ISO 22000 Documentation Checklist

ITVC Global’s consulting team provides the following reference list to help plan documentation for establishing and implementing ISO 22000:

This is a planning reference tailored to the organization’s scope and needs. ISO 22000 does not require every organization to maintain 56 separate documents. Additional FSSC 22000 requirements apply when that scheme is selected.

Reference checklist: 56 documentation topics

1. Food safety policy
2. Food safety manual
3. HACCP plans
4. Facility hygiene
5. Water supply control
6. Food-contact surface hygiene
7. Cross-contamination prevention
8. Personal hygiene
9. Protection of products from contamination
10. Control of chemicals and additives
11. Control of cleaning equipment and tools
12. Pest control
13. Waste control
14. Raw material receipt
15. Production processes
16. Storage
17. Packaging
18. Delivery
19. Organizational context
20. Interested-party needs and expectations
21. Risk and opportunity assessment procedure
22. Food safety management system change procedure
23. Procedure for externally developed elements of the food safety management system
24. Control of externally provided processes, products and services
25. Operational planning and control
26. Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation procedure
27. Document and data control procedure
28. Record control procedure
29. Management review procedure
30. Recruitment procedure
31. Training procedure
32. Equipment management procedure
33. Contract review procedure
34. Supplier evaluation procedure
35. Purchasing procedure
36. Production implementation procedure
37. Product traceability procedure
38. Product recall procedure
39. Measuring equipment control procedure
40. Emergency preparedness and response procedure
41. Customer complaint handling procedure
42. Internal audit procedure
43. Delivery procedure
44. Raw material and finished-product warehouse receipt and issue procedure
45. Nonconforming product control procedure
46. Corrective and preventive action procedure
47. Verification and validation procedure
48. Work instructions
49. Job descriptions for each position
50. Other documents as applicable
51. Service-provider management, including pest control, equipment repair and waste contractors
52. Food defence management
53. Food fraud prevention
54. Food allergen management
55. Labelling management
56. Additional FSSC 22000 requirements, where applicable

Specific documents will be planned and developed to suit each project.