ISO 22000:2005 is a standard dealing with food safety and is developed by Indian Organization for Standardization . It specifies the necessity of food safety management system for the organizations representing a food chain such that they could validate its ability to control food safety hazards in order to ensure that food is safe at the time of human consumption.

It is applicable to all the organization irrespective of their size where they want to implement systems that consistently provide safe products for human consumption.

ISO 22000:2005 Specifications :

• Design, implement, operate, maintain and update a food safety management system aimed at providing products that are safe for consumption.
• To demonstrate acceptance with applicable statutory and regulatory food safety requirements.
• To adequately communicate food safety issues to their suppliers, customers and relevant interested parties in the food chain.
• To ensure that the organization follow its stated food safety policy.