BSI British Standards food safety specification.BSI BSI - British Standards Institute British Standards British Standards are the national standards of the UK. The standards body which produces them is BSI British Standards, a division of BSI Group. It is incorporated under a Royal Charter and is formally designated as the National Standards Body (NSB) for the UK. has published PAS 220:2008 Prerequisite programmes on food safety for food manufacturing. This Publicly Available Specification (PAS) stipulates requirements for the prerequisite programmes that are required by BS EN ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 22000 and which assist in controlling food safety hazards, such as the layout of premises and workspace, personnel hygiene and product recall procedures. Developed by BSI, PAS 220 was sponsored by Danone, Kraft, Nestle and Unilever through the Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community (CIAA CIAA abbr. Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association ). The development of PAS 220 was overseen by a Steering Group which included representatives from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF FDF Forms Data Format (Adobe Acrobat) FDF Food and Drink Federation (UK) FDF Fundamentally Different Factor(s) FDF Finnish Defence Forces FDF Flight Dynamics Facility ), the French National Association of Food Industries (representing CIAA), General Mills Europe (representing the FDF Food Hygiene Committee), Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance, McDonald's and ProCert. PAS 220 is designed for use by any organization, regardless of size or complexity, involved in the manufacturing stage of the food chain. It is intended that PAS 220 will be used in conjunction with BS EN ISO 22000 Food safety management systems. Requirements for any organization in the food chain which states that an organization should establish prerequisite programmes to assist in controlling food safety hazards. In the future PAS 220 could be recommended to ISO as a formal international standard complimenting ISO 22000. Contact BSI on tel 020 8996 7248 or visit www.bsigroup.com/PAS220 |
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