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FSSC 22000-Q Questions & Answers: November 2015 1 20455122
FSSC 22000-Q Questions & Answers: November 2015 1 20455122
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7. How will the revision of ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015 affect FSSC 22000-Q?
The FSSC Q-Module is linked to ISO 9001:2008. The consequences of the revision of the
standard to ISO 9001:2015 will be assessed by FSSC 22000 soon and FSSC 22000-Q will
updated to ISO 9001:2015 accordingly after a decision of the Board of Stakeholders to do so.
The main revisions in 9001:2015 are:
- The High Level Structure (HLS). All the new ISO standards will comply with the HLS
which is the new standard layout used by ISO.
- Introduction of risk management (Section 6.1). This further aligns ISO 9001 with ISO
22000 and facilitates the combination (integration) of the two standards in FSSC 22000-Q.
13. Will FSSC 22000-Q be benchmarked by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)?
Food quality certification falls outside of the GFSI benchmarking process and recognition.
Nonetheless, FSSC 22000 will apply all its existing and future GFSI and ISO based
requirements to the certification process for good governance and integrity ensuring security
and confidence in the FSSC 22000-Q module. This means, as a start, that certification bodies,
offering the FSSC quality module, must be accredited for ISO 9001 and auditors must meet all
relevant competence requirements.
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