Re: ISO 22000 combined with ISO 9001 - Do both or only 1 of the two?
Hi, returning to this thread after a long time!
It is strange that nobody has mentioned the option of certifying with BRC (now Global Standard), SQF2000, Cook & Thurber GMPs, AIB, etc. In my opinion these standards are quite good ways to integrate the quality management system with HACCP, with an additional plus in that more detailed requirements for pre-requisite programs are explained. You can find these standards in the web.
What to certify for depends of course much on your clients, etc. But a company should develop and integrate its own way of managing its quality and food safety management system (to which we should add food defense), with the objective of always delivering the best quality in a profitable and sustainable way, taking into account all its stakeholders, and continuously improving. Certification may be needed or required, but it should not be the aim of your food quality and safety management system. It is not an end in itself but rather a good consequence of doing things right.
I would still think that you need an overall QMS Manual (which of course needs to include food safety), and then tier 2 manuals for HACCP, GMPs, and other Pre-requisite programs.
I also think that quality issues other than food safety are the real challenge, and that ISO 9001 for quality management is certainly not enough. One should study ISO 9004 (often forgotten) or even other TQM approaches like Six Sigma.
Regards,
Francis