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Module 7 of 7 · FSSC 22000 · Clause 10

Improvement and additional requirements

The final module closes the improvement loop and adds what sets FSSC 22000 apart from ISO 22000: the food fraud vulnerability assessment and food defense.

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Nonconformity and corrective action

When a nonconformity occurs, react, investigate the root cause and implement the corrective action with an effectiveness check.

Food fraud vulnerability assessment

A vulnerability analysis for food fraud and a mitigation plan for the most exposed points.

Food defense

A TACCP assessment of intentional threats and access control as a food defense measure.

What an auditor usually asks for

  • A nonconformity log with root cause and effectiveness check
  • An up-to-date food fraud vulnerability assessment
  • A fraud mitigation plan with concrete actions
  • A TACCP assessment and access control for food defense

How to cover improvement in Kimobox

  1. 1Open every nonconformity with a mandatory root cause and effectiveness check.
  2. 2Document the fraud vulnerability assessment as just another record in the system.
  3. 3Log the TACCP assessment and access control for every site.

The fraud and food defense assessment lives alongside the rest of the system, not in a separate document that gets forgotten.

See nonconformities and corrective actions in Kimobox

Where each figure comes from

References to the official text in force. If a standard is revised, this page is updated and the review date says so.

  1. FSSC 22000, version 6 Foundation FSSC · 31 March 2023
  2. ISO 22000:2018 — Food safety management systems ISO · 2018 ed.
  3. ISO/TS 22002-1:2009 — Prerequisite programmes. Food manufacturing ISO · 2009 ed.