ISO 22000 Audit Checklist for Food Safety Management System Requirements

ISO 22000 audit checklist is a globally-demanded ISO document for quick auditing of any Food Safety Management System (FSMS) based on HACCP and ISO 22000: 2018 requirements. ISO 22000 Checklists help internal auditors, FSMS consultants and any third party auditors to verify Food Safety Management System implemented in any food organization.

ISO 22000 Audit Checklists are used worldwide as a tool to implement and assess effectiveness of Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) in accordance with the requirements of ISO 22000:2018 standard. ISO 22000: 2018 specifies requirements for a food safety management system. It enables an organization in the food chain to plan, implement, operate, maintain and update a FSMS. It is a food safety management system certification standard which enables food organizations to demonstrate compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory food safety requirements. ISO 22000 certification helps any small and big food organizations to achieve customers confidence in their products and organization. ISO 22000: 2018 requires organizations to plan and conduct internal audits at pre-defined intervals. Internal audits help organization to assess the effectiveness of FSMS in achieving its objectives and to determine whether all processes within the organization are running effectively according to the requirements of ISO 22000 standard. Our ISO 22000 Audit Checklists will help personnel of food organizations in planning, preparing and performing ISO 22000 internal audits. Further, these ISO 22000 Audit Checklists will helps organizations to clear food safety system audit from any ISO certification body in USA, UK, Europe, and Asia or anywhere in the world.

If you are an ISO 22000 consultant or a professional working in any organization in food chain, you must have these ISO 22000 checklists to verify the implemented FSMS. These checklists will help you in FSMS implementation and periodic audits. You can also use ISO 22000 Checklists for preparing yourself to face any stringent questions of external auditors during ISO 22000 certification audit. These ISO 22000 audit checklists have been designed by a highly-experienced FSMS consultant to uniquely reflect the activities and critical control points in the areas to be audited. These checklists are considered as a very good tool for the auditors to make their own audit questionnaire while conducting ISO 22000 internal audits to verify effectiveness of implemented food safety system.

Content of ISO 22000 Audit Checklist

ISO 22000 Audit Checklist is a guide document that contains questions auditor may ask while auditing any food safety management system based on ISO 22000 standard.

This globally used ISO 22000 checklist is given in two parts which are useful to any food organization for ISO 22000 and HACCP certification. Together, both parts contain more than 600 audit questions based on HACCP as well as ISO 22000 food management system.

• Part- A: Department wise ISO 22000 Audit Checklist: This part contains questions for ISO 22000 auditing in following 12 departments.


• Top Management
• Food Safety Team Leader
• Training
• Quality Control
• Marketing
• Production Areas
• Engineering (Utility and Maintenance)
• Purchase
• Stores (Row Material and Spares)
• Packing and Despatch
• Housekeeping and Sanitation and Personal Hygiene
• General


• Part - B: Clause wise ISO 22000 Audit Checklist: IIt covers ISO 22000 audit questions based on clause wise requirements of ISO 22000:2005 standard.
• General requirements
• Management responsibility
• Provision of resources
• Planning and realization of safe products
• Validation, verification and improvement of the food safety management system.



ISO 22000 audit checklist for each department can be prepared easily using the sample audit checklists.