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
