COVID-19 and Certification: How Remote Audits Keep Certificates Valid
Travel restrictions in 2020 stopped most on-site audits. Accreditation rules for extraordinary events and for the use of information and communication technology allow audits…
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GFSI Benchmarking Requirements 2020: Food Safety Culture for Every Recognised Scheme
The 2020 version of the GFSI benchmarking requirements makes food safety culture an element that every recognised certification scheme has to address.
ISO 22301:2019: A Clearer Standard for Business Continuity
The second edition of ISO 22301 was published in October 2019. The requirements are largely the same, with a clearer structure and less prescriptive wording.
ISO 21001 and ISO 41001: Two New Management System Standards, One Year On
In 2018 ISO published its first management system standards for educational organisations and for facility management. A year later, both are starting to appear…
FSSC 22000 Version 5: The Scheme Adopts ISO 22000:2018
Version 5 of FSSC 22000 was published in mid-2019. Its main purpose is to incorporate ISO 22000:2018, and audits against it start in January 2020.
BRC Becomes BRCGS: What the New Name Changes, and What It Does Not
In 2019 BRC Global Standards became BRCGS. The name and logo changed; the standards, the audits and existing certificates did not.
BRC Food Safety Issue 8: Food Safety Culture Enters the Audit
Issue 8 of the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety was published in August 2018, with audits from February 2019. For the first time, sites…
ISO 19011:2018: Updated Guidance for Auditing Management Systems
The third edition of ISO 19011 was published in July 2018. It adds a risk-based approach to the principles of auditing and expands the guidance…
ISO 22000:2018: The First Revision of the Food Safety Standard in 13 Years
The second edition of ISO 22000 was published in June 2018. It adopts the common ISO structure and clarifies the difference between PRPs, OPRPs and…
ISO 45001:2018 Is Published: The End of OHSAS 18001
ISO 45001 was published in March 2018 as the first ISO standard for occupational health and safety management systems. It replaces OHSAS 18001, and certified…