Overview
ISO 22002-100:2025 sets out the common requirements for establishing, implementing, and maintaining prerequisite programmes (PRPs) across the food, feed, and packaging supply chain. As part of the ISO 22000 family, this international standard is essential for organizations seeking to proactively control food safety hazards and support the effective operation of a food safety management system (FSMS). ISO 22002-100:2025 is designed to be applicable to organizations of all sizes and levels of complexity, making it a foundational tool for anyone involved in the production, handling, transportation, storage, or packaging of food and feed products.
Key Topics
ISO 22002-100:2025 addresses a wide range of topics essential to food safety and prerequisite program development:
- Construction and Layout: Guidance on proper site boundaries, building design, and maintenance to prevent contamination.
- Facility and Workspace Design: Logical layout to minimize cross-contamination, with clear zoning practices and separation of raw and processed materials.
- Utilities Management: Ensuring water, steam, air, and other utilities are of suitable quality and the infrastructure does not introduce food safety risks.
- Pest Control: Implementation of systematic pest management strategies, including prevention, monitoring, and eradication.
- Waste and Recycling: Procedures for waste, food loss, and by-product management which prevent contamination.
- Equipment Suitability and Maintenance: Requirements for the maintenance and cleaning of equipment to ensure continued food safety compliance.
- Material and Supplier Management: Selection, verification, and monitoring of suppliers and incoming materials.
- Storage and Transport: Controls for proper storage, warehousing, dispatch, and transportation to assure product integrity.
- Contamination Prevention, Cleaning, and Disinfection: Steps for preventing contamination, with robust cleaning and disinfecting programs.
- Personal Hygiene: Standards for employee facilities, hygiene measures, and behaviors to reduce risks.
- Food Defence and Fraud: Measures to deter intentional contamination or fraud within the food supply chain.
Applications
ISO 22002-100:2025 provides practical value for organizations across the food, feed, and packaging sectors by:
- Facilitating FSMS Implementation: Serving as a foundational reference for organizations establishing or improving their food safety management system in line with ISO 22000.
- Unifying Sector Approaches: Consolidating common prerequisite requirements from earlier ISO 22002 sector-specific standards to streamline compliance for multisector operations.
- Supporting Regulatory and Customer Compliance: Assisting organizations in meeting both legal food safety requirements and customer expectations related to hygiene and product safety.
- Enhancing Supplier and Subcontractor Oversight: Guiding the evaluation and control of supplier practices, materials, and traceability.
- Improving Operational Efficiency: Helping organizations design hygienic facilities, manage waste and pest control effectively, and minimize risks of contamination or cross-contamination.
Whether in food manufacturing, feed production, packaging, warehousing, or distribution, ISO 22002-100:2025 helps ensure consistent implementation of best practices, reduces the risk of food safety incidents, and supports global harmonization in food safety management.
Related Standards
For effective implementation, ISO 22002-100:2025 should be used in conjunction with related food safety standards, including:
- ISO 22000 - Food safety management systems - Requirements for any organization in the food chain
- Other ISO 22002 Series Parts:
- Codex Alimentarius standards and regional food safety regulations
By integrating ISO 22002-100:2025 with these standards, organizations benefit from a comprehensive and harmonized approach to PRPs, supporting robust, auditable, and internationally recognized food safety management systems throughout the supply chain.