FSSC 22000 Clause No. 2.5.13 - New Product Development Template

Hello,

I am looking for a template for a new product development as per the FSSC 22000 Clause 2.5.13. 

Can anyone please help me out on this one.

Thanking you in advance. 

Hi dhruvpatel,

The requirement you are referring to comes from FSSC 22000 Scheme Version 5.1 published in November 2020

PART 2 Requirements for Organizations to be Audited

Section 2.5 FSSC 22000 Additional Requirements

2.5.13 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (FOOD CHAIN CATEGORIES C, D, E, F, I & K)

A product design and development procedure shall be established, implemented, and maintained for new products and changes to product or manufacturing processes to ensure safe and legal products are produced. This shall include the following:

a) Evaluation of the impact of the change on the FSMS taking into account any new food safety hazards (incl. allergens) introduced and updating the hazard analysis accordingly

b) Consideration of the impact on the process flow for the new product and existing products and processes

c) Resource and training needs

d) Equipment and maintenance requirements

e) The need to conduct production and shelf-life trials to validate product formulation and

processes are capable of producing a safe product and meet customer requirements

contamination.

A compliant procedure will need to reflect the process you have from concept to full scale production and sale.

For example, the stages of product development may be as follows:

STAGE 1: Product Brief

STAGE 2: Kitchen work stage

STAGE 3: Approval of Kitchen Product

STAGE 4: Factory trials

STAGE 5: Approval of Factory Product & Product Analysis

STAGE 6: Artwork Process

STAGE 7: Pre-production trials

STAGE 8: Product Launch

STAGE 9: Post Launch Review

After each stage, there would be confirmation that the stage has been completed satisfactorily & authority to move to next stage (for stages 1 to 8).

As part of the processes there may be requirements to approve new ingredients and suppliers, HACCP/FSMS review, process flow review, resource review (including people and equipment).

There also needs to be guidelines as any new allergens that can be introduced onto site

For your information, the IFSQN FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management System for Food Manufacturers - Version 5.1 (2022 Update) Implementation Package includes a whole product development module. 

Kind regards,

Tony