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ISO 9001 defines the criteria for a quality management system and is the only family standard that can be certified (although this is not a requirement). It can be used by any organization, large or small, regardless of size. In fact, over one million businesses and organizations in over 170 countries are ISO 9001 certified.

This standard is founded on several quality management principles, including a strong customer focus, top management motivation and involvement, the process approach, and continuous improvement. The ISO quality management principles explain these principles in greater detail. Using ISO 9001 helps to ensure that customers receive consistent, high-quality products and services, which has numerous business benefits.

This Standard specifies requirements for a food safety management system (FSMS) to enable an organization that is directly or indirectly involved in the food chain:

a) to plan, implement, operate, maintain and update an FSMS providing products and services that are safe, in accordance with their intended use;

b) to demonstrate compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory food safety requirements;

c) to evaluate and assess mutually agreed customer food safety requirements and to demonstrate conformity with them;

d) to effectively communicate food safety issues to interested parties within the food chain;

e) to ensure that the organization conforms to its stated food safety policy;

f) to demonstrate conformity to relevant interested parties;

g) to seek certification or registration of its FSMS by an external organization, or make a self-assessment or self-declaration of conformity to this Standard.

All requirements of this Standard are generic and are intended to be applicable to all organizations in the food chain, regardless of size and complexity. Organizations that are directly or indirectly involved include, but are not limited to, feed producers, animal food producers, harvesters of wild plants and animals, farmers, producers of ingredients, food manufacturers, retailers, and organizations providing food services, catering services, cleaning and sanitation services, transportation, storage and distribution services, suppliers of equipment, cleaning and disinfectants, packaging materials and other food contact materials.

This Standard allows any organization, including small and/or less developed organizations (e.g. a small farm, a small packer-distributor, a small retail or food service outlet) to implement externally-developed elements in their FSMS.

Internal and/or external resources can be used to meet the requirements of this Standard.

This Standard specifies requirements to implement, maintain and improve a management system to protect against, reduce the likelihood of the occurrence of, prepare for, respond to and recover from disruptions when they arise.

The requirements specified in this Standard are generic and intended to be applicable to all organizations, or parts thereof, regardless of type, size and nature of the organization. The extent of application of these requirements depends on the organization’s operating environment and complexity.

This Standard is applicable to all types and sizes of organizations that:

a) implement, maintain and improve a BCMS;

b) seek to ensure conformity with stated business continuity policy;

c) need to be able to continue to deliver products and services at an acceptable predefined capacity during a disruption;

d) seek to enhance their resilience through the effective application of the BCMS.

This Standard can be used to assess an organization’s ability to meet its own business continuity needs and obligations

ISO 31000:2018 provides guidelines on managing risk faced by organizations. The application of these guidelines can be customized to any organization and its context.

ISO 31000:2018 provides a common approach to managing any type of risk and is not industry or sector-specific.

ISO 31000:2018 can be used throughout the life of the organization and can be applied to any activity, including decision-making at all levels.

ISO 45001:2018 enables an organization, through its OH&S management system, to integrate other aspects of health and safety, such as worker wellness/wellbeing.

This Standard specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and improving an energy management system (EnMS). The intended outcome is to enable an organization to follow a systematic approach in achieving continual improvement of energy performance and the EnMS.

This Standard:

1. a) is applicable to any organization regardless of its type, size, complexity, geographical location, organizational culture or the products and services it provides;
2. b) is applicable to activities affecting energy performance that are managed and controlled by the organization;
3. c) is applicable irrespective of the quantity, use, or types of energy consumed;
4. d) requires demonstration of continual energy performance improvement, but does not define levels of energy performance improvement to be achieved;
5. e) can be used independently, or be aligned or integrated with other management systems.

ISO 55001:2014 specifies requirements for an asset management system within the context of the organization. ISO 55001:2014 can be applied to all types of assets and by all types and sizes of organizations.