Dear Zeeshan,
I hv done a little more searching on yr query. The links below are probably all pre-ISO 22000
but still of interest hopefully.
1. (date ??)
How does HACCP relate to ISO 9000?
People are often confused about this, and you can often hear such comments as : “HACCP is just ISO 9000 for a food company”.
HACCP is simply one of the technical aspects of producing a quality food product and complying with legal requirements. As such, it is part of the overall ISO 9001 requirements. However, HACCP is concerned strictly with the safety of the consumer, nothing more. It is geared towards preventing physical, microbiological and chemical contamination of the product to a degree that you are very confident that the consumer will suffer no illness or injury.
HACCP is not concerned with more general aspects of quality that could result in loss of customers, such as late deliveries, mistakes in orders delivered, discourteous staff, or failure to give adequate technical backup service. All of these will rapidly lose customers but will not cause injury or sickness to the consumer.
For an ISO 9000 food company HACCP must be addressed primarily as part of the process control activities. It should not have a separate existence from the general management procedures. If you have a ‘HACCP Manual’ sitting on a shelf, waiting to be dusted down before the next customer audit, then you have not integrated your HACCP controls into your day-do-day activities, and it is just a paper exercise.
The controls and monitoring activities listed in your HACCP plan should be incorporated into your ISO 9000 procedures and circulated for constant use and reference.
http://www.seaverass...es/page0013.htmNote that other threads regarding combining
HACCP and ISO 9000 exist on this forum (somewhere
).
2. (2001)
The ISO 9000 has distinctive criteria to be incorporated with HACCP because it sets out the methods that can be implemented to an organization to assure that the customer’s requirements are fully met. At the international level, the Western is an example of combining the ISO 9000 with HACCP plan that is known as SQF2000.
http://www.mima.gov....f/zmz/haccp.pdf.
Note that there is at least one thread on SQF2000 on this forum with link to free dwl copy of standard. Maybe worth a look.
3. (2002)
ISO 9000 focuses on customer needs and expectations, and one of the most important
customer expectations is to have safe food products. Applying HACCP within an ISO 9000
QMS can result in a food safety system that is more effective than applying ISO 9001 or
HACCP separately. The emphasis of both systems is prevention rather than correction of
problems or deficiencies after they occur. A company implementing a HACCP system does
not have to comply with ISO 9001 but it is desirable.
The seven principles of HACCP can be integrated with ISO 9001:2000 requirements, as explained below –
HACCP___ISO_9000.pdf 248.52KB
140 downloadsThe above contains various, generic type, example steps to assist combination.
The following (even older) item contains a more specific example ( based on ISO 9002!).
4. (ca 1999)
HACCP and ISO 9000 systems can be developed independently. However, each system can help to drive the development of the other. The operation of HACCP within any formal quality system wil be stronger as its effectiveness relies on proper implementation and ongoing maintenance.
There is a synergy between the two systems, both HACCP and ISO 9000 are concerned with the prevention and detection of food safety problems. In the case of ISO 9000, the scope is expanded to include all Quality Control measures in addition to those relating only to food safety.
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41 downloads5.
This extract is from No.3 above
ISO 15161:2001, Guidelines on the application of ISO 9001:2000 for the food and drink
industry. This document contains guidelines on applying ISO 9001:2000 to the food and drink industry, explaining how to integrate HACCP within an ISO 9001 QMS.
I think No.5 is mentioned elsewhere in this forum, sadly will not be free.
Didn’t see any more recent discussions either for/against above opinions, perhaps because of the advent of ISO 22000 of which the above are sort of preliminaries, I guess.
Rgds / Charles.C