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[[File:|right|350px]] Title: How can a LIMS assist food and beverage industry compliance with ISO 22000 and ISO/IEC 17025?

Author for citation: Shawn E. Douglas

License for content: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Publication date: November 2023

Introduction

Meeting international food safety regulatory challenges

ISO 22000—first published in 2005—was originally designed to be aligned with quality management standards like ISO 9001 and the HACCP principles, as adopted by the Codex Alimentarius.^[1] And while ISO 9001 wasn't exclusively directed at laboratories, over the years laboratories have adopted that standard. With ISO/IEC 17025 having significant alignment with ISO 9001 (while being specifically designed for analytical and calibration laboratories)^[2] and ISO 22000 having alignment with ISO 9001, it's not surprising there is occasional minor confusion between ISO 22000 and ISO/IEC 17025, as well as their impacts on the food and beverage industry.

Though some countries may have legal requirements for food manufacturers to adopt the HACCP principles enshrined in ISO 22000, other countries may not have such requirements, leaving ISO 9001, 17025, and 22000 adoption voluntary. However, the clientele of a given food manufacturer may demand they be accredited to one or more of these standards, or even audited to the requirements of the likes of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).^[1]