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Module 1 of 7 · FSSC 22000 · Clause 4

Context of the organization

FSSC 22000 builds on ISO 22000, which follows the same high-level structure as ISO 9001: the system starts by understanding the company's food safety context.

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Internal and external context

Covers the food chain the company operates in, applicable regulation and the factors that can affect product safety.

Interested parties

Customers, health authorities, end consumers and other links of the food chain with requirements relevant to the system.

Scope of the system

Defines the products, processes and production sites covered by the food safety management system.

What an auditor usually asks for

  • A food safety context document reviewed annually
  • A list of interested parties across the food chain
  • An FSSC 22000 system scope statement
  • A process map with the points relevant to food safety

How to cover context in Kimobox

  1. 1Document the food safety context as just another record in the system.
  2. 2Log the food chain's interested parties in a versioned table.
  3. 3Draw the process map flagging the points relevant to food safety.

The process map identifies at a glance which process concentrates which food safety risk.

See how the process map works 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.
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