The ISO 9001 is the world’s most widely recognised standard that provides guidelines for an efficient Quality Management System (QMS). ISO 9001 standard defines requirements for companies who want to ensure that their products and services consistently meet customer needs and expectations and for those companies who want to build a culture of continual improvement.
The current version of the standard is ISO 9001:2015 and it can be applied to any business of any size.
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The ISO 14001 standard provides the requirements for an Environmental Management Systems (EMS). The purpose of the ISO 14001 standard is to help companies in any industry protect the environment, prevent pollution, improve their environmental performance and being able to manage and control the associated risks.
The current version of the standard is ISO 14001:2015 and it can be applied to any business of any size, in any given sector, to demonstrate the company’s commitments to on-going environmental issues both on a local and national level. The approach to continual improvement is similar to other standards such as ISO 9001, but its focus is on environmental aspects and impacts of the business to the environment.
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The ISO 45001, (formerly OHSAS 18001), is an International Standard that specifies requirements for an Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS). It gives guidance for its use to enable a company (even one with low-risk daily operations) to improve its performance and to provide safe and healthy workplaces by preventing injury and unwanted incidents.
ISO 45001 has been established to apply even in small businesses, regardless of size or type. The ISO 45001 standard’s primary goal is to eliminate or minimise any hazards and risks and to successfully manage the emergency situations.
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The ISO 22000 is the International Standard that specifies the general guidelines for an efficient Food Safety Management System (FSMS). ISO 22000 incorporates the widely used HACCP principles and Pre-Requisite Programs and defines requirements for organisations that either directly or indirectly involved in the food chain, in order to ensure that their products and services are safe for the final consumer!!
ISO 22000:2018 is the new version of the standard and it can be applied by any food organisation of any type. The standard’s primary goal is the prevention, elimination and control of foodborne hazards, from the site of production to the point of consumption.
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BRC, IFS and FSSC 22000 are Global Standards, recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), that provide guidelines for a Food Safety and Quality Management System.
BRC-Issue 8 is the current version of the food safety standard and it can be applied by any organisation in the food chain that wants to have a Global Recognition and cooperates with the UK food retailers.
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The IFS Food 6.1 (International Featured Standards) focuses on the food safety and quality of processes and products and it concerns food processing companies and companies that pack loose food products. The Standard is important for all food manufacturers, especially for those producing private labels, as it contains many requirements related to the compliance with customer specifications
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The FSSC 22000 (Food Safety System Certification) provides a framework for the effective management of an organisation’s food safety responsibilities and is based on the existing ISO Standards. More specifically, the Scheme consists of three components: ISO 22000 sectors, specific PRP’s and specific FSSC 22000 requirements. In order for the standard to meet the requirements for quality as well, an ISO 9001:2015 module has been added to the existing FSSC 22000 standard, the FSCC 22000-Q, making it in this way possible for an organisation to get certified with both FSSC 22000 and ISO 9001 standards.
The organisations that choose to implement and get certified with the FSSC 22000 standard instead of ISO 22000 are those who want or are requested by their customers to be Globally Recognised with one of the GFSI Standards.
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The ISO/IEC 27001 is the International standard that provides requirements for the development, implementation and improvement of an Information Security Management System (ISMS). The primary goal of the ISO/IEC 27001 standard is to define the systematic approach which will help the organisations to manage sensitive data so that they will remain secure. This approach includes people, processes and IT systems and it can be applied by any size of business in any sector.
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The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is a tool developed by the European Commission, based on the regulation (EC) No. 1221/2009, that can be used voluntarily by companies and other organisations in order to evaluate, report, and improve their environmental performance. EMAS can be implemented through an Environmental Management System (EMS) and it is usually combined with the ISO 14001 standard. The main goal of EMAS is to help companies and organisations to reduce the environmental impacts, strengthen legal compliance and employee involvement, and save resources and money.
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The HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) is a basic food safety system, which provides the principles to address food safety through the analysis and control of potential hazards (biological, chemical, physical, allergens), from the raw material selection and handling, to manufacturing, distribution and consumption of the finished product. The HACCP system is a legal requirement for all the companies in the food chain and it must be implemented by the time they are operated. The HACCP principles are also a part of more demanding Standards such as ISO 22000, BRC, IFS, FSSC 22000.
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The legislation referred to Occupational Health & Safety requires all businesses, regardless size and type, to establish a Risk Assessment and an Action Plan in order to identify, control, monitor and prevent the risks occur at work environment.
Additionally, a Health & Safety representative and a team must be established, which will be responsible to manage and report incidents and crisis events. However, for the personnel to be able to cope in an incident or a crisis situation, it must be appropriately trained for Health & Safety Issues. All the preceding requirements can be collected in a simple Occupational Health & Safety System which aims the elimination of accidents and incidents at work environment and as well as the compliance of the company with the legal requirements.
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All private and public enterprises inside and outside the European Union, as well as state authorities that in any way collect, process and manage personal data related to European Citizens, are required, according to the new General Regulation (EU) 2016/679, to analyse the risks arising from their activities and which may have an impact on the protection of such personal data.
In addition, they are required to define prevention measures and to develop procedures and policies that will demonstrate that all the requirements of the Regulation are met.
The size of the expected fines (up to € 20 million or 4% of world turnover) should place in a very high level of the top management’s agenda the development of a Personal Data Management System, in order to meet all the requirements of the Regulation without any omissions.
On this basis, GDPR encourages, not forces, the implementation of Management Systems such as ISO 9001 and ISO 27001, which set the right structure for commitment, responsibility, monitoring, control, verification and continuous improvement of the taken measures.
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The ISO 26000:2010 is an International standard that provides guidance rather than requirements, on how businesses and organisations can operate in a socially responsible way, which means acting in an ethical and transparent way that contributes to the health and welfare of the society. Additionally, it is designed for all types of organisations regardless of their activity, size or location.
The specific standard is not intended or appropriate for certification purposes. Similar standard, which can be certified, is the SA 8000 (Social Accountability International Standard).
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The ISO 15189 is an International standard that can be used by medical laboratories in order to develop their quality management system and to assess their own competence.
ISO 15189 accreditation is the way for the effective use of the quality management system (ISO 9001) that is an integral part of all ISO standards.
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The ISO 22716 standard provides the Good Manufacturing Practices for the production, control, storage and shipment of cosmetic products. The objective of the GMP is to define the activities which help the company to produce products that meet the expected specifications, and therefore the quality and safety criteria of the regulations and the customers.
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The ISO 22301 is the international Standard that provides requirements for the development, implementation and improvement of a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS). The ISO 22301 standard is appropriate for organisations that want to ensure their business continuity and readiness in a disaster or a crisis.
The ISO 22301:2019 is the current version of the standard that can be applied to any business of any size.
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