ISO 22000 combined with ISO 9001 - Implement both or only one of them?

[Damon]

Our quality management system is based on an ISO 9001:2000, however some of upper management have decided to look into becoming ISO 22000 certified since we store frozen food. Can I implement both system together, or do I abandon the 9001 program, if not the I would assume that one quality manual would be able to cover both standards. Please advise

[Coury Ferguson]

Even if there is a difference with the standards (I am not familiar with 22000) I would create one manual to address the stiffer requirements if they are not equal. If one or the other is more in depth then becoming registered by the greater would be your choice.


Coury Ferguson
Program/Contracts Manager

[Sidney Vianna]

Originally Posted by Damon

Our quality management system is based on an ISO 9001:2000, however some of upper management have decided to look into becoming ISO 22000 certified since we store frozen food. Can I implement both system together, or do I abandon the 9001 program, if not the I would assume that one quality manual would be able to cover both standards. Please advise

While ISO 22000 can be implemented on its own, it is designed to be fully compatible with ISO 9001:2000 and companies already certified to ISO 9001 will find it easy to extend this to certification to ISO 22000. To help users to do so, ISO 22000 includes a table showing the correspondence of its requirements with those of ISO 9001:2000.

[Damon]

Thanks for your reply, my next question is do I keep my quality policy and establish a new Food safety policy or do I have a seperate food safety policy to go along with my current quality policy,

Thanks,

Damon

[Sidney Vianna]

Originally Posted by Damon

Thanks for your reply, my next question is do I keep my quality policy and establish a new Food safety policy or do I have a seperate food safety policy to go along with my current quality policy,

Either way. As long as the policy(ies) satisfy the specific requirements for both Standards. If it were me, I would lean towards a common policy. After all, in your case safe handling of food seems to be both a customer expectation as well as a regulatory requirement.

[frawat]

Hi Damon,

I am in the same situation (my case is worst because I want to integrate in one manual wih ISO 14001 also !).

I agree with Sidney. However, although it is good to integrate the HACCP system in the quality manual, do not forget HACCP requires additional more technical key documents (like for example the hazard analysis) which I think is good to put in a separate more specific manual. The management and overall aspects should be placed in the quality manual. Just an opinion.

regards,
Francis

[water]

We are looking forward to register for both ISO 9001 and ISO 22000.

Since ISO 22000 and ISO 9001 have similarities in the structure, do we integrate the tier 2 documentations? Or do we separate into 2 sets of tier 2 documentations?

[Sidney Vianna]

Originally Posted by water

We are looking forward to register for both ISO 9001 and ISO 22000.

Since ISO 22000 and ISO 9001 have similarities in the structure, do we integrate the tier 2 documentations? Or do we separate into 2 sets of tier 2 documentations?

INTEGRATE.