CBs are required to audit against the newest version of SQF Food Safety Codes Edition 9. The revised SQFI Codes were published in October 2020 and all accredited CBs must begin auditing to the new Codes on 2021-05-21. SCC anticipates SQF to publish new Certification Body requirements in the near future.
All accredited management systems certification bodies who are currently certifying organizations to FSSC 22000 V4.1 are required to transition their customers to FSSC 22000 V5 by June 29th, 2021.
Certification bodies, auditors, and assessors working in the area of food safety management systems, specifically the FSSC 22000 scheme.
In response to the publication of ISO 22000:2018, FSSC has issued a revised version of its FSSC 22000 standard, focusing on the following:
FSSC 22000 Board of Stakeholders has determined that all certified sites shall be audited against the FSSC 22000 Scheme version 4 starting January 1, 2018.
Certification Bodies (CB’s) shall prepare to start offering accredited certification against FSSC 22000 Scheme version 4 by providing the SCC evidence of the following:
a) Provide a gap analysis identifying that FSSC 22000 Scheme version 4 has been implemented in the CB management system.
To SCC Management System Accreditation Program Customers
SCC is announcing to its customers the publication by ISO of the following conformity assessment standard:
ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems – Part 1: Requirements.
Dear SCC Customer,
Our efforts to overhaul the Accreditation Services Branch operations are still ongoing. A modernized Quality Management System has been in place since the fall of 2013, and we have had two internal audits to test the effectiveness of the new QMS.
