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ISO 50001:2018 Revision Information

On August 20, 2018, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published ISO 50001:2018, the revision for the energy management system standard. The transition period for existing certificates is confirmed to be three years from that publication date.

DQS, as well as all other certification bodies, is required to stop conducting audits according to ISO 50001:2011 after February 20, 2020 (18 months after the publication date). This means that certified organizations will have to plan accordingly and should start prepara-tions for transition as soon as possible to assure a smooth transition process.

Changes The main changes required by the revised standard are:

• Adoption of the ISO High Level Structure (HLS) for management system standards, ensuring compatibility with ISO 14001 and other ISO management system standards

• A stronger emphasis on the responsibility of leadership

• Improved sections on data collection and normalization

• Some clarification of key concepts related to energy performance

“There is a stronger emphasis on the role of top management as well, as it is important to instilling an organization-al culture change,” said Roland Risser, Chair of the ISO technical committee that developed the standard.

About ISO 50001ISO 50001 was released in 2011 as an international standard to improve energy performance as well as address energy costs. It can be integrated with ISO 9001 and/or ISO 14001.

What’s NextDQS will release its transition policy within the next weeks, defining criteria

for competencies and transition pro-cess. Additional information is currently being prepared and will be available soon at DQS Holding homepage.

Stay tuned to the DQS website (www.dqsus.com) and social media for more information. If you are not yet certified to ISO 50001, reach out to your Region-al Sales Manager or submit a Quote Request Form on our website to begin the registration process.

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Topics covered in this issue:

ISO 50001:2018 Revision, SQF Fundamentals & BRC Revision, ISO 22000:2018, and other DQS Services

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The Revision of ISO 22000: An Overview of the Coming Changes

On June 19 2018, ISO published a new version of ISO 22000, the international standard for food safety management systems. The new version brings significant changes for certified sites. In this article, we have summarized the main changes for you.

According to the latest ISO Survey, more than 32,000 organizations in the food supply chain currently hold a valid ISO 22000 certificate. Since the first publication of ISO 22000 in 2005, the amount of organizations choosing to implement a food safety management system in accordance with the ISO 22000 standard has grown steadily each year.

During those years, however, users along the supply chain have not only learned a lot about food safety, but have also been confronted with new challenges. This created a need for a full revision of the standard.

Purpose of the ISO 22000 RevisionWith the revision, the International Organization for Standardization aims to:

• Clarify key concepts that have caused confusion, such as Critical Control Points (CCPs), Operational Prerequisite Programmes (OPRPs) and Prerequisite Programmes (PRPs).

• Improve the readability and usability of the standard

• Ensure the standard is relevant to all actors in the food supply chain

• Ensure the standard suits the needs of SMEs

• Increase the compatibility of ISO 22000 with other management system standards, by adopting a common structure and terminology

ISO 22000:2018- ChangesThe new version contains a large number of minor changes that have been introduced to increase the readability and clarity of the standard. In practice, the large majority of these changes will have little if any repercussions for the actual implementation of the standard. Still, the revision also introduces a number of changes that are more structural in nature:

• The new version adopts the so-called High-Level Structure (HLS), the common structure for all new management system standards. The adoption of a common structure throughout all standards facilitates the integration of various management systems. Users of ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001 will already be familiar with this structure. In practice, the change in structure will make it easier for organizations to combine ISO 22000 with other management system standards.

• In accordance with the changes in ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015, the new version of ISO 22000 will also be a risk-based standard. The standard will distinguish between risk at the operational level l (through the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point approach (HACCP)), as well at the strategic level of the management system and its ability to reach its specified goals as such.

• The standard now consistently distinguishes two Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycles. The first applies to the management system as a whole, while the second, within it, addresses the operations described in Clause 8, which simultaneously cover the HACCP principles. This is illustrated in the graph below.

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Director of Marketing & Communication, DQS CFS

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Did you know? DQS Added More Services and Standards

DQS may be better known for some of the popular certification services that we have been offering much longer, but we are always looking at how else we can meet our customers’ needs. Find some of our newer offerings below.

AuditOneDQS is now an approved certification body for the AuditOne Initiative. This in-cludes auditing of ISO 15378, BRC Pack-aging Standard, EFfCI 2017, IPEC/PQG, and ICH Q7 EMEA 410/01 Rev 2.

Those interested in working with us through the AuditOne initiative can go to the AuditOne portal and choose DQS as the certification body.

EFfCIThe European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients (EFfCI) published the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) to consid-er key aspects of guidelines in the phar-maceutical industry. DQS now offers this certificate that works to ensure quality and safety in the production of cosmetic ingredients.

ISO 15378In addition to offering this standard for primary packaging materials for medic-inal products through AuditOne, DQS also offers this to clients who aren’t a part of the AuditOne initiative. This stan-dard was first published in 2006, and it is based on the ISO 9001 quality standard.

This standard contains all the GMP re-quirements relevant to primary packag-ing material and applies to all manufac-turers of packaging materials that come in direct contact with the medicinal product.

GDPR Compliance AuditsThe General Data Protection Regulation replaced the EU Data Protection Direc-tive, effective May 25, 2018. The GDPR applies to the organizations that collect, process, and store EU citizens’ personal data as well as organizations with a phys-ical presence in at least one member state of the European Union or organi-zations located outside of the EU if they offer services, monitor, or process data subjects which belong in the European Union. We can offer clients a conformi-ty assessment against GDPR or an ISO 27001 registration with additional con-trols from GDPR added to the Statement of Applicability.

NISTNational Institute of Standards and Tech-nology (NIST) published a series of spe-cial publications on Information Security Standards for the Federal Government sectors. The most commonly referred to publications include:

• NIST SP 800-53: Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems

• NIST SP 800-171: Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in Non-federal Information Systems and Organizations

Like GDPR, DQS can also offer a conformi-ty assessment against the NIST standard or an ISO 27001 registration with addition-al controls from the NIST standard that is added to the statement of Applicability.

Non-Certification Audits

This is something we have been offering for a while, but it is worth mentioning to make sure clients are aware. We can per-form non-certification and supplier audits that are specified to our clients’ require-ments. These assessments are designed based on input from the client. For Suppli-er Audits, this will help the client to ensure their suppliers are meeting their needs and expectations so they can have a long-term relationship without issues or need-ing to re-qualify.

If you are interested in any of these ser-vices, please visit www.dqsus.com to get in contact with us or submit your Quote Request Form.

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Food Safety Revisions from BRC and SQF

The Food Safety Standards have had some revisions in the recent months that clients need to be aware of. Please read on to learn more about the BRC revision and new SQF program.

BRCBRC Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 8 is now published. The requirements in this revision have a continued focus on supporting a Quality and Food Safety Management System and associated food safety programs that are based on hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), and management commitment. Audits against this version of the standard are set to begin in February 2019.

According to the BRC website, the focus of attention for Issue 8 is on:

• The importance of management commitment.

• Hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) based food safety programmes.

• Quality management systems.

• Auditing good manufacturing processes – it’s not just a paperwork audit.

• Auditing areas which often have the highest rate of product recalls and withdrawals, such as labeling and packing.

• Developing systems to reduce exposure to food fraud.

• Ensuring consistency of the audit process.

• Providing a BRC Global Standard that is portable enough to allow Additional Modules to be added to reduce audit burden.

• Promoting greater resilience, transparency and traceability in the supply chain.

Contact DQS for more information and to schedule your audit to Issue 8.

SQFA food safety management system is essential when trying to manufacture and sell product to a food retailer, but some smaller suppliers may not have similar specialized resources as larger suppliers do. With this in mind, SQFI created a new cost effective program to create a solution that caters to small businesses trying to meet retailer expectations.

In June, SQFI released the Fundamentals Program for Food Manufacturing and Fundamentals Program for Primary Producers. This is an approach for small to medium size food producers to start their food safety management system and associated food safety programs and gain acceptance into the supply chain with retailers.

With this system, starter companies have a streamlined path to attaining GFSI Food Safety Certification, as it was created using the GFSI Global Markets Programme toolkit.

The Fundamentals Program has different Codes for manufacturing and primary production food sectors, and each code is broken up into a Basic and Intermediate Code. The Basic Code has an emphasis on the implementation of

the Code requirements with less focus on documentation. The Intermediate Code has a focus on implementation as well but also includes an introduction of documentation.

Another change for the SQF Fundamentals code is that it removes the requirement for an unannounced audit, and the desk audit requirement was made optional.

With the SQF Fundamentals code, a score is not issued with the certification, but it is optional for those who may need a score to meet retailer requirement. This was done to place emphasis on the level of non-conformance and number of deficiencies issued.

The Codes can be downloaded directly on the SQFI website to get started, and you can contact DQS for a quote to register to this new Food Safety Program.

For more information, please visit dqsus.com, and our Food Sector Sales Manager would be happy to discuss the program that is right for you.

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