Dears,
one of the FSSC 22000 additional requirements is : Requirements for organization with multi-site certification
Q1: is only for food chain categories E,F&G , it means that the other food chain categories not required to follow these requirements ?
Q2: Why those requirements for only those food chain categories E,F&G ? ( what is the main purpose from this requirement )
Hi mhosn,
It would seem that those categories (including catering, food service, retail, wholesale, e-commerce, transport and storage services) are more likely to be chains and have multiple sites where a group certificate may be acceptable.
In other categories is likely that individual sites will want a certificate and this is not permitted under the scheme. Relevant sections are posted below.
FSSC 22000 Certification Scheme PART 3 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS
5.3 MULTI-SITE CERTIFICATION 5.3.1 GENERAL
c) Multi-site certification (including sampling) is only allowed for the following food chain (sub)categories:
• E – Catering
• FI – Retail/wholesale
• FII - Brokering/Trading/E-commerce
• G – Storage and distribution
i) The certificate shall be a group certificate issued to the multi-site organization. It is not allowed to issue certificates to individual sites in the case of multi-site certification.
Kind regards,
Tony