WHY IS ISO 22000 MANDATORY FOR A FOOD BUSINESS?

Today, the ISO 22000 is being treated as a fundamental requirement for food-related business. This is because of increasing awareness of food safety hazards and concern towards hygiene in the food industry. Especially, in case of a franchise business, such risks are much probable as there hardly any control of the principal franchisers.

There are a few examples of leading food businesses that have suffered a lot in the absence of quality, safety, and hygienes of food which brings the essence of ISO 22000 certificate. Some of them are as follows-

• Nestle's Maggi noodles controversy: Recently, all Maggi lovers were questioning that has Maggi broken food laws? Are Maggi noodles harmful for consumption? There were controversies regarding the presence of harmful substances like lead and glutamate in India’s most favorite instant masala noodles. This could have been avoided if nestle would have taken proper food safety measures which can be done with the implementation of ISO 22000 standard.
• McDonald's controversy:World's most prominent fast-food giants McDonald's is perhaps the most preferred destinations for foodies. However, some of the McDonald's outlets have also got into controversies. For instance, a CCTV footage of a McD manufacturing unit in 2014 showed factory workers violating various food safety policies such as picking meat without gloves, picking meat up off the floor and putting it into the processing machine, and processing rotten meats. When such footage went viral it affected the consumer sentiments. As a result, global aggregate sale declined. This could have been avoided with proper implementation of food safety measures and continual check.