ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management Systems

About this course

Food safety failures don't just damage brands, they harm consumers, trigger costly recalls, and dismantle decades of trust in a single news cycle. ISO 22000:2018 is the international standard that gives your organization a structured, risk-based way to keep food safe from farm to fork, harmonizing CODEX HACCP principles with the same High Level Structure used by ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, and giving you a common language with regulators, customers, and certification bodies anywhere in the world.

This course walks you through every clause of ISO 22000:2018 in plain English, starting with the context of the organization, leadership commitment, and the food safety policy, then moving through planning, support, and the heart of the standard: operational hazard control. You'll learn how Prerequisite Programs (PRPs) and Operational Prerequisite Programs (OPRPs) work alongside Critical Control Points (CCPs), how to build a traceability system that holds up to a real mock recall, how to design emergency preparedness procedures, and how to validate, verify, and continuously improve every control measure. You'll explore the relationship between ISO 22000 and the CODEX Alimentarius HACCP framework, the role of the food safety team and the team leader, the eleven specific commitments top management owes the FSMS, and the practical differences between ISO 22000 certification and the GFSI-recognized FSSC 22000 scheme that bundles ISO 22000 with the ISO/TS 22002 series of sector PRPs and additional FSSC requirements.

Designed for food safety managers, quality assurance professionals, HACCP coordinators, internal auditors, and consultants supporting food and beverage operations, this course assumes basic familiarity with food production environments but no prior ISO experience. By the end you'll be able to interpret each clause of ISO 22000:2018, build or upgrade an FSMS that meets certification requirements, lead a competent multidisciplinary food safety team, distinguish OPRPs from CCPs with confidence, prepare for and pass a Stage 1 and Stage 2 third-party certification audit, write effective root cause analyses, and respond to nonconformities raised by registrars without losing your certificate.

Whether you're preparing for initial certification, transitioning from an older food safety standard, integrating ISO 22000 with existing quality or environmental management systems, or sharpening your audit readiness before the next surveillance visit, this course gives you the clarity, structure, and confidence to make food safety a competitive advantage rather than a compliance burden. Enroll today and start turning the standard into a system that protects consumers, satisfies customers, and strengthens your career.

What you'll learn

• Interpret every clause of ISO 22000:2018 and map it to operational reality
• Apply the seven CODEX HACCP principles inside the ISO 22000 hazard control framework
• Distinguish PRPs, OPRPs, and CCPs and decide which control measure category fits each hazard
• Build a defensible food safety policy, objectives, and food safety team structure
• Design traceability and recall systems that perform under real-world pressure
• Validate, verify, and update control measures through the full PDCA cycle
• Plan and execute internal audits and management reviews that satisfy auditors
• Compare ISO 22000 with FSSC 22000 and choose the right certification path
• Prepare for Stage 1 and Stage 2 third-party certification audits with confidence
• Avoid the most common nonconformities raised against food sector FSMS programs

Course outline

33 on-demand lessons across self-paced modules. Expand each part to see what it covers.