Dear viewers,
My company already acquires ISO 22000:2005 since 4 years, our system is excellent and in place, everyone appreciates us, now i am planning to go for ISO 9001:2008, i need expert recommendations for the same, shall i go for that, Is it benefits extra to my organization and in what way.
Many thanks in advance.
Dear Abdul Qudoos, AOA.
ISO 22000 and ISO 9001 both have entirely different objectives, directions and scopes. In the scenario of a food industry, objective of ISO 22000 is only "Food Safety" which is one and of course the most important feature of Quality of the Food Product. On the other hand, focus of ISO 9001 is the overall quality of the Food Product. Conformance to ISO 22000 does not cover some other important features of quality such as
- Customer satisfaction (the most important feature of QMS),
- Customer communication (on issues other than food safety such as related to delivery, packaging, lead time etc.),
- Supplier's evaluation & re-evaluation (w.r.t. criteria such as cost, delivery, lead time, production capability etc.)
- Control over purchasing information,
- Control over design and development processes (that are not related to food safety.
IMO, you should treat ISO 22000 as a subset of ISO 9001. Also assuming that "our system is excellent and in place, everyone appreciates us" may become a very dangerous situation for you and your company as continual improvement is must for sustainability and progression in the ever-increasing competitive market. Continual improvement in overall quality of your product is the only key to increase your strengths, lessen you weaknesses, open the door of new opportunities and save you from threats.
Not to be mentioned that if you are an export-oriented company, ISO 9001 certification would be an extra star on your shoulder.
What you should do, IMO, is to integrate the additional requirements of ISO 9001 into existing established ISO 22000 compliant
FSMS.
Regards:
