SignificanceofISO22000totheFoodIndustry.pptVIP

Significance of ISO 22000 to the Food Industry By Dr. Deryck D. Pattron, Ph.D. FDI, Ministry of Health Port of Spain Trinidad West Indies Introduction In order to understand the significance of ISO 22000 we must first understand what ISO 22000 is about and how is it applicable to the food industry. To achieve these objectives we must ask the following questions: What ISO 22000 means? -ISO 22000 means consensus agreements between all the economic stakeholders concerned: suppliers; users; government regulators; other interest groups, such as consumers  How ISO 22000 benefit society? For businesses, the widespread adoption of ISO 22000 means that suppliers can base the development of their products and services on specifications that have wide acceptance in their sectors; This, in turn, means that businesses using ISO 22000 are increasingly free to compete on many more markets around the world How ISO 22000 benefit consumers? For consumers: - conformity of products and services to International Standards -provides assurance about: -quality -safety -reliability How ISO 22000 benefit trade officials? For trade officials negotiating the emergence of regional and global markets, IS0 22000 create a level playing field for all competitors on those markets; The existence of divergent national or regional standards can create technical barriers to trade, even when there is political agreement to do away with restrictive import quotas and the like; International Standards are the technical means by which political trade agreements can be put into practice How ISO 22000 benefit developing countries? For developing countries, ISO 22000 represents an international consensus and constitute an important source of technological know-how; By defining the characteristics that products and services will be expected to meet on export markets; International Standards give developing countries a basis for making the right dec