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Introduction

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2

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3

Overview

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4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4

Context
Understand your organization and its unique context
Clarify the needs and expectations of interested parties
Define the scope of your food safety management system
Establish and maintain a food safety management system

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5
5.1
5.2
5.3

Leadership
Provide leadership by accepting responsibility for safety
Provide leadership by establishing a food safety policy
Provide leadership by assigning organizational roles

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6
6.1
6.2
6.3

Planning
Define actions to manage your FSMS risks and opportunities
Formulate FSMS objectives and develop plans to achieve them
Control how FSMS changes are planned and implemented

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7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5

Support
Support your organization's FSMS by providing the necessary resources
Support your organization's FSMS by ensuring that people are competent
Support your organization's FSMS by making people aware of their duties
Support your organization's FSMS by controlling relevant communications
Support your organization's FSMS by managing documented information

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8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.9

Operations
Establish processes needed to realize safe products
Establish suitable prerequisite programmes (PRPs)
Establish an effective product traceability system
Establish emergency management arrangements
Establish measures to control food safety hazards
Establish up-to-date information if plan changes
Establish control of your monitoring and measuring
Establish and maintain food safety verification activities
Establish control of product and process nonconformities

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9.1
9.2
9.3

Evaluation
Monitor, measure, analyze, and evaluate your FSMS
Use internal audits to examine conformance and performance
Carry out management reviews and document your results

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10.1
10.2
10.3

Improvement
Control nonconformities and take appropriate corrective action
Enhance the suitability, adequacy, and effectiveness of your FSMS
Evaluate and update the FSMS and document your activities

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NOTE: FSMS stands for Food Safety Management System