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Friday, September 18, 2009

ISO 22000 and PRP

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LRQA Joins Kraft, Danone, Nestle and Unilever in Development of New Food Safety Specification PAS 220
Last update: 10:42 a.m. EDT Oct. 31, 2008

HOUSTON, Oct 31, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- For the past 6 months, Cor Groenveld, Global Food Safety Manager and Sector Specialist of Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), has worked along side representatives of Kraft, Danone, Nestle, Unilever, McDonald's and General Mills in a collective steering group aimed to develop the new food safety Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 220. The PAS covers prerequisites for food manufacturers' food safety programs and is intended to assist in controlling food-safety hazards.
Development of the PAS was sponsored by the Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the European Union (CIAA) and the objectives in developing the specification included:
-- identifying harmonization among the prerequisite programs for food manufacturing
-- realizing further acceptance of ISO 22000, the international standard for food safety management systems
-- fulfilling additional expectations and requirements of food manufacturing stakeholders, including food retailers and food-service providers.
PAS 220 is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 22000 and is applicable to all organizations, regardless of size or complexity, which are involved in manufacturing processes within the food supply chain and supports them to implement effective prerequisite programs. The PAS details requirements for prerequisite programs in relation to ISO 22000 and covers critical components of the food manufacturing process, including:
-- consideration of construction and layout of buildings
-- supplies of water, energy and air
-- measures for the prevention of cross contamination
-- food defense, biovigilance and bioterrorism
-- product-recall procedures.
"Development of the PAS is considered to be a major step towards achieving full acceptance of ISO 22000 throughout the food supply chain," commented Groenveld. "From LRQA's perspective, consideration for providing harmonization in implementing food safety management systems that would enable more effective, robust, and independent audits and third-party certification was essential in its development," he added.
LRQA provides additional information on PAS 220 and ISO 22000 at www.lrqausa.com/pas220.aspx.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
-- LRQA (Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance), is a leading global business assurance provider, delivering independent and impartial assessment, certification, verification and training services to a wide range of organizations around the world, including food and beverage manufacturers, service providers, distributors and retailers.
-- LRQA has issued thousands of global approvals in areas including food safety and security, environmental management, quality, health and safety, and supply chain security.
-- Over half of the world's top 200 companies choose LRQA for their Business Assurance needs, and LRQA serves more than half of the world's top consumer food companies.
-- LRQA is a member of the Lloyd's Register Group, which provides independent assurance to companies operating high risk capital intensive assets in energy and transportation to enhance the safety of life, property and the environment, thereby helping our clients ensure safe, responsible and sustainable supply chains. The Group comprises charities and non-charitable companies, with the latter supporting the charities in their main goal.
SOURCE: Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance


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AS 220:2008 specifies requirements for establishing, implementing and maintaining prerequisite programmes (PRP) to assist in controlling food safety hazards. It applies to all organizations, regardless of size or complexity. It also applies to all who are involved in the manufacturing step of the food chain and wish to implement PRP in such a way as to address the requirements specified in ISO 22000.

PAS 220:2008 is not designed or intended for use in other parts of the food supply chain. Food manufacturing operations are diverse and not all of the requirements specified in this PAS apply to an individual establishment or process.

PAS 220:2008 specifies detailed requirements to be considered including:

  1. Construction and layout of buildings and associated utilities
  2. Layout of premises, including workspace and employee facilities
  3. Supplies of air, water, energy and other utilities
  4. Supporting services, including waste and sewage disposal
  5. Suitability of equipment and its accessibility for cleaning, maintenance and preventive maintenance
  6. Management of purchased materials
  7. Measures for the prevention of cross contamination
  8. Cleaning and sanitizing
  9. Pest control
  10. Personnel hygiene.

It also adds other aspects that are considered relevant to manufacturing operations:

  • Rework
  • Product recall procedures
  • Warehousing
  • Product information and consumer awareness
  • Food defence, biovigilance and bioterrorism.
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