HACCP TO SQF OR FSSC22000?
Hi People
We are a juice manufacturing small - medium industry who is looking to upgrade from HACCP to GFSI. I never worked with any of the GFSI standards before as this is my very first company working at
Any suggestions on what will be the better option for us to upgrade from HACCP TO GFSI STANDARD
Hi Bhanu Teja,
:welcome:
Welcome to the IFSQN forums
The FSSC 22000 Certification Scheme includes the requirements of ISO 22000 Food safety management systems — Requirements for any organization in the food chain which has more complicated HACCP requirements for determining Critical Control Points, Operational Prerequisite Programmes and Prerequisite Programmes. The other downside to this scheme is that as a food manufacturer you need to purchase several standards including:
ISO 22000:2018 Food safety management systems — Requirements for any organization in the food chain
ISO 22002-1:2025 Prerequisite programmes on food safety Part 1: Food manufacturing
Unless you are familiar with that approach to hazard analysis/hazard assessment then SQF is simpler, based on CODEX HACCP Principles and one the most popular certification standards. The upside to SQF is that the SQF Food Safety Codes and Guidance are free, so it won’t cost you to take a look.
The SQF Food Safety Codes can be downloaded here.
The SQF Guidance Documents and Tips Sheets can be downloaded here.
Kind regards,
Tony