is also known as ISO 22000:2018. You will see this standard mentioned as ISO 22000:2018 only because of the reason stated above. The main aim of this standard is to employ a Food Safety Management System (FSMS) at place for organization involved in the food chain, to provide safe food from farm to table is the ultimate mission of this standard.

Advantages of getting ISO 22000 certified

Food Safety Management System (FSMS) has multiple benefits attached to it both from producers as well as customer perspective.

·        The most important aspect of this standard is that, it helps customers to identify that food is safe, healthy and uncontaminated.

·        It instills a sense of confidence among consumers that the food safety is complied with international and they can trust the organization.

·        It helps in new customer acquisition as well as customer retention because of safe and quality food delivery system at place.

·        It helps in establishing an efficient production and delivery line that boost customer base.

·        It helps to increase profit and boost your organization in terms of financial growth.

ISO 22000 in Philippines

The Republic of Philippines popularly known as Philippines is a country in South East Asia which shares its border with multiple countries in the Asian region; it has a presidential republican form of government and the country is witnessing a increasing rise in terms of industries including the food industry which makes it essential to discuss about ISO 22000 in Philippines.

The country has witness a 39% increase over the past five years in the food industry emphasizing mainly on processed food and beverage sector, hence it becomes utmost importance at this time to discuss the Food Safety Management System (FSMS) to further boost the sector and add to the growth of the country. Hence, it is essential to get an internationally recognized certification that have a global acceptance and better standard operating procedure and ISO 22000 will help achieve this feat.

Process to get ISO 22000 Certified

The recent scenario has made people aware about the food safety measures and strictly adheres to what they are ingesting into their body. It has become one of the most crucial things to keep the health parameter in check which is directly to proportional to the fuel that we intake, hence a safe and healthy food process is needed to achieve this goal and this is what ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management System) is all about, to provide healthy food to consumers. There are many other ISO certification in Philippines that can help the country to establish a better and efficient management within the organization.

I have explained in details about Food Safety Management System (FSMS) and I would like to add that International Organization for Standardization only sets standards and it has nothing to do with providing certificates to organization, this is done by external bodies. Finecert is one such leading global organization that has a team of highly trained ISO consultants that have expertise in getting your organization ISO certified as per the nature of your business and size of your organization. We wish to build a long term relationship with our clients by providing them the best service; hence we employ a very client friendly approach right from project initiation to its completion.

To know more about any other ISO certification and consultation in Philippines, you can feel free to write us at or request a quote at contact@finecert.com or, visit our website www.finecert.com and have a look at the ISO services we provide in Philippines.