Implementation of ISO 22000:2018

Implement ISO 22000:2018 properly, once, with the prerequisite programmes that hold it up

Most ISO 22000 training explains what the standard says. This course takes you through building the system it asks for. You work through ISO 22000:2018 clause by clause, with the operational clauses worked in depth, then through the common prerequisite programme requirements of ISO 22002-100:2025 and the sector parts that sit beneath it.

The distinction matters. A learner who can recite clause 8.5.2 has learned something. A learner who can carry out a hazard analysis, defend why a step is a critical control point rather than an operational prerequisite programme, and produce the documented information that proves it, has learned the thing the standard is actually asking for. This course is built for the second.

What is in it

Fifty lessons across eleven modules, seventeen hours of structured work, with an interactive activity in every teaching module. Module 1 sets out what the standard is, how it relates to FSSC 22000, and the process approach it is built on. Modules 2 to 7 follow the clause structure of ISO 22000:2018 in order, so the course reads the way the standard reads: context and leadership, planning and support, operation, the hazard control plan at clause 8.5, verification and control of nonconformity, and performance evaluation and improvement.

Module 8 covers prerequisite programmes and ISO 22002-100:2025, the common requirements that sit underneath every sector part, with all six sector parts covered at awareness level so you can speak to any food chain category. Module 9 is the toolkit. Module 10 holds two practical audit exercises. Module 11 is the final assessment.

Written for South Africa

Clauses 4.2, 5.2.1, 6.2.1 and 8.2.3 all require you to identify the statutory and regulatory requirements that apply to you. A dedicated module covers the South African framework: the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act 54 of 1972, R.638 of 2018 on general hygiene, R.908 of 2003 and SANS 10049 on HACCP, R.146 of 2010 on labelling and the draft R.3337 intended to replace it, the sector legislation for meat, agricultural products and seafood, and the strict product liability created by section 61 of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008. It ends with how to build the legal register an auditor will ask for.

Three tools, not three templates

The gap assessment tool holds forty five ISO 22000 requirements in clause order, scores your readiness and builds a prioritised plan you can take to a management review. The hazard analysis tool walks clause 8.5 in order, from product description through to a hazard control plan, and it will not let you export until every significant hazard has a control measure, every measure is categorised, every critical limit carries a measurable value, and every limit has the rationale clause 8.5.4.2 requires. The documented information register covers the thirty seven places ISO 22000 calls for documented information, so that at audit you can put your hand on it rather than go looking.

An activity in every module

Each teaching module ends with a short interactive activity built on real scenes from working food businesses. You decide which document settles a question, who owns an obligation, whether a control measure is a CCP, an OPRP or a prerequisite programme, whether a nonconforming lot can be released, and whether an audit observation is a finding or only a preference. Ten questions are drawn at random, every answer is explained, and you can retry until you have it, so the first graded knowledge check is not the first time you apply the clause.

Two exercises that behave like audits

In the first you audit a realistic management review record containing twelve breaches of clause 9.3. Three further items in that record look like failures and are not, so you have to read the requirement before you raise a finding. Over-raising is a real failure mode: an auditor who raises findings against preference rather than requirement loses credibility and wastes corrective action effort. The answer key works through all fifteen items and explains the grade.

In the second you walk the Northfield Foods site as an internal auditor, scene by scene from goods receipt to dispatch, and record sixteen observations against ISO 22002-100:2025 and ISO 22000:2018. Twelve are findings to cite and grade; four are decoys that meet the requirement. Each exercise has its own marked assessment and a full answer key.

A practical, proctored final assessment

Every assessment in this course is marked by the platform, so there is no submission queue and no waiting for a tutor. Knowledge checks sit at the end of the relevant modules. The final assessment is in three parts: ISO 22000:2018; prerequisite programmes with ISO 22002-100:2025; and a practical application exam built on five workplace case studies, in which you apply the standard to incident files, deviation and calibration records, supplier changes, audit findings and management review minutes rather than recall its text. Questions are served at random from banks of more than eight hundred, so no two attempts are the same, and every answer carries an explanation naming the requirement that settles it.

All three final parts are video proctored. Your camera and microphone stay on for the whole attempt, copying and pasting is disabled, and the recording is reviewed before your certificate is released.

Three attempts at each assessed part. Pass mark 70 percent. Certificate on completion once the proctored parts have been reviewed.

Who it is for

Food safety managers and FSMS coordinators implementing or maintaining ISO 22000:2018, internal auditors who need to audit against it, and consultants who need to implement it for clients. You need a working knowledge of food safety in a food handling environment. You do not need prior ISO 22000 experience.