ISO 22000 revision: what is coming
- Current edition
- ISO 22000:2018 + Amd 1:2024
- Next edition
- ISO 22000:2027 (expected)
- Publication
- Expected 2027
Transition period to be announced after publication. FSSC 22000 Version 7 already uses the new ISO 22002-x:2025 prerequisite series.
Timeline
- Feb 2026Committee draft stage well under way
- 2026Draft International Standard and public enquiry
- Nov 2026Working group reviews DIS comments
- 2027Publication expected
Expected changes
- Food safety culture
- Food fraud (economically motivated adulteration)
- Food defence against intentional tampering
- New clause on complaints handling
- Informative annex on selecting control measures
Our advice: Food culture, fraud and defence are already expected by GFSI schemes. Build them now and the ISO transition will be light.
Last checked 28 October 2026. Your certification body confirms the dates that apply to your certificate.
ISO 22000:2018 combines HACCP principles, prerequisite programmes and a management system framework. We conduct hazard analyses, define critical control points and monitoring, design traceability and recall procedures, and train teams for certification.
Who it is for
- Food manufacturers and processors
- Caterers, hotels and food service
- Packaging, storage and logistics in the food chain
What you gain
- Meets retailer and export requirements
- Systematic hazard control based on HACCP
- Basis for FSSC 22000 where GFSI recognition is needed
Your path to certification
Gap assessment
We compare what you do today with every requirement and control, then give you a prioritised gap report and a realistic timeline.
Design and documentation
Scope, policies, procedures, risk methodology and records, written to fit how your teams actually work, not a template binder.
Implementation and training
We help owners put controls in place, train the people who run them and start collecting evidence.
Internal audit and management review
An independent internal audit and a structured management review prove the system works before the certification body looks at it.
Certification audit support
We prepare you for Stage 1 and Stage 2 with your chosen accredited certification body and help close any findings quickly.
Surveillance and continual improvement
Optional managed support keeps evidence current through annual surveillance audits and the three-year recertification.