ISO/IEC 17025:2017: What the New Edition Means for Laboratories
The 2017 edition of ISO/IEC 17025 was published in November 2017. It restructures the standard, introduces risk-based thinking and gives more weight to impartiality.
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One Year to the Deadline: Completing the Transition to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015
Certificates to ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 will no longer be valid after September 2018. With one year left, organisations that have not started need a…
FSSC 22000 Version 4.1: A Short Update with Practical Consequences
Version 4.1 of FSSC 22000 was published in July 2017, a few months after Version 4. It adjusts the scheme to the latest GFSI benchmarking requirements and…
GFSI Benchmarking Requirements Version 7: Food Fraud Becomes a Requirement
With Version 7 of its benchmarking requirements, published in 2017, GFSI asks every recognised certification scheme to include food fraud vulnerability assessment and a mitigation…
FSSC 22000 Version 4: Unannounced Audits, Food Fraud and Food Defence
Version 4 of the FSSC 22000 scheme was published in December 2016. Certified sites should prepare for unannounced audits and new requirements on food fraud and…
ISO 37001:2016: The First International Standard for Anti-Bribery Management
ISO 37001 was published in October 2016. It gives organisations a certifiable framework to prevent, detect and respond to bribery.
IATF 16949:2016 Replaces ISO/TS 16949: What Automotive Suppliers Need to Know
IATF 16949 was published in October 2016 as the new quality management standard for the automotive supply chain. It is used together with ISO 9001:2015,…
How Much Documentation Does ISO 9001:2015 Really Need?
A year after publication, the most common question about ISO 9001:2015 is still about documents. The standard asks for less than many organisations keep, and…
FSMA Preventive Controls: What the Final Rule Means for Exporters to the United States
In September 2015 the US FDA issued the final rule on preventive controls for human food. Facilities that supply the US market now need…
ISO 14001:2015: The Environmental Standard Moves into Strategy
ISO 14001:2015 was published in September 2015. The new edition links environmental management to the organisation's strategy and asks for a life cycle perspective.