ISO 22000 is an integrated food safety standard that includes: 

• HACCP requirements,

• Requirements of Valid legislation and

• The Principles of quality management systems.

Adressed to– all companies involved in the food and beverage supply chain, ie manufacture, process, produce, package, store, transport, distribute, traffic or dispose food and beverages (production units, restaurants, canteens, retail stores, wineries, etc.) regardless of their production size and the number of employees.

Validity- International Recognized..

Benefits of Certified Company:

Α) A certified company takes advantage of the HACCP benefits (since ISO 22000:2018 certification includes HACCP study): 

• Proof of conformity to European and Greek legislation,

• Ensuring the on time detection of any problems (failures and incorrect practices) that may arise during the production process of the company, as well as ensuring the company's reaction to possible food crises,

• Training of company's staff on hygiene issues and on the production of safe products for customers,

• Improving the performance of the company, through better control and evaluation of its suppliers,

• Increasing the customers' sense of security relative to the company's products and consequently improving the image and the reliability of the company,

• Continuous monitoring and improvement of the quality & safety of the products produced by the company,

• Customer base enlargement, as more and more companies require from their suppliers to implement a HACCP certified system.

Β) Aditionally, ISO 22000:2018 certification provides to the company:

• Reduction of business production costs, through quality & safety controls that ensure the reduction of
  the disposed batches of the products,

• Creating opportunities to entry in international markets, by ensuring the basic quality management prerequisites.